Politics & Government

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

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There's a toxic brew of mistrust toward U.S. institutions. It's got real consequences

2:41pm May 03, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Republicans are lambasting Democrats' attempts at uniform ethics standards at the Supreme Court as partisan politics. It's just the latest chapter in a decline in national unity.

Then-President Barack Obama speaks alongside then-Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in June 2016.

Jack Lew had a front-row seat to debt ceiling fights under Obama. Here's his advice

2:38pm May 03, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The U.S. came dangerously close to defaulting on its debt in 2011. Jack Lew, chief of staff and then treasury secretary under President Obama, offers some advice to the current administration.

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Transgender North Carolinians and their supporters raise their fists in the air and chant let us speak after a House committee meeting

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Transgender surgery ban advances in North Carolina House

11:57am May 03, 2023

by Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

Dozens of transgender North Carolinians and their supporters spoke out against state lawmakers Tuesday as a House committee advanced legislation banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors without allowing members of the public to testify.

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North Carolina Republicans unveil new abortion restrictions

10:26am May 03, 2023

by Gary Robertson and Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders said on Tuesday there's agreement in the GOP-dominated legislature on backing a measure that would prohibit abortion in nearly all cases after roughly the first trimester of pregnancy.

Jacqueline Arellano hikes through a wash she suspects migrants move though on their way north after crossing the border. She volunteers with Border Kindness , a group that is extending its services to desert areas around Yuma, Ariz., to assist lost or hurt migrants.

Desperate migrants are choosing to cross the border through dangerous U.S. desert

6:06am May 03, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

The humanitarian aid group Border Kindness leaves water and other aid in areas along the U.S.-Mexico border. They say people are ill-prepared for conditions on uncharted trails.

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Biden and congressional leaders will face off in a high stakes debt ceiling meeting

5:03am May 03, 2023

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell insists he's backing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy when it comes to debt ceiling talks. He says it's up to the president to work out an agreement with McCarthy.

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade at the Met Gala on Monday.

Amid anti-trans bills targeting youth, Dwyane Wade takes a stand for his daughter

6:17pm May 02, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

The father and sports legend has been outwardly supportive of his daughter Zaya as culture wars surrounding trans rights have continued to swell.

Employees of the Miami-Dade County Elections Department process vote-by-mail ballots for the midterm elections in November 2022 in Miami.

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Voter turnout for the 2022 elections was the 2nd highest for midterms since 2000

5:20pm May 02, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

Voter turnout for last year's elections was the second highest for a midterms since 2000, and close to half of voters cast ballots early or by mail, estimates from a Census Bureau survey show.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was among the Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee who viewed Tuesday's hearing on Supreme Court ethics as an attack on the new conservative Supreme Court supermajority, an attack by Democrats, aided and abetted by the media.

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Dueling narratives at the Senate hearing on the Supreme Court

5:10pm May 02, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Democrats' avowed purpose was to get the Supreme Court to write a code of conduct for itself, or in the absence of that, for Congress to write one. The Republicans avowed purpose was quite different.

As fentanyl deaths rise, state legislatures resist 'harm reduction' method

4:59pm May 02, 2023

by Brian Mann

The Biden administration is embracing healthcare efforts designed to reduce the deadly impact of fentanyl addiction — but many state legislatures are resisting the "harm reduction" approach.