Law

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said the state's pardons board shouldn't review dozens of death-row inmates' requests for review, citing policy that requires such applications to come within one year of a judge ruling on an inmate's appeal.

National

Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana's death row filed for clemency this summer

8:16am August 04, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, recently said he is against the death penalty. Now a legal effort is racing to get requests for clemency to Edwards before he leaves office.

Nina Jankowicz alleges Fox stars and guests defamed her by viciously mischaracterizing her brief tenure leading the federal Disinformation Governance Board. Her case requires overcoming robust protections for free speech about public officials and politics.

Politics & Government

Ex-Biden official's lawsuit against Fox echoes case that led to big settlement

7:50am August 04, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Fox devoted 300 segments over an 8-month period to a disinformation researcher named Nina Jankowicz who joined the Biden administration. She says the coverage distorted her work and led her to resign.

Politics & Government

Trump pleads not guilty to charges he conspired to overturn the 2020 election

7:25am August 04, 2023

Former President Donald Trump was arraigned in a federal courthouse in Washington on Thursday, and he pleaded not guilty to the charges including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and witness tampering.

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Nadine Seiler protests as she holds a banner outside the Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday in Washington.

Politics & Government

Up First briefing: Trump pleads not guilty; July job numbers; Women's World Cup

7:24am August 04, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

Former President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to four felony counts. Forecasters predict the job market stayed strong in July. The Women's World Cup knockout round begins tomorrow.

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Trish Brown stands in the rain outside Florida's historic Capitol. She's there to raise awareness about social justice issues moving forward in Florida including a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect access to abortion.

Voters could decide the future of abortion access in Florida

5:30am August 04, 2023

by Regan McCarthy

Activists on both sides of Florida's abortion access debate are working towards ballot measures that would enshrine their views in the state constitution.

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Morning news brief

5:25am August 04, 2023

Ex-President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to four felony counts. The Labor Department will release its monthly jobs report. New charges are expected against an imprisoned Russian opposition leader.

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Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as the next president on Jan. 6, 2021.

Politics & Government

Raising money and poll numbers, Donald Trump stays 'Teflon Don' amid indictments

5:07am August 04, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump claimed he could shoot someone and not lose any voters. Now, he faces criminal charges in three separate indictments, and voters continue to support "Teflon Don."

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National

Appeals court says new asylum restrictions at the border can stay in place for now

5:01am August 04, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Hamed Aleaziz of the Los Angles Times about an appeals court ruling that keeps in place an immigration rule that was set to expire on Monday.

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks to the media after the committee voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump.

Politics & Government

House Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson says our democracy is 'very fragile'

1:25am August 04, 2023

Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chaired the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee, says holding former President Donald Trump accountable is important because of the "very fragile" state of our democracy.

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National

Court in Manhattan to hear minimum wage case involving NYC, food delivery workers

1:25am August 04, 2023

App-based food delivery companies, such as DoorDash and Grubhub, filed lawsuits to strike down New York's new minimum wage law, and a court will hear the case on Thursday.

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