Law

DOJ's antitrust trial against Google over its search dominance is set to begin

5:06am September 12, 2023

The Justice Department is dubbing its case against Google the biggest monopoly lawsuit in more than 25 years. It says Google has been giving its search engine business preferential treatment.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:06am September 12, 2023

Moroccan and international teams work to rescue earthquake survivors. The government opens its antitrust case against Google. The House returns to Washington with Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a bind.

National

Google's antitrust showdown begins this week

5:12pm September 11, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rebecca Haw Allensworth, a professor of antitrust law at Vanderbilt Law School, about the federal government's first major monopoly trial of the Big Tech era.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington. He is one of 19 defendants in a Georgia racketeering case involving former President Donald Trump.

Judge rejects Mark Meadows' efforts to move Georgia racketeering case to federal court

10:17pm September 08, 2023

by Stephen Fowler

The former White House chief of staff to former President Donald Trump argued he should be tried in federal court. A federal judge disagreed, signaling how other defendants may be tried.

An American flag flies on top of the White House, Feb. 12, 2022, in Washington. A federal appeals court Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, significantly whittled down a lower court's order curbing Biden administration communications with social media companies over controversial content about COVID-19 and other issues.

Politics & Government

Appeals court slaps Biden administration for contact with social media companies

8:45pm September 08, 2023

The panel of judges say that the administration's efforts to flag what it considered to be harmful content likely amount to a violation of the First Amendment.

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

Biden administration urges Supreme Court to hear case on major abortion pill

7:15pm September 08, 2023

by Juliana Kim

The Justice Department pressured the Supreme Court on Friday to reconsider the fate of mifepristone in the U.S. The abortion pill may be dramatically limited if the court decides not to review.

Oklahoma is promoting a history curriculum using videos by conservative group PragerU

5:54pm September 08, 2023

by Beth Wallis

Oklahoma has joined Florida in allowing videos from the conservative group PragerU in classrooms. Officials say it's a way to give a pro-American education. Critics call it right-wing indoctrination.

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Politics & Government

Justice Alito rejects recusal in major tax case

5:08pm September 08, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

His statement came after Sen. Dick Durbin, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the chief justice, urging that steps be taken to assure that Alito not take part in the tax case.

National

Florida Supreme Court considers whether its abortion ban violates right to privacy

4:54pm September 08, 2023

by Regan McCarthy

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the state's 15 week abortion ban is protected under the right to privacy guaranteed by the state constitution.

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The front of the Fulton County Courthouse, the site of criminal proceedings against former President Donald Trump for election interference. The special grand jury's report that investigated those claims released Friday.

Politics & Government

Georgia panel recommended prosecutors seek charges against 39 people in Trump case

3:58pm September 08, 2023

by Stephen Fowler

The special grand jury's report differs from the charges filed by the Fulton County DA, including recommending Sen. Lindsey Graham and former Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler face indictment.