Politics & Government

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) looks on Tuesday as Susan Zeier, mother-in-law of the late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, hugs Rosie Torres, wife of veteran Le Roy Torres, who suffers from illnesses related to his exposure to burn pits in

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The Senate passes help for veterans exposed to toxins, after a reversal drew fury

10:05pm August 02, 2022

by NPR Staff

The bill no longer would force generations of veterans to prove that their illness was caused by toxic exposures suffered in the military in order to get VA coverage.

Michigan Republican candidate for governor Tudor Dixon appears at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

Tudor Dixon will face Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan race for governor

9:50pm August 02, 2022

by Colin Jackson (Michigan Public Radio Network)

Republican Tudor Dixon, who is an abortion rights opponent and is backed by former President Trump, will face Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the Michigan race for governor in November.

Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas AG Derek Schmidt to face one another in November

9:19pm August 02, 2022

by Acacia Squires

It will be a tight race between incumbent Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, and Kansas state Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a Republican, for leadership of the state in November.

Voters in Kansas are the first to decide on abortion post-Roe

8:35pm August 02, 2022

The question before voters in Kansas is whether to add an amendment to the state constitution that would say there is no right to an abortion there.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan.

In Kansas, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly may sail through primary, but not reelection

8:35pm August 02, 2022

by Acacia Squires

Incumbent Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, faces an uphill battle in the November election against her expected challenger, Republican Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

Michigan results stream in

8:23pm August 02, 2022

Incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is running unopposed, but there are five Republicans in the GOP primary for governor Tuesday.

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu as she arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences, becoming t

Pelosi has landed in Taiwan. Here's why that's a big deal

6:10pm August 02, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making an unannounced, but widely anticipated, stop in Taiwan. The move is expected to increase already heightened tensions between the U.S. and China.

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After multiple nights of abortion-rights protests, security fences and barbed wire surround the Arizona Capitol, Monday, June 27, 2022, in Phoenix.

There's a spotlight on the primary for AG in Arizona because of abortion

6:09pm August 02, 2022

by Katherine Davis-Young

Post-Roe, Arizona's abortion law is confusing and the candidates for state attorney general say they'll clear it up. The Democrat is for abortion rights and the Republicans are against them.

The candidates in Missouri's primary election

5:43pm August 02, 2022

by Jason Rosenbaum

A competitive Republican primary highlights the open Senate contest in Missouri. One of the GOP candidates is causing some to worry that if he wins, it could put the Republican-held seat in jeopardy.

A voter drops off his mail ballot for the 2022 Pennsylvania primary elections in Newtown Square, Pa., on May 2. The state's Supreme Court has ruled in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law that expanded mail-in voting.

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Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law is upheld by the state's Supreme Court

5:17pm August 02, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

All voters in the key swing state can continue casting ballots by mail now that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a law that was challenged by some GOP state lawmakers who helped pass it.