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2 found not guilty in Michigan governor kidnapping plot

4:53pm April 08, 2022

by Rick Pluta, Michigan Public Radio Network

Jurors in Michigan acquitted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gove Gretchen Whitmer. The jury deadlocked over charges of two other defendants and the judge declared a mistrial for them.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday, vetoed a bill that would bar transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity from sixth grade through college.

Kentucky governor halts bill that would ban transgender students from women's sports

4:46pm April 08, 2022

by Ayana Archie

For Kentucky students wanting to participate in sports, their sex would be determined by the sex printed on their birth certificate and an affidavit from a doctor ascertaining that information.

GOP Congressman Madison Cawthorn has ruffled feathers in his 1st term

4:20pm April 08, 2022

by Steve Harrison

GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn has drawn several Republican primary challengers in his western North Carolina district. How are voters there feeling about the controversial congressman?

Dr. Anthony Fauci talks about vaccine efficacy and second boosters

4:20pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, about the new study on vaccines and the current COVID-19 wave.

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks as President Biden reacts at an event celebrating Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.

Jackson notes the progress she represents in her journey to the Supreme Court

4:14pm April 08, 2022

by Eric McDaniel

A day after the Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, she spoke at the White House with President Biden and Vice President Harris

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Biden on March 9 at the White House.

2 men are acquitted in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer; hung jury on 2 more

3:12pm April 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Two of four men were acquitted Friday in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat's tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic.

Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, left, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. They are two of six Proud Boys leaders charged with with conspiring to obstruct Congress' certification of J

Politics & Government

Proud Boy leader pleads guilty to Jan. 6 conspiracy, agrees to cooperate with DOJ

3:04pm April 08, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Charles Donohoe, the leader of a North Carolina Proud Boys chapter, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the federal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger (left), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell visit a mass grave in the town of Bucha on Friday.

U.S. to place Patriot missile defense system in Slovakia to help with Ukraine swap

1:50pm April 08, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the missile defense system, which will be manned by U.S. service members, will arrive in Slovakia in the coming days.

Anti-government militant Ammon Bundy is among a slate of far-right candidates running for office in Idaho in 2022.

Republicans face a test of extremists' power in Idaho's primaries

10:33am April 08, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

Moderate Republicans are organizing in opposition to extremists gaining control of the party.

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News brief: mortgage rates, midterm election issues, union drive at Starbucks

6:17am April 08, 2022

Buying a home has become a lot more expensive. Democrats are trying to balance multiple global crises ahead of fall's midterm elections. The drive to unionize Starbucks stores is gaining ground.

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