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Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the current chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, who's shown here in 2018, has introduced a bill to try to protect the 2030 census and other future head counts from political interference.

Politics & Government

A new bill could help protect the census after Trump-era interference

3:09pm July 11, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

After years of census meddling by former President Donald Trump's administration, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., has introduced a bill that could help protect future counts from interference.

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A Supreme Court decision could radically reshape presidential elections

5:06pm July 10, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

A new Supreme Court case could radically change congressional and presidential elections by giving broad, largely unchecked power to state legislators in deciding how those elections are run.

Politics & Government

Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar is one Democrat who opposes abortion rights

8:02am July 10, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

Democratic leaders are hoping Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas holds onto his seat in November's midterm elections, even though he opposes abortion rights, a position at odds with his party brethren.

Residents drop mail-in ballots in an official ballot box outside of a Milwaukee library on Oct. 20, 2020.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court says ballot drop boxes aren't allowed in the state

2:54pm July 08, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

The decision lays out ground rules for absentee voting a month ahead of Wisconsin's statewide primary elections.

Ralph Reed prays on stage during a Donald Trump campaign event courting devout conservatives by combining praise, prayer and patriotism, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Alpharetta, Ga.

This conservative leader is trying to make white evangelical politics less white

4:36pm July 06, 2022

by Susan Davis

Faith and Freedom Coalition founder Ralph Reed, an activist in GOP politics for three decades, is working to turn out and expand the evangelical vote in 2022.

Maxwell Frost, then the National Organizing Director for March For Our Lives, speaks during a March For Our Lives Florida drive-in rally and aid event.

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The first Gen Z candidates are running for Congress — and running against compromise

11:18am July 06, 2022

by Elena Moore

As the first few Gen Z candidates navigate runs for Congress, questions remain over how coming of age during intense national political division will shape Gen Z candidates' approach to politics.

NPR used social media and news reports to track four key men spreading misinformation about the 2020 election (from left to right): MyPillow CEO and longtime Trump supporter Mike Lindell, former high school math and science teacher Douglas Frank, former l

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know

5:00am July 05, 2022

An NPR investigation found that since the Capitol riot, the election denial movement has moved from the national level to hundreds of grassroots events across the country. Here are four key takeaways.

A sign in Carson City, Nevada in January 2021 calling on pro-Trump protesters, supporting his baseless claims of election fraud, to go home. Now, other candidates are following in Trump's footsteps.

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These candidates lost badly, but now are claiming fraud

5:01am July 02, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

Former President Trump's influence is growing — with fringe candidates, who are refusing to admit defeat even after they've been trounced.

Voters line up to cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election in Durham, N.C. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a North Carolina redistricting case this fall about how much power state legislatures have over how federal elections are run.

Politics & Government

How the Supreme Court could radically reshape elections for president and Congress

7:08pm June 30, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

The justices have agreed to hear a case next term about how much power state legislatures have over how congressional and presidential elections are run. It could upend election laws across the U.S.

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A crop of candidates are insisting they won their elections, despite not being close

5:34pm June 30, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

Some candidates who finished way down in Georgia's primaries have said their elections were tainted by fraud, and at least one is fundraising off of that.