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Politics & Government

After months of rhetoric, Biden and congressional leaders met to discuss debt ceiling

5:08am May 10, 2023

President Biden heads to a New York district where Republicans eked out a victory in 2022. It's part of a push to put pressure on vulnerable Republicans to lift the debt ceiling.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein talks to a reporter on her way to a vote on Sept. 29, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is set to return to Washington Tuesday following an absence

9:28pm May 09, 2023

Feinstein, 89, will return to work after being away for months to recover from shingles. She last voted in February, and her absence has spurred calls for her to resign.

Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, during a joint meeting of Congress with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Capitol on April 27.

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Rep. George Santos faces federal criminal charge

9:25pm May 09, 2023

Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, has faced controversy, calls for his resignation and probes over his many falsehoods. Now he faces a federal criminal charge.

E. Jean Carroll (center) departs the Manhattan courthouse where a jury awarded her $5 million after finding former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in the mid-1990s.

A jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial

6:54pm May 09, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

Jurors believed that Carroll's allegation of sexual abuse in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s was more likely true than not. They awarded her $5 million in total damages.

Democratic state Sen. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (right) stands and applauds as Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs gives the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9.

An Arizona lawmaker (who is also a minister) is under investigation for a Bible prank

5:20pm May 09, 2023

by Ben Giles

An ethics inquiry is examining whether Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Presbyterian minister, broke Arizona House rules when she hid Bibles from the members' lounge in a protest.

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The political ramifications of Trump being found liable for sexual assault

5:01pm May 09, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

The political world is reacting after a federal jury determined former President Donald Trump is liable for battery and defamation in a civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll.

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Dr. Ashish Jha on the White House ending the COVID-19 emergency declaration

4:39pm May 09, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha about how the national public health emergency for coronavirus is coming to an end May 11.

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse in E. Jean Carroll's civil case

4:27pm May 09, 2023

by Andrea Bernstein

A Manhattan federal jury has determined former President Donald Trump is liable for battery and defamation in a civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. Jurors awarded her $5 million.

Biden holds high stakes debt ceiling talks that include GOP leaders

4:27pm May 09, 2023

President Biden is meeting with congressional leaders on Tuesday, in what is seen as the first step toward negotiations over raising the debt ceiling.

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Protests erupted in Pakistan after arrest of former prime minister

4:07pm May 09, 2023

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistan's paramilitary forces arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan inside a courthouse in the capital Islamabad on Tuesday. The move escalated political tensions at a time of economic distress.