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Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gather outside the Michigan State Capitol in 2020.

Politics & Government

Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions

6:16am January 25, 2022

by Miles Parks

Legal experts say the illegitimate submissions should motivate Congress to update the Electoral Count Act and "firm up the guardrails" of democracy.

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Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection testifies before the House Rules Committee in December.

Jan. 6 panel is investigating a Trump administration plan to seize voting machines

8:09pm January 23, 2022

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi confirmed Sunday that an executive order was drafted for Trump to sign that would have used the military to seize machines in battleground states.

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West Virginia's plan to fight 2022 misinformation

5:19pm January 23, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mac Warner, West Virginia's secretary of state, about a bipartisan campaign by state election officials to fight misinformation ahead of the 2022 vote.

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Young people have been on the front lines of activist movements, including on the issue of climate change.

A new look at how turmoil is defining the lives and politics of Generation Z

5:01pm January 18, 2022

by Juana Summers

In a new book, Fight: How Gen Z is channeling their fear and passion to save America, pollster John Della Volpe explores how America's youngest voters and activists are coming of age.

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A reflection of the U.S. Capitol on a car window on Jan. 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C., the day President Joe Biden met with Senate Democrats to talk about voting rights legislation.

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The Senate is set to debate voting rights. Here's what the bills would do

9:04am January 18, 2022

by Brian Naylor

The two measures the Senate will debate aim to prevent states from limiting access to the ballot and make it easier for people to vote.

Glenn Youngkin waves to the crowd at his inauguration on Saturday Jan. 15, in Richmond, Va.

Republican Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as the governor of Virginia

6:17pm January 15, 2022

The businessman, the first Republican to hold the office in nearly a decade, took the oath alongside Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears. The pair surprised Democrats when they swept office in November.

Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., walks down the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23, 2021. Katko has announced his retirement from Congress.

Republican Rep. John Katko, who voted for Trump's impeachment, is retiring

1:21pm January 14, 2022

by Alana Wise

Katko is the third Republican who voted for former President Donald Trump's second impeachment to announce his retirement.

Then-candidate Joe Biden walks on stage to begin the first presidential debate in September 2020. The 2020 faceoffs may be the last of their kind.

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Republicans threaten to skip traditional general election debates

6:20pm January 13, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

The Republican National Committee has released a letter outlining complaints and will ask presidential nominees not to participate in debates put on by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

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Virginia's Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, pictured on the campaign trail, speaks with now Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears after a rally in Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 30, 2021. Youngkin and Sears, both Republicans, won election on Nov. 2, and will be sworn into of

Virginia's first Black woman lieutenant governor says we need to move on from slavery

10:09am January 13, 2022

by Ben Paviour

Winsome Sears, a Republican, will be sworn into office Saturday in Virginia alongside Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin. Sears ran, in part, on the idea that the country's racial reckoning has gone too far.

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Former Harry Reid staffer on Biden's support of getting rid of the filibuster

7:36pm January 11, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Adam Jentleson, who served as the deputy chief of staff to Sen. Harry Reid, about the impact President Biden's support of changing Senate rules has on the filibuster.

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