Politics & Government

Attorneys gave closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump

4:57pm May 08, 2023

by Andrea Bernstein

Attorneys in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Donald Trump gave their closing arguments. Jurors will determine whether Trump should be held accountable for allegedly sexually attacking Carroll.

A look at Biden and McCarthy's relationship ahead of their debt ceiling meeting

4:57pm May 08, 2023

by Scott Detrow

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have a pivotal meeting on the debt ceiling on Tuesday. Here's a look at their relationship.

Forsyth county officials unearth red clay with golden shovels

Officials break ground on new Belews Lake Park

4:54pm May 08, 2023

by April Laissle

Amid the faint sounds of construction and birdsongs, county and state officials donned hard hats and dug golden shovels into a pile of red clay to officially break ground on Belews Lake Park in For

Biden's former director of border management reacts to end of Title 42

4:41pm May 08, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrea Flores, the former director of border management on the National Security Council under President Biden, about the expiration of Title 42.

DOT Secretary Buttigieg wants to hold airlines accountable for delays, cancelations

4:12pm May 08, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about new rules that would compensate airline passengers for flight delays and cancelations.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen leaves a meeting on April 21. She warns that economic chaos will ensue if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling in the coming weeks.

Yellen warns of 'calamity' unless Congress raises the debt limit. What's the holdup?

3:40pm May 08, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The treasury secretary warns that the U.S. could default on its debt by June 1, with disastrous economic consequences. GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson explains why Republicans insist on adding conditions.

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Travelers wait in line at the Southwest Airlines ticketing counter at Nashville International Airport after the airline cancelled thousands of flights in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 27, 2022.

Biden wants airlines to pay passengers whose flights are hit by preventable delays

2:47pm May 08, 2023

by Juliana Kim

No airline currently offers cash compensation in addition to refunds or amenities. The White House plans to change that. The move comes after a chaotic holiday travel season.

'The Last Honest Man' profiles the senator who exposed the CIA's crimes and cover-ups

1:48pm May 08, 2023

by Dave Davies

Journalist James Risen tells the story of Sen. Frank Church, who exposed the dirty laundry of the CIA and the FBI nearly 50 years ago, and inspired congressional oversight of intelligence agencies.

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Jonathan Mitchell, pictured on April 27 inside the statehouse in Austin, Texas, is credited with devising the legal strategy behind the near-total abortion ban in Texas known as S.B. 8.

He helped craft the 'bounty hunter' abortion law in Texas. He's just getting started

9:26am May 08, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

The attorney Jonathan Mitchell is known for leveraging the law to achieve his conservative clients' goals — regardless of the potential political fallout.

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Politics & Government

Politics chat: Debt ceiling talks; January 6 and the 2024 race; Trump returns to CNN

10:04am May 07, 2023

What's at stake as President Biden and congressional leaders meet this week over the debt limit, how the insurrection figures into the 2024 election, and former President Trump returns to CNN.

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