Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls Texas judge's abortion pill ruling 'shocking'
The future of access to abortion pills is uncertain after two federal judges issued a pair of conflicting rulings on Friday evening.
Politics & Government
How will the Ukraine document investigation work? A former DOJ 'leak czar' explains
Brandon Van Grack, who led the Justice Department's probe into Edward Snowden, says the priority has to be finding the source of the leak and ensuring there aren't any more coming.
Meet the chief federal judge overseeing several high-profile Trump grand jury probes
Jeb Boasberg is taking over as chief judge of the federal district court in Washington as grand jury investigations of former President Donald Trump intensify.
Drag queens led an Easter march in L.A. to protest anti-drag and anti-trans laws
Drag queens led a march in Los Angeles on Easter Sunday to protest anti-drag and anti-trans laws being passed in state legislatures elsewhere in the U.S.
Do legislative supermajorities weaken the democratic process, as seen in Tennessee?
NPR speaks with Ken Paulson, with the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University. He says legislative supermajorities can weaken the democratic process, as we saw in Tennessee last week.
Local officials are poised to send expelled Tennessee lawmakers back to state House
Former Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, want to return to the House. Upcoming meetings could give local officials the chance to send them back.
Poetry-loving Biden heads to Ireland, home of the 'best poets in the world'
President Biden's penchant for Irish poetry is likely to come through during his upcoming visit to the Emerald Isle, where he'll mark the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
Democratic leader of the House in Tennessee on what's next after the expulsion of two members
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with the Democratic leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Karen Camper, about what's next now that two of her members have been expelled from the chamber.
Politics chat: Abortion developments and the Republican Party
Developments on the abortion front this week seem to have a message for Republicans. But GOP officials do not show signs of softening their hard-line stance against the practice.
What to know about the Trump-E. Jean Carroll trial that is set to begin this month
In 2019, Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a department store in the mid-1990s and later sued him for battery and defamation for his denials. The first of two trials is set to begin April 25.