Politics & Government

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Morning news brief: Jan. 6 probe, Ukraine's civilian soldiers, Mexico's data leak

6:55am October 14, 2022

The Jan. 6 panel votes to subpoena Donald Trump. The U.K. is training Ukrainian civilians to fight against Russia. Mexico is dealing with a massive data leak that uncovered some closely-kept secrets.

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Ahead of the midterms, Biden takes to the road to tout Democratic successes

5:08am October 14, 2022

President Biden is on his biggest midterm campaign outing yet, a trip that is taking him to Colorado, California and Oregon. But compared to past presidents, he hasn't been on the road that much.\

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The White House and Saudi Arabia are embroiled in a public fight over oil production

5:08am October 14, 2022

After the Saudis urged OPEC+ to slash global oil production, the White House and the kingdom are fighting over oil in public. President Biden is warning "there will be consequences" for Saudi Arabia.

The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol votes to subpoena former President Donald Trump, in the Cannon House Office Building on October 13, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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Here's every word from the 9th Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

6:29pm October 13, 2022

Read the full transcript from the Oct. 13 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) (left) and Republican nominee Hershel Walker (right) are the major party nominees in the Georgia Senate race

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With two Black men running for Senate in Georgia, race takes center stage

6:20pm October 13, 2022

by Sam Gringlas

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican Hershel Walker face off in Georgia, the first time two Black men are major party nominees.

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A video of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is played during a hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on October 13, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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The Jan. 6 Committee has voted to subpoena Trump. Here's what else happened

6:04pm October 13, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

The House Jan. 6 committee just wrapped up what could be its final hearing about the attack on the Capitol. The panel unanimously voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump.

The U.S. House Select Committee members voted on Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify as part of its investigation.

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The Jan. 6 committee votes unanimously to subpoena Trump

5:42pm October 13, 2022

All nine members of the committee voted to subpoena the former president to testify before them. Presidential subpoenas are complicated but not unprecedented.

The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its ninth, and likely last, investigative hearing this week.

Jan. 6 panel is back to present evidence in a final investigative hearing

5:25pm October 13, 2022

A House panel investigating the attack on the Capitol holds its ninth public hearing, potentially the final one ahead of the release of its wrap-up report.

This April 26, 1989, file photo shows Norma McCorvey, left, known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, with attorney Gloria Allred in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

The forgotten story of Jane Roe, who fought for and then against abortion rights

5:18pm October 13, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Norma McCorvey is the real name of the woman many Americans now know as the Roe in Roe v. Wade. Her story shows the ways class, religion and money shape abortion politics in the United States.

Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Pete Aguilar on Thursday's hearing

4:59pm October 13, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of the House Jan. 6th committee about the panel's unanimous decision to subpoena former President Trump to testify.

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