Politics & Government

Mitch Landrieu, speaking at the White House in May, is President Biden's point man on infrastructure.

Mitch Landrieu is Biden's man to rebuild America and deliver broadband to millions

5:01am June 26, 2023

This is the year that a lot of the money from Biden's 2021 infrastructure law starts flowing to states and local governments. Mitch Landrieu is tasked with implementing and promoting the effort.

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Politics chat: The Biden administration's response to the events in Russia

7:59am June 25, 2023

We look at what the Biden Administration is and isn't saying about the remarkable events that unfolded in Russia yesterday, when the leader of a private army threatened to march to Moscow.

A year after the Dobbs decision, Trump reminds conservative voters of his role in it

7:59am June 25, 2023

Former president Donald Trump addressed conservative voters at a Faith & Freedom Coalition gathering on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

A demonstrator holds a sign saying "PROTECT VOTER RIGHTS!" at a 2021 rally in Washington, D.C., calling for Congress to pass new voting rights legislation.

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Voting rights advocates welcomed a Supreme Court win. But the fight isn't over

5:39pm June 24, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

An unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. But many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

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Week in politics: The Dobbs decision, one year on

8:02am June 24, 2023

Analysis of the week in politics - it's been dominated by the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision on abortion.

A U.S. law enforcement officer stands guard by a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas.

The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration

4:59pm June 23, 2023

by Joel Rose

The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.

Why Guatemala has never had an indigenous president

4:55pm June 23, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Nearly half of Guatemala's population identifies as indigenous, but the country hasn't had a native president. The most high profile indigenous candidate is barred from running for the role.

Supreme Court hands the Biden administration a major victory on immigration policy

4:55pm June 23, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court handed the Biden administration a major victory in a long-running immigration law dispute about guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation.

More than 3,000 Starbucks workers pledged to strike in the coming days across the U.S.

U.S. Starbucks workers join in a weeklong strike over stores not allowing Pride décor

3:19pm June 23, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Starbucks workers in cities including Chicago, Philadelphia and San Antonio plan to walk out or picket over coming days following worker accusations that the company is scaling back its LGBTQ support.

Abortion rights activists protest after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, overturning the right to abortion, in Portland, Ore., on June 24, 2022.

A year since Dobbs, these are the many ways states are protecting abortion

1:57pm June 23, 2023

Abortion access has declined dramatically nationwide, but many states have further protected abortion by enacting "shield laws," allocating funding, stockpiling medication and repealing old laws.