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A young girl listens to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump address the Values Voter Summit on September 9 in Washington, DC.

Evangelical Gathering A Sign Conservative Christians Slow To Embrace Trump

3:21pm September 10, 2016

by Brakkton Booker

The Republican nominee addressed the annual Values Voter Summit occurring this weekend in Washington, D.C. He was not among the top few primary candidates preferred by conservative Christian voters.

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Court Blocks Proof-Of-Citizenship Requirement For Voters In 3 States

12:46pm September 10, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Alabama, Georgia and Kansas will not be allowed to require proof of citizenship on a federal mail voter registration form. Only Kansas has been actively enforcing the controversial rule.

Justice Department Says Texas Is Misleading Voters In ID Law Re-Education

8:44am September 10, 2016

by Ashley Lopez

The Department of Justice and voting advocates say Texas is misleading voters with information about how its voter ID law is supposed to work after courts struck down an earlier version of the law.

Now In Hillary's Corner, Businessman Mark Cuban Offers Up Debate Tips

8:44am September 10, 2016

Mark Cuban started out agnostic in the 2016 presidential race. He tells Scott Simon how he ended up stumping for Hillary Clinton, and how he thinks Clinton can get the better of Trump in the debates.

Non-Politicians Talking Politics: Author Victor Davis Hanson On 2016 Election

8:44am September 10, 2016

Victor Davis Hanson, "Carnage and Culture" author and a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, talks politics with Scott Simon. He calls the election cycle a continuation of populist outrage.

Mike Pence Releases His Tax Returns; Donald Trump Still Won't

10:19pm September 09, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

Ten years of tax filings reveal the relatively modest income of a public servant. Pence's spokesman says Donald Trump will release his returns after "a routine audit."

Donald Trump speaks to the media on April 27, 2011, in Portsmouth, N.H., after President Obama released his original birth certificate earlier that morning.

Tracking The Rebirth Of The 'Birther' Conspiracy

7:09pm September 09, 2016

Several surrogates close to Donald Trump have insisted this week that he actually believes President Obama was born in the United States, but Trump hasn't actually said it himself.

Week In Politics: Presidential Candidates Outline Foreign Policy Goals

5:57pm September 09, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the presidential candidates' latest comments on foreign policy and how the GOP will function after Donald Trump.

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Clinton, Trump Evoke Close Ties To New York In Discussing 9/11 Attacks

5:57pm September 09, 2016

Both candidates for president have close ties to New York. Hillary Clinton, the state's former senator, and native son Donald Trump regularly invoke the 9/11 attacks on the campaign trail.

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A resident votes in the Michigan primary on March 8 in Royal Oak, Michigan.

In Michigan, You Can Check A Box To Vote Down A Ballot, Supreme Court Says

3:31pm September 09, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

A straight-ticket option lets voters cast ballots for all the candidates of one party with one mark. Today, the Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings that blocked Michigan's ban on the practice.