Politics & Government

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a rally on Wednesday in North Charleston, S.C.

Politics & Government

No place like home for Haley as she pins her presidential hopes on South Carolina

9:55pm January 24, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's presidential campaign sees a path to competing against Donald Trump — a path runs right through South Carolina's February 24th primary.

President Biden is greeted by Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers. The union endorsed Biden's reelection bid on Wednesday.

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The UAW endorsed Biden — and panned Republican frontrunner Trump as a 'scab'

6:50pm January 24, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

Most of the country's other big unions endorsed President Biden in the earliest days of his reelection campaign. But the United Auto Workers held back until today.

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New Brennan Center senior advisor warns of the threat that Trump poses to democracy

5:36pm January 24, 2024

Journalist Barton Gellman has covered national security issues for many years. He now joins the Brennan Center as senior advisor on attacks on democracy around the 2024 election.

In Israel, anger at Netanyahu is getting louder

5:18pm January 24, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he'll face questions about responsibility for Palestinian deaths when the war is over, but there are signs that that reckoning is already approaching.

How Nikki Haley is looking at her campaign ahead of Nevada and South Carolina

5:18pm January 24, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

With a second place finish in New Hampshire, Nikki Haley is reassessing her campaign and pivoting hard toward her home state, South Carolina.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis scrutinized after allegations from a Trump codefendant

5:18pm January 24, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Former U.S. Ambassador Norman Eisen about the growing accusations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

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Arizona Republican U.S. senate candidate Kari Lake, arrives for an evening rally with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, during the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary on Tuesday.

After seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run, Arizona GOP Chair resigns

5:03pm January 24, 2024

by Ben Giles

The now-former head of the state's Republican Party accused Lake of leaking a recording in which he offers compensation if she will take "a pause for a couple of years" from running for public office.

Biden lands a potentially major endorsement for president — the UAW

4:36pm January 24, 2024

by Don Gonyea

President Biden spoke at a United Auto Workers conference on Wednesday, after marching on their picket line earlier this year. The union has officially endorsed him.

The scene at the U.S. Supreme Court on the day it overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Researchers estimate that 64,565 rape-caused pregnancies have occurred in states that banned abortion since then.

Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens

4:36pm January 24, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Researchers estimate nearly 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies have happened in states with abortion bans in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The report is in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Rep Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., seen here campaigning for former President Donald Trump in New Hampshire, recently said, "Of course I'd be honored — I've said that for a year — to serve in a future Trump administration in any capacity."

4 things to know about Elise Stefanik, as VP rumors swirl

4:14pm January 24, 2024

by Bill Chappell

Just a few years ago, Stefanik was rated the 13th most bipartisan House member. She also differed from Trump on several key issues — but times have changed.