Law

Mississippi wants to overturn ruling that allows formerly incarcerated felons to vote

4:42pm August 24, 2023

by Michael McEwen

A federal court ruling earlier this month would allow as many as 30,000 formerly incarcerated felons to regain their voting rights in Mississippi. The state is looking to overturn that decision.

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This booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office shows Mark Meadows in Atlanta Thursday, after he surrendered and was booked.

Politics & Government

Trump ally Mark Meadows turns himself in after Georgia election indictment

3:20pm August 24, 2023

by NPR's Washington Desk

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has turned himself in to face charges as part of the case targeting Donald Trump and his allies for attempting to subvert Georgia's 2020 election.

Morning news brief

7:40am August 24, 2023

GOP presidential contenders met on the debate stage. Donald Trump is expected in Georgia to answer election meddling charges. Head of the Wagner mercenary force is reported dead in a plane crash.

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Fulton County Jail, where Trump will be booked, is being investigated by DOJ

7:40am August 24, 2023

by Chamian Cruz

Atlanta's Fulton County Jail, where former President Trump must go to get booked, has been plagued with problems. Several inmates have died there recently, and it's under federal investigation.

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Makyyla Holland sued New York's Broome County, the Broome County sheriff and officials at the Broome County Jail for violence, threats, denial of medical care and discrimination that she alleges she experienced while incarcerated.

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At a time of anti-trans sentiment, a New York lawsuit brings hope for the community

7:17am August 24, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Makyyla Holland reached a settlement over abuse she says she suffered in New York's Broome County Jail. The settlement requires the jail to adopt a policy that houses inmates based on gender identity.

Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., left, and former Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla., center, are seen exiting the Capitol in Washington on June 15, 2018. After redistricting changed Florida's congressional districts, Dunn defeated Lawson in the 2022 election.

Politics & Government

How Florida's congressional map could change before the 2024 elections

5:00am August 24, 2023

by Valerie Crowder

Black voters in Florida could regain a congressional district where they make up a sizable share of the population, if voting rights groups prevail in an ongoing legal battle.

Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday to be booked in Atlanta.

Politics & Government

Rudy Giuliani surrenders in Georgia to face election interference charges

4:57pm August 23, 2023

by NPR's Washington Desk

Rudy Giuliani has surrendered in Atlanta to be booked as part of county prosecutors' investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Giuliani faces 13 felony counts.

Border strategy that gives more migrants a legal pathway to the U.S. to go on trial

7:26am August 23, 2023

by Joel Rose

The U.S. has admitted tens of thousands of migrants under a legal authority known as parole, but critics say that's stretching the law too far. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 21, 2023.)

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National

3 more suspects face trial for a plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan

5:14am August 23, 2023

Opening statements are to begin in the trial of three men — the last of those accused in a failed plot to kidnap Mich. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Nine others were convicted; while two were acquitted.

Valerie Laveus greets her nephew Tristan-Ryan Malherbe Daniel, as he and his dad, Reginald Malherbe Daniel, rear, arrive in the U.S. for the first time at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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A key part of the White House's strategy for the U.S.-Mexico border goes on trial

5:00am August 23, 2023

by Joel Rose

The U.S. has admitted hundreds of thousands of migrants under a legal authority known as parole. Critics say it stretches the law too far. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to hold a trial.

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