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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Emily's List gala on May 3. Harris spoke a day after a published report revealed that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade.

Politics & Government

Here's why Democrats are making the abortion debate about more than abortion

12:38pm May 05, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

President Biden and Vice President Harris have both focused on the risks to other rights like marriage and contraception since the draft Supreme Court opinion leaked.

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Abortion rights and anti-abortion activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

The political consequences of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion on abortion

3:33pm May 03, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

The draft — showing the conservative majority ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — will have wide-ranging ramifications, from pressure to end the filibuster to more distrust of the confirmation process.

Silhouette of boy in front of a television screen.

Arts

There's too much TV to keep up. Have we hit the limit?

2:11pm May 03, 2022

by Linda Holmes

It's not that there are too many bad shows. It's that there are too many perfectly fine ones. That has implications for jobs in Hollywood.

Pallets of aid to Ukraine are stacked behind Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (right) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they speak with reporters after returning from their trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zele

U.S. war aims shift in Ukraine — and bring additional risks

4:46pm April 27, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. now believes Ukraine can win, a significant change in thinking, and is rushing in weapons. This raises the risk of widening the conflict, analysts say, and may destabilize the global economy.

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Politics & Government

Week in Politics: Some Democrats question plans to lift immigration restrictions

11:28am April 23, 2022

Even Democrats from non-border states are beginning to question President Biden's plans to lift pandemic-era immigration restrictions. And year-old audio from a Republican leader makes waves.

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Firearms were the leading cause of children under the age of 19 in 2020. Until then, motor vehicle accidents had spent the last 60 years as the leading cause of death for kids.

Firearms overtook auto accidents as the leading cause of death in children

4:58pm April 22, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The change occurred in 2020, researchers say. Overall firearm-related deaths increased 13.5% between 2019 and 2020, but such fatalities for those 1 to 19 years old jumped nearly 30%.

Matt Reeves, a former employee of Montpelier who was fired this week, pictured outside of the historic Gilmore cabin at Montpelier.

National

Montpelier's fight with descendants of the enslaved brings employee firings

2:53pm April 20, 2022

by Alana Wise

Problems at Montpelier, years in the making, reached a boiling point this week when a number of employees who had supported descendants of the enslaved were fired.

A Ukrainian soldier stands on an armored personnel carrier near the front lines with Russian troops in Izium, in eastern Ukraine, on Monday. Russia fared poorly when it invaded Ukraine eight weeks ago. Now Russia says it has now launched a new offensive f

As Russia launches a new offensive, what did it learn from the first one?

1:02pm April 19, 2022

by Greg Myre

When Russia invaded Ukraine eight weeks ago, its war plan failed on multiple fronts. Russia has now regrouped and is focused on the east of Ukraine, hoping to avoid the earlier mistakes.

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This week Vice President Harris announced new actions the Biden administration is taking to help people in the United States struggling with medical debt.

What the White House's actions on medical debt could mean for consumers

12:01pm April 14, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Biden administration announced new measures to ease the financial burden of high medical bills. Here's how the measures can help and what's still missing to protect patients.

Foreign policy expert Emma Ashford says sanctions are effective for inflicting economic pain on a country, but leadership are often good at insulating themselves from the impact.

Where do sanctions on Russia go from here? A foreign policy expert weighs in

9:26am April 14, 2022

Despite heavy sanctions, Russia has not slowed down its invasion of Ukraine. Some are left wondering just how much sanctions can achieve.

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