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The FBI investigates threatening letters with white powder sent to GOP lawmakers

5:14pm June 27, 2023

by Shaylee Ragar

More than 120 Republican state lawmakers have been mailed envelopes containing white powder and threatening notes in Kansas, Tennessee and Montana. The FBI is investigating.

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Local expert weighs in on Moore v. Harper Supreme Court ruling and what it means for North Carolina

4:41pm June 27, 2023

by David Ford

A theory that was advanced by North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders has been rejected by the nation’s highest court.

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Supreme Court sets new standards for what constitutes 'true threats'

4:28pm June 27, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with University of Miami law professor Mary Anne Franks about the Supreme Court's decision in Counterman v. Colorado.

Rep. Jamie Raskin at his home in Takoma Park, Md. on June 12, 2023.

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Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, free from cancer, weighs a Senate run

4:28pm June 27, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Raskin has given himself until July 4th to announce his plans. He's weighing a run for the U.S. Senate after going into remission following intensive cancer treatment.

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N.C. set to receive $1.5 billion in federal funds to expand high-speed internet access

3:15pm June 27, 2023

by DJ Simmons

North Carolina is set to receive more than $1.5 billion in federal funding which will be used to expand high-speed Internet access for residents.

Chow takes part in the annual Toronto Pride Parade on June 25.

Olivia Chow is elected Toronto's mayor — marking a shift in the city's politics

2:02pm June 27, 2023

by Kai McNamee

Progressive mayor-elect Olivia Chow is the first Chinese Canadian to win the office, ending more than a decade of conservative leadership.

A noose is seen on makeshift gallows as supporters of Donald Trump rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Senate report: intelligence agencies 'failed to fulfill their mission' ahead of Jan. 6

1:04pm June 27, 2023

by Barbara Sprunt

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee issued a report claiming intelligence agencies failed "on a "fundamental level" in the lead-up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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Supreme Court rules state courts can play role in policing federal elections

10:45am June 27, 2023

by Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.

Dan Digre, CEO of MISCO, on the factory floor in St. Paul, Minn. on May 18, 2023.

Biden kept Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. This is who pays the price

10:38am June 27, 2023

by Asma Khalid

Dan Digre makes loudspeakers in Minnesota. But he's importing more of them from China than he used to, thanks to unintended consequences from Trump-era tariffs that President Biden has kept in place.

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Morning news brief

5:50am June 27, 2023

Russian President Putin's grip on power was challenged by rebellion. President Biden says U.S. had no involvement in that event. Nevada tribes to appear in court to block lithium mine construction.

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