Politics & Government

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, was in a car accident in Tennessee on Tuesday as he traveled to a presidential campaign event, but he wasn't injured, his campaign says.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is uninjured after being involved in a car crash

6:37pm July 25, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The Republican presidential candidate and his campaign team were traveling to an event in Chattanooga, Tenn., when traffic backed up, causing a four-car crash.

President Biden's dog Commander looks out from the balcony during the 2022 Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony. Secret Service records show the dog has bitten a number of agents, raising concerns.

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Biden's dog, Commander, has been biting Secret Service agents

5:26pm July 25, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

The conservative group Judicial Watch obtained Secret Service emails complaining about Commander being aggressive. One bite sent an agent to the hospital.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters that allegations regarding President Biden's family rise to the level of an impeachment inquiry.

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McCarthy says info about Biden family 'rises to level of an impeachment inquiry'

5:17pm July 25, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

The House speaker says Republicans may launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. House GOP members have been investigating allegations of financial misconduct related to his son, Hunter.

China replaces foreign minister after weeks of concern regarding his whereabouts

5:12pm July 25, 2023

by John Ruwitch

China has replaced its foreign minister Qin Gang after weeks of speculation about his whereabouts. He lasted in the position for seven months.

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CommScope to invest $60M for 250-job expansion in Catawba County

4:14pm July 25, 2023

by DJ Simmons

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that telecommunications company CommScope will add 250 jobs with a $60 million investment in Catawba County.

Ammon Bundy, center, who led a protest at a Boise hospital last year, stands on the Idaho Statehouse steps in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.

Ammon Bundy ordered to pay $50 million. But will the hospital ever see the money?

2:53pm July 25, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

A jury as ordered Ammon Bundy and an associate to pay more than $50 million in damages to Idaho's largest hospital after armed protests last year led to a security lockdown.

A new study finds a gap in excess deaths opened between Republicans and Democrats in 2021, after vaccine access was widened to all adults. Here, a Walgreens worker prepares vaccine shots for school staff in Dayton, Ohio, in February 2021.

A political gap in excess deaths widened after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, study says

2:17pm July 25, 2023

by Bill Chappell

After vaccines became widely available in 2021, "the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters," Yale researchers say.

The DOJ is taking legal action over razor wire-topped floating border wall in Texas

10:47am July 25, 2023

by David Martin Davies

The Justice Department and Texas are headed for a legal fight over Gov. Greg Abbott's floating barrier in the Rio Grande to stop illegal border crossings. The DOJ says the buoys violate federal law.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - JUNE 29: People walk through the gate on Harvard Yard at the Harvard University campus on June 29, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Affirmative action for rich kids: It's more than just legacy admissions

11:06pm July 24, 2023

by Greg Rosalsky

A blockbuster new study finds that America's elite private colleges are systematically giving huge advantages to rich kids over their equally bright, yet less privileged peers.

What Israel's new judicial law says about its democracy

5:35pm July 24, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with political analyst at Century International Dahlia Scheindlin about the Israeli parliament's move to limit certain types of judicial oversight of the government.