Politics & Government

A map being reviewed at NC Legislative Office Building

North Carolina's election maps for 2024 are racially biased, advocates say in lawsuit

2:51pm December 19, 2023

North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters.

Brad Gist, 30, works with Liam Levinson, 28, during a lab for a 10-day semiconductor course at Chandler Gilbert Community College in Mesa, Ariz., on Oct. 11, 2023.

Biden has big plans for semiconductors. But there's a big hole: not enough workers

11:17am December 19, 2023

by Asma Khalid

President Biden has $52.7 billion to invest in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing plants. But there's a big shortfall in workers for the new jobs.

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Mourners look at a portrait of O'Connor as her body lies in the Great Hall at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

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Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy extends far beyond the Supreme Court, her son says

11:07am December 19, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, whose funeral is Tuesday, is being remembered as a Supreme Court trailblazer. After retiring from the bench in 2006, she worked to expand civics education in schools.

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Nicaragua's government clamps down on this year's Miss Universe pageant winner

9:59pm December 18, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Nicaragua's authoritarian government has a new target for possible exile — the winner of the Miss Universe pageant — after learning she had participated in protests as a college student in 2018.

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The removal of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., is on hold after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order.

A judge halted the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

8:18pm December 18, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

A group filed suit saying that the removal of the memorial was disturbing surrounding graves. A federal judge ordered workers to stop and scheduled a hearing for Wednesday.

A look back at Putin's year

4:43pm December 18, 2023

by Charles Maynes

2023 began on a tough note for Russian President Putin, with his war in Ukraine stagnating and criticism from the head of the Wagner group. Now, that man is dead and Ukraine may be running out of aid.

A photo of Summerfield town Council at a special meeting on Saturday, Dec. 16.

Town of Summerfield still faces lingering threat of de-annexation over controversial development

4:34pm December 18, 2023

by DJ Simmons

Summerfield officials held a special meeting Saturday to discuss the latest with a proposed development that sparked the general assembly's threat of de-annexation of town land.

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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen on border security and aid to Israel and Ukraine

6:54am December 18, 2023

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin asks Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland about the negotiations by Democrats and Republicans over border security and aid for Israel and Ukraine.

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President Biden reacts after hearing a loud bang as he leaves his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., on Sunday.

Car plows into parked SUV in Biden's motorcade outside Delaware campaign headquarters

9:10pm December 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

A car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Biden's motorcade. The president and first lady were not harmed.

Florida Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit on Nov. 4 in Kissimmee, Fla. The Republican Party of Florida suspended Ziegler and demanded his resignation during an emergency meeting on Sunday.

Florida GOP suspends chairman and demands his resignation amid rape investigation

6:14pm December 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

Ziegler is accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had a prior consensual sexual relationship, according to police records.