Politics & Government

Politics & Government

GSO City Council issues statement after reviewing body camera footage from city manager's home

5:14pm February 15, 2024

Greensboro’s City Council has reviewed the police body camera footage related to a domestic disturbance reported at the home of City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba last December.

An undated photo shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink communications satellites into orbit. The Starlink constellation is made up of thousands of satellites that are difficult for adversaries to target.

Russia is working on a weapon to destroy satellites but has not deployed one yet

4:50pm February 15, 2024

The White House says there's no immediate threat to safety. National security adviser Jake Sullivan is briefing a small group of lawmakers on Thursday.

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Lawmakers across the U.S. want to crack down on bots and ticket resellers

4:42pm February 15, 2024

by Wayne Schutsky

Lawmakers in several states want to crack down on the bots and ticket resellers that they say drive up concert ticket prices. In Arizona, a pair of 'Taylor Swift' bills would impose new rules, but industry leaders are opposed.

Trump's hush money trial has a date, as his Georgia case attempts to disqualify the prosecutor

4:42pm February 15, 2024

A date is set for former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial revolving around hush money payments made during the 2016 campaign. Meanwhile, the Georgia election interference case is caught up in an effort to disqualify the prosecutor.

Former President Donald Trump arrives at a Manhattan criminal court on Thursday in New York.

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Trump's New York hush money trial will start March 25

2:18pm February 15, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

The judge in the hush money case against Donald Trump has rejected the former president's attempt to dismiss the charges, and a jury trial will begin as originally scheduled on March 25.

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North Carolina lawmakers say video gambling machine legislation could resurface this year

12:42pm February 15, 2024

by Associated Press

Interest in authorizing more casinos in North Carolina during this year's upcoming legislative session appears tamped down based on comments from top General Assembly leaders.

Access to the abortion drug mifepristone could soon be limited by the Supreme Court for the whole country. Here, a nurse practitioner works at an Illinois clinic that offers telehealth abortion.

Abortion pills that patients got via telehealth and the mail are safe, study finds

11:01am February 15, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The study looks at 6,000 patients who got abortion pills after an online appointment. It found that 99.7% of those abortions were not followed by any serious adverse events.

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Judge orders Trump to appear in court for charges related to affair hush money

10:44am February 15, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

A judge rejected former president Donald Trump's attempt to dismiss charges of criminal falsification of business records, making this case the first criminal case for Trump to go to trial.

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House votes to impeach Mayorkas — passes by 1 vote

9:41am February 15, 2024

The Republican-led House voted along party lines to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It was the second attempt in as many week.

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Biden calls on a small but powerful minority of House Republicans to pass foreign aid

7:23am February 15, 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) about Republican opposition in the House to a bipartisan Senate deal for aid to Ukraine.

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