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Trump is indicted on 4 counts related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election

5:09am August 02, 2023

Former President Donald Trump is now facing a third indictment. The latest charges stem from his efforts to cling to power after losing the 2020 election.

Politics & Government

What might Trump's latest indictment mean for the 2024 presidential election?

5:09am August 02, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Republican strategist Sarah Longwell about how the latest indictment against Donald Trump's will impact his 2024 presidential campaign, and the Republican party overall.

At a December 2022 meeting, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors decided to use $63,000 of opioid settlement funds to help cover a budget shortfall. Since settlement payments will arrive annually till 2038, they plan to use it as an ongoing revenue source.

A wasted chance to fight addiction? Opioid settlement cash fills a local budget gap

5:08am August 02, 2023

by Aneri Pattani

State attorneys general vowed the funds would go toward tackling the addiction crisis. But as with the tobacco payouts of the 1990s, local officials have started using them to fill budget shortfalls.

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday at a Department of Justice office in Washington.

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The charges facing Trump in the Jan. 6 investigation, explained

10:31pm August 01, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, witness tampering, conspiracy against the rights of citizens, and obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.

How Trump's latest indictment fits into the bigger Jan. 6 investigation

9:39pm August 01, 2023

by Tom Dreisbach

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Then-President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Trump charged with 4 felony counts for attempt to overturn the 2020 election

9:38pm August 01, 2023

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents.

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Special counsel Jack Smith arrives to give remarks on a recently unsealed indictment against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

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Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about the latest indictment against Trump

9:09pm August 01, 2023

by Emily Olson

Special counsel Jack Smith spoke briefly about the indictment and praised the men and women who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Matthew DePerno, the 2022 Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, speaks during a Trump rally in Warren, Mich. DePerno is being investigated for his involvement in an alleged scheme to tamper with voting machines.

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Former Michigan GOP attorney general nominee is charged in voting machine breach

8:35pm August 01, 2023

by NPR Washington Desk

Matthew DePerno, the most recent Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, has been charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy.

Henrietta Lacks' family settles with a biotech company that used her cells

5:28pm August 01, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with science journalist and author Rebecca Skloot about Henrietta Lacks, whose family just settled with a biotech company that used her cancer cells without consent.

A painting of Henrietta Lacks by Kadir Nelson is displayed at the HeLa Project exhibit in New York City in 2017. Lacks' genetic material, taken without her knowledge in 1951, has helped facilitate numerous scientific breakthroughs. Her life was the subject of the popular nonfiction book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

Henrietta Lacks' descendants reach a settlement over the use of her 'stolen' cells

5:25pm August 01, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Her genetic material, taken without her knowledge in 1951, has helped facilitate numerous scientific breakthroughs, including the development of the polio and COVID-19 vaccines.