Politics & Government

Speed enforcement campaign is underway in North Carolina

11:01am July 20, 2022

You may see more police patrols on North Carolina's highways this week as a statewide speed enforcement initiative is underway.

Then-Republican Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, flanked by House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, right, and Republican Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, criticizes Democrats' impeachment of then-President Donald Trump in December 2019. Now she is trying to

With the midterms in their sights, defending Trump isn't a Republican priority

10:37am July 20, 2022

by Tamara Keith

"The RNC and Republicans on Capitol Hill know they are poised for a great election year and what's the biggest thing that could be a hurdle to that? Donald Trump," says one longtime GOP consultant.

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A bipartisan group of senators blocks a Trump-era plan to realign the VA

7:52am July 20, 2022

by Quil Lawrence

The plan would have shut many of the Department of Veterans Affairs less-used clinics and aging hospitals. The senators say they're working on a way to rebuild the VA' infrastructure.

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Biden order promises more help for Americans detained or held hostage abroad

7:14am July 20, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Diane Foley, mother of journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped and killed by ISIS in 2012, about an executive order meant to help wrongfully detained Americans abroad.

Meet the new GDP prototype that tracks inequality

9:51pm July 19, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

A team of economists offers America a new way to look at economic growth. It's a sort of GDP prototype that tracks the well-being of different income groups.

The chief records officer of the U.S. government has asked the Secret Service to determine whether any of its text messages on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, were improperly deleted.

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The National Archives is looking into reports that the Secret Service deleted texts

6:27pm July 19, 2022

by Washington Desk

Reports that the Secret Service deleted text messages related to Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection have caught the attention of the chief records officer at the National Archives.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita was sent a "cease and desist" letter last week asking him to stop making what an attorney for Indiana abortion provider Dr. Caitlin Bernard describes as defamatory statements. Rokita's office responded that "no false o

Indiana's AG could face a lawsuit by the abortion provider for 10-year-old rape victim

6:16pm July 19, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Dr. Caitlin Bernard has threatened to sue Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita for "false and misleading statements" he made after she provided a medication abortion for the girl from Ohio.