What is Mitch McConnell's legacy?
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's legacy is defined by his work to push the judiciary to the right.
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Alabama Legislature moves to protect IVF services after state court ruling
Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law.
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Trump's prosecution in April
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle about the Supreme Court decision to hear former President Donald Trump's immunity arguments against criminal prosecution.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Trump immunity case in April. Sen. Mitch McConnell is stepping down from his leadership job. The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 30,000.
2 men are found guilty for the 2002 killing of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay
Jam Master Jay, one-third of the iconic hip-hop group Run-DMC, was killed in 2002 over a cocaine deal gone bad. A jury found two men guilty of the murder, including his godson.
Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump immunity case in April
The order from the court on Wednesday keeps Trump's prosecution in the Jan. 6 case on hold.
Supreme Court seems torn over bump stock ban
In 2018, the federal government banned bump stocks for that reason, but gun enthusiasts have challenged the regulation in court, contending that only Congress has the power to enact such a ban.
It's unclear whether Supreme Court justices would uphold the ban on gun bump stocks
The Supreme Court today puzzled over a federal regulation that outlaws bump stocks, which modify otherwise legal semiautomatic guns into guns that fire as rapidly as 800 bullets in a minute.
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President Biden and Donald Trump win Michigan's primaries. House Republicans are expected to hear privately from Hunter Biden. Lawmakers in more than a dozen states consider fetal personhood bills.