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How one Republican congressman is making sense of last week's chaos

5:18pm January 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with veteran Republican Congressman Pete Sessions of Texas about how he's making sense of last week's chaos in electing Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.

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How Republicans are overhauling the Congressional Ethics Office

4:56pm January 10, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with David Skaggs, former congressman and chair of the Office of Congressional Ethics, about new House rules that could weaken that office's influence on Congress.

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Winston-Salem City Manager Lee Garrity to retire in June

4:11pm January 10, 2023

by Paul Garber

Longtime Winston-Salem City Manager Lee Garrity has let city officials know he plans to retire in June.

Orrin Jackson, center, is one of the nonprofit Dream.org's network of formerly incarcerated people who lobbied Congress to pass the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act. Shown here are lawmakers and bill advocates from Dream.org and Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM).

A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate

3:15pm January 10, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

A bill that would have erased long-standing racial disparities in federal drug crimes failed to clear the Senate, disappointing thousands of people in prison and their families.

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Damage is seen at Brazil's Congress one day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília. The attack was planned by far-right groups on social media, according to Brazilian media and analysts.

The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies

2:10pm January 10, 2023

The similarities are deep: In addition to aiming to subvert an election, some of the same U.S. voices that amplify former President Donald Trump are echoing Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

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Talks on Monday between President Biden and Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador got off to a bumpy start.

Talks between Biden and Mexico's López Obrador got off to a bit of a rough start

11:24am January 10, 2023

The two leaders set out to talk about working together on migration, fentanyl interdiction and the economy. But first, they sparred over the history of U.S. support in Latin America.

Signs used for polling stations are seen in a bin at the El Paso County Courthouse during the presidential primary Texas on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

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Democrats' new primary calendar isn't quite a done deal, as complications arise

11:02am January 10, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Georgia and New Hampshire have asked for extensions to try and meet the Democratic Party's requirements to move into the early voting window, but it's not clear how they can overcome the hurdles.

President Biden faces questions on classified documents found at his former office

10:16am January 10, 2023

by Leila Fadel

Host Leila Fadel discusses the news of several classified documents being discovered at President Biden's private office in Washington DC with former Federal Prosecutor Brandon Van Grack.

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Lynnette Hardaway, left, and Rochelle Richardson, known as Diamond and Silk, speak at a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., in June 2020.

Lynette Hardaway, Diamond of pro-Trump duo 'Diamond and Silk,' has died at 51

9:09am January 10, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Former President Donald Trump is among the conservative figures offering condolences. He called Hardaway's death "totally unexpected" and "really bad news for Republicans and frankly, ALL Americans."

Morning news brief

8:11am January 10, 2023

California is in the middle of its fifth major storm since Christmas. The Biden administration unveils a new student loan repayment plan. Police release more details on a school shooting in Virginia.

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