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Politics & Government

A small state House race in Alabama gives Democrats hope for the November elections

4:50pm March 28, 2024

by Ryland Barton

Democrats are celebrating after flipping a Republican state House seat in northern Alabama. Marilyn Lands rode to victory on abortion rights and access to IVF.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Winter Meeting in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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House will send impeachment articles against Mayorkas to Senate on April 10

2:22pm March 28, 2024

by Lexie Schapitl

The House passed the two articles along party lines in February, but proceedings stalled amid government funding negotiations.

Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama alongside Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Fractures in the Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish Americans

10:52am March 28, 2024

by Devan Schwartz

The Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish leaders, known largely for shared work on Civil Rights in the 1960s, has a complicated legacy--and an uncertain future between these communities.

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Sen. Blumenthal remembers colleague and friend former Sen. Joe Lieberman

8:04am March 28, 2024

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut about the legacy of Joe Lieberman, a former Connecticut senator and onetime Democratic VP nominee, who died at age 82.

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National Guard members take a staircase toward the U.S. Capitol building before a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's Inauguration in Washington on Jan. 18, 2021. Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act gives presidents tremendous power with few restraints.

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Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why

6:56am March 28, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Experts say the Insurrection Act gives a president too much sweeping power to deploy troops on American soil without guard rails or proper oversight from Congress.

The coal power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, owned by Rocky Mountain Power, is scheduled to be decommissioned next year.

Why a town on the front line of America's energy transition isn't letting go of coal

6:07am March 28, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

Kemmerer, Wyo., is on the front line of America's energy transition, with its coal plant slated to close and a nuclear plant in the works. But some think the rush to quit fossil fuels is impractical.

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Judge in California recommends disbarment of pro-Trump attorney John Eastman

5:08am March 28, 2024

A California judge has recommended that attorney John Eastman be disbarred and pay a $10,000 fine for his role in Donald Trump's legal efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

A local election official organizes mail-in ballots to be sorted for the 2020 general election in West Chester, Pa.

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An appeals court says 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots don't count

11:04pm March 27, 2024

by Hansi Lo Wang

A federal appeals panel says mailed ballots arriving on time but in envelopes without dates handwritten by Pennsylvania voters shouldn't be counted. This case is expected to reach the Supreme Court.

Former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, shown at last November's Republican presidential primary debate on NBC. The network hired her and then fired her in the course of a week after a newsroom revolt.

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NBC fired Ronna McDaniel. But TV news has a bigger pundit problem

10:11pm March 27, 2024

by David Folkenflik

NBC's hiring and firing of former GOP chief Ronna McDaniel may inspire more distrust from conservatives. Yet journalists said her role in trying to overturn the 2020 election made her unacceptable.

Attorney John Eastman faced disciplinary charges from the California State Bar for his role in Donald Trump's legal effort to remain in power after losing the 2020 presidential election.

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California judge recommends disbarment of pro-Trump attorney John Eastman

9:17pm March 27, 2024

by Tom Dreisbach

A California judge found that attorney John Eastman committed "exceptionally serious ethical violations" in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and recommended disbarment.