Politics & Government

Abortion rights supporters cheer in Overland Park, Kansas, on Aug. 2 as the proposed Kansas constitutional amendment removing the right to an abortion fails.

Politics & Government

In Kansas and Arizona, voters defy expectations to chart their own course

5:00am August 06, 2022

by Ron Elving

People bristle and resist when told what they can or cannot do. We knew this about guns, vaccinations and masks. And we are seeing some of that with regard to abortion rights, even in red states.

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., speaks during a hearing on June 4, 2020.

Politics & Government

GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse, who voted to impeach Trump, advances in Wash. primary

8:45pm August 05, 2022

by Benjamin Swasey

Newhouse will face Democrat Doug White in November's general election in the heavily Republican district.

Senate Dems are closer to passing the Inflation Reduction Act, but there's work ahead

5:12pm August 05, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Democrats are one step closer to passing the Inflation Reduction Act, but they still have a long weekend ahead on Capitol Hill.

Former Republicans and Democrats form a new 3rd political party

5:12pm August 05, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, two of the co-chairs of the new national political third party, called "Forward."

Many Republicans on the campaign trail are shunning mainstream press

4:57pm August 05, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Republican candidates for public office are now commonly refusing to grant access to reporters from mainstream national news media, often speaking to friendly partisan press.

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The fallout continues from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

4:44pm August 05, 2022

The White House summoned China's ambassador to the U.S. to address concerns about military exercises around Taiwan — the latest in the fallout over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island.

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Senate to vote on huge package that would change drug pricing and health insurance

4:44pm August 05, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Inflation Reduction Act aims to put caps on drug price increases and out of pocket spending. It also includes a provision allowing Medicare to negotiate price some drugs.

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Migrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Del Rio, Texas, disembark within view of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

GOP governors sent buses of migrants to D.C. — with no plan for what came next

3:44pm August 05, 2022

For months, governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending charter buses full of migrants to Washington, D.C. Neither the local nor federal government greets them when they arrive.

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Supporters of a constitutional amendment about abortion in Kansas remove signs ahead of Tuesday's vote.

Abortion rights supporters and opponents look for lessons from the Kansas vote

12:35pm August 05, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Kentucky has a similar measure on the ballot, and another is expected in Michigan. But even as advocates analyze the results, they warn that messaging that worked in Kansas may not work nationwide.

ACLU: NC's rejection of LGBTQ-themed vanity license plates raises 'constitutional concerns'

11:40am August 05, 2022

by April Laissle

A civil rights group says North Carolina's refusal to allow vanity license plates with LGBTQ themes raises “constitutional concerns.”