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Mexico is set to make history by electing its first female president

4:35pm September 07, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Mexico is on course to make history by electing its first female head of state in next year's elections — likely shattering a glass ceiling in a notoriously patriarchal society.

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants the identities of future jurors in the Georgia election interference case to be shielded. Willis herself has received threats and had her personal information posted online.

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After grand jurors were doxed, Georgia prosecutors want Trump trial jurors shielded

3:58pm September 07, 2023

by Sam Gringlas

Prosecutors want the identities of future jurors in the Georgia election interference case to be shielded. That's after the grand jurors that indicted Donald Trump had their information posted online.

Voters check their phones while waiting to cast in-person ballots at a polling location in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 13, 2020. Many Americans wonder why they can't vote online, on their phones, but experts agree that it's not secure.

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Voting online is very risky. But hundreds of thousands of people are already doing it

1:33pm September 07, 2023

by Miles Parks

The advice from cybersecurity experts is unanimous: Internet voting is a bad idea. But it's already happening in every federal election. In 2020, more than 300,000 Americans cast ballots online.

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The federal government, the nation's largest employer, is urging a return to office for federal employees this fall. A government report found that in the first three months of 2023, building occupancy at 17 federal agency was 25% or less.

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Biden wants federal workforce to come to the office more. Some ask why?

12:01pm September 07, 2023

by Andrea Hsu

As employers including the federal government cut back on remote work, employees who never had any intention of working from an office push back and threaten to retire or resign.

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Online voting is a security concern. So why are some Americans voting that way?

9:20am September 07, 2023

by Miles Parks

Why don't we vote online? The general consensus has been toward paper ballots. However, more than 30 states quietly allow some form of internet voting, despite warnings from cybersecurity experts.

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What GOP colleagues are saying about their confidence in McConnell's leadership

7:09am September 07, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

Following questions about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's health, Republican lawmakers are considering his future in leadership for 2024 and beyond.

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President Biden speaks at the White House on Sept. 6. He's scheduled to leave this week on a trip to India and Vietnam.

Biden is off to India and Vietnam. It's part of his push to counter China's influence

5:30am September 07, 2023

by Asma Khalid

President Biden is using the G20 summit to push for a bigger, better World Bank as an alternative to China's massive lending programs, which have left some low-income countries with massive debt.

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John Wahl, 37, is the youngest GOP state party leader in the country. He also runs a business as a butterfly farmer in Athens, Ala. "This is me, the chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, in his natural habitat," he told NPR during a visit to his butterfly farm.

This butterfly farmer wants to strengthen the Republican Party's hold on Alabama

5:11am September 07, 2023

Alabama Republican Party Chair John Wahl is the youngest state GOP chair. He wants to increase GOP turnout among Black and young voters amid a larger redistricting battle and a looming election.

2 defendants in the Georgia election interference case will go on trial next month

5:11am September 07, 2023

At least two of the defendants in the Georgia election interference case will go on trial in October. The trial will be live streamed and is expected to be a very complex case.

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska.

The Biden administration is ending drilling leases in ANWR, at least for now

10:57pm September 06, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to dozens of species — and to an ongoing political fight over oil and gas. Now, the Biden administration is hoping ending oil and gas leases will be a win.