The Senate might have set up passage for significant gun legislation
The Senate cleared a key threshold Thursday, setting up passage of the first significant gun legislation in decades.
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Problems with monkeypox testing mean the outbreak may be far bigger than reported
Researchers say the U.S. monkeypox outbreak is much larger than the CDC is reporting. Symptomatic people are being denied testing, so it's unclear how many people are infected and spreading the virus.
Benching the patriarchy: 50 years of Title IX and how 4 women fought for change
Fifty years ago, Title IX banned discrimination based on sex in educational institutions. College sports had to change. This is the story of how four women fought to make that happen.
Trump tried to use the DOJ in his effort to overturn election, ex-DOJ officials said
The House Jan. 6 committee held a hearing Thursday with testimony from former DOJ officials on how Donald Trump tried to use the department to spread false claims about election fraud.
An Aquinnah Wampanoag elder is restoring some land to what it was before colonists
On the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, members of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe are trying to restore land to the way it looked, smelled and sounded pre-colonialism.
Former DOJ officials testify before Jan. 6 committee
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former Department of Defense special counsel and New York University law professor Ryan Goodman about the Jan. 6 committee's fifth public hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.
Biden faces pressure to help get WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian jail
Dozens of civil and human rights groups wrote a letter to Biden urging him to help secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. She's remained in a Russian jail since February on drug charges.
The ongoing fight to keep floodwaters at bay is taking a toll on these Minnesotans
Hundreds living in northern Minnesota have been battling back record-setting flooding for a month and a half, the result of a deep, late-melting winter snowpack followed by heavy spring rains.
When a U.S. swimmer sank to the bottom of the pool, her coach jumped in to save her
"I saw that the lifeguards were not jumping into the water because they were paralyzed," Team USA coach Andrea Fuentes said. Luckily for athlete Anita Alvarez, Fuentes is an Olympic swimmer.
Biden's Title IX reforms would roll back Trump-era rules, expand victim protections
The administration proposed an overhaul of regulations to expand protections for LGBTQI+ students and require schools to respond to all sexual discrimination complaints.