Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Criticism over latest NC redistricting back at Supreme Court

1:19pm October 05, 2022

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina’s Supreme Court returned to the state’s recent divisive round of redistricting on Tuesday, as justices heard further challenges to General Assembly and congressional district lines g

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The appeal Trump wants justices to decide is extraordinarily narrow, Wehle says

8:28am October 05, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kim Wehle, visiting law professor at American University and author of How To Read The Constitution And Why, about former President Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Trump requests the Supreme Court to resolve the Mar-a-Lago document dispute

7:21am October 05, 2022

The legal battle over documents seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in August continues with the former president requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case.

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News brief: OPEC meeting, Trump document dispute, U.S. balancing act in Iran

6:43am October 05, 2022

OPEC mulls a cut in oil production. The fight over Mar-a-Lago documents goes to the Supreme Court. And the U.S. tries to support Iranian protesters while striking a nuclear deal with their government.

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Denver Riggleman, a former Republican Congressman, joined the staff of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. His new book, "The Breach," describes his work on the investigation and his path to politics.

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A new book's behind-the-scenes look at Congress' Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation

9:31pm October 04, 2022

by Tom Dreisbach

Denver Riggleman spent 8 months as an adviser to the Congressional committee investigating the January 6th Capitol Riot. Now he's written a book about his experience — called, "The Breach."

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving the Voting Rights Act.

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Supreme Court conservatives may strike another blow to landmark Voting Rights Act

8:41pm October 04, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

At issue in Tuesday's case was Alabama's congressional redistricting plan, adopted by the Republican state legislature after the 2020 Census.

Former President Donald Trump is requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case concerning classified documents taken from his Mar-a-Lago home over the summer.

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Trump asks the Supreme Court to resolve Mar-a-Lago document dispute

6:22pm October 04, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Trump's legal team argued that the lower court lacked the authority to grant an appeal, which allowed the Justice Department to continue its investigation without supervision from a special master.

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FBI agent testifies for a second day in Oath Keepers trial connected to Jan. 6

6:22pm October 04, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Jurors heard a second day of testimony from an FBI agent in the trial of five members of the Oath Keepers accused of seditious conspiracy.

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Former President Trump escalates the legal battle over classified documents, again

5:19pm October 04, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks to University of Texas law expert Stephen Vladeck about former President Trump's request that the Supreme Court intervene in the dispute over classified material at his home.

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Effort to add downtown Winston-Salem to historic register progresses

5:07pm October 04, 2022

by April Laissle

An effort to add a section of downtown Winston-Salem to the National Register of Historic Places is moving forward.