Law

Justice Department racks up some important victories in Jan. 6 cases

5:09am January 24, 2023

Prosecutors won convictions of four Oath Keepers on seditious conspiracy charges, while a separate jury convicted the rioter who put his feet on then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk.

In this May 2022 file photo, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney speaks during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Ga., to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Politics & Government

A Georgia judge weighs release of a grand jury report into 2020 election interference

5:09am January 24, 2023

by Stephen Fowler

After an months-long investigation into efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results by Donald Trump and his allies, a grand jury's report could be made public — or not.

The murder trial of prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is now under way, with Murdaugh facing a possible life sentence if he's found guilty of killing his wife and son.

National

Alex Murdaugh's murder trial begins in the shooting deaths of his wife and son

3:24pm January 23, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Jury selection in lawyer Alex Murdaugh's trial began on Monday. He's charged with murdering his wife and son in a case that has transfixed the public.

The FBI seal is displayed on a podium. A former FBI agent is facing several charges tied to his work with a Russian oligarch.

National

A former high-level FBI agent faces charges for aiding a sanctioned Russian oligarch

2:21pm January 23, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Charles McGonigal, the former special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York office, allegedly worked with Oleg Deripaska, who has been on the U.S. sanctions list since 2018.

A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 in Memphis, Tenn.

National

Tyre Nichols' family will view unreleased video footage related to his death

11:45am January 23, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Nichols died a few days after he was taken into custody by the Memphis Police, in a violent incident his family says left him "unrecognizable." Five officers have been fired.

The News Corp. building in New York City, home to Fox News.

Politics & Government

Fox News' defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims

11:26am January 23, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Disproven claims about Donald Trump's loss in 2020, many debunked in real time by Fox's own reporters, are part of Fox News' defense against a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.

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Additional classified documents are found at Biden's Delaware home

7:29am January 23, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Richard Painter, who served as chief ethics lawyer to the George W. Bush White House, about the probe into President Biden's handling of classified materials.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, in Tallahassee, Fla., on Saturday.

On 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Kamala Harris urges federal abortion protections

2:46pm January 22, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

In a speech delivered on Sunday, the vice president advocated for Congress to take action to protect abortion rights.

Since the Dobbs decision in June, clinics providing abortions in what are now restrictive states have had to reinvent what they do. Shannon Brewer, pictured here in 2019 at the Jackson Women's Health Organization, now runs a clinic in Las Cruces, N.M., where abortion is legal.

50 years after Roe v. Wade, many abortion providers are changing how they do business

5:01am January 22, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

The overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision just months ahead of its 50th anniversary has prompted many abortion providers to shift how they serve patients.

A sign held up by a demonstrator says "MOORE V. HARPER: A WEAPON TO OVERTURN ELECTIONS" at a December rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Politics & Government

The Supreme Court is weighing a theory that could upend elections. Here's how

5:00am January 22, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea known as the "independent state legislature theory."