Politics & Government

President Biden issued an executive order altering the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice, after Congress endorsed key changes to how the military handles sexual assault cases. Biden is seen here heading to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.

Biden implements sweeping changes to how the military handles sexual assault cases

1:03pm July 28, 2023

by Bill Chappell

The reforms place serious criminal cases under the authority of trained prosecutors. Previously, key decisions had been left up to victims' own commanders.

Kimberly Mata-Rubio, 34, is running for mayor of Uvalde, Texas, in honor of her daughter, Lexi, who was killed in a school shooting at Robb Elementary School in May 2022.

A woman is running for mayor of Uvalde in honor of daughter killed in school shooting

11:42am July 28, 2023

by Dustin Jones

Kimberly Mata-Rubio says she hopes to reunite the community if elected. The town has been torn on how to move on after 19 children and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary.

Gender rights activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Many of the bans states passed this year against gender-affirming health care for youth are in federal court and may be on their way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Can states' bans on transgender care hold up in court? We break down the arguments

9:15am July 28, 2023

by Morgan Watkins

The 20 gender-affirming care bans states have passed are undergoing intense legal scrutiny and testing federal courts in new ways, setting up battles that may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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'Pact Act' expands benefits for veterans exposed to toxins

6:00am July 28, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

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Studies describe impact of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election

5:08am July 28, 2023

by Steve Inskeep

Meta disputed findings released in four studies in academic journals examining Facebook and Instagram's impact on the 2020 election. NPR talks to UT-Austin professor Talia Stroud, a study co-author.

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Paola Mendoza, the daughter of farmworkers, says her parents didn't want her to join them in the fields. She's now in college, studying to be a teacher.

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As these farmworkers' children seek a different future, who will pick the crops?

5:00am July 28, 2023

U.S. farms have faced worker shortages for years. Now compounding the problem: The children of farmworkers are leaving the fields, forcing farm owners to look to other countries for labor.

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Differences on spending bills sets up a possible September government shutdown clash

4:49am July 28, 2023

The House and Senate are on radically different paths to approving the annual spending bills, setting up an anticipated September clash that could lead to another government shutdown.

Supporters of the Nigerien defence and security forces gather during a demonstration outside the national assembly in Niamey on July 27, 2023.

A look at what's next for Niger a day after the coup

3:21am July 28, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The day after the coup — we look at what's next for U.S. ally Niger in West Africa. It is the ninth coup or attempted power grab in about three years in West and Central Africa.

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Former President Donald Trump has been charged with a new count of willful retention of National Defense Information in the case related to his handling of classified documents.

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Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case

7:19pm July 27, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

A new defendant was also added the indictment against Trump and his aide Walt Nauta. Carlos de Oliveira was added to the obstruction conspiracy charged in the original indictment.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comments on contentious new law

5:43pm July 27, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks about what he plans to do with the contentious judicial overhaul law passed this week, which passed despite pleas from President Biden and protestors.

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