Law

Health & Safety

Medical ethics: Does the public need to know why Austin was hospitalized?

7:55am January 10, 2024

Following a days-long delay in the release of information about Defense Secretary Austin's condition, NPR's Michel Martin asks medical ethicist Keisha Ray about privacy rights of public officials.

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Politics & Government

Judges appear doubtful about Trump's immunity claim in election interference case

7:25am January 10, 2024

Lawyers for the former President Donald Trump got a skeptical reception from an appeals court on Tuesday after they argued Trump is immune from criminal prosecution.

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Politics & Government

Trump claims immunity in the election interference case

5:13am January 10, 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle about Donald Trump's court arguments that his Jan. 6-related activities fell within the scope of his presidential duties.

Morning news brief

5:13am January 10, 2024

Judges push back on Trump's immunity claim. Defense Secretary Austin suffered complications from prostate cancer surgery. With nine days to avoid a government shutdown, what is Congress working on?

Ronnie Long stands in a hallway at the Albemarle Correctional Institution in Albemarle, east of Charlotte, N.C., in 2007.

National

North Carolina man settles for millions after wrongful conviction, 44 years in prison

1:07am January 10, 2024

by The Associated Press

The settlement, which will end a wrongful incarceration lawsuit filed by attorneys for Ronnie Wallace Long, also included a public apology from the city of Concord for its role in his imprisonment.

National

Trump appears in court over claim to immunity in election interference

4:43pm January 09, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Former President Donald Trump appeared in federal court today. At issue was whether he is immune from prosecution for his attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

A shopper packs groceries from Kroger into a car.

National

Will the feds block a grocery megamerger? Kroger and Albertsons will soon find out

4:43pm January 09, 2024

by Alina Selyukh

America's two largest supermarket chains have struck a $25 billion deal to combine. Now the FTC is about to decide whether it will block or allow it, and under what conditions.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that he enjoys immunity from prosecution.

Politics & Government

Judges push back against Trump's immunity claim in the election interference case

4:32pm January 09, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Lawyers for the former president made a sweeping argument that he enjoys blanket immunity from federal prosecution for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Politics & Government

Lawyers for Trump to make a sweeping argument that he enjoys blanket immunity

5:14am January 09, 2024

A federal appeals court will hear arguments about whether Donald Trump is immune from federal prosecution over alleged attempts to overthrow the last election.

Morning news brief

5:14am January 09, 2024

Federal appeals court to hear arguments over one of the indictments of former President Trump. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Tel Aviv. The FAFSA rollout has been pretty rocky.

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