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Voters in Michigan's 7th Congressional District weigh in on issues ahead of midterms

5:05am April 08, 2022

Democrats aim to balance multiple crises ahead of November's midterm elections. Voters in Livingston County, Mich., share their concerns about inflation and their views of President Biden.

In January, the first month without the deposits, 3.7 million children fell into poverty.

The child tax credit was a lifeline. Now some families are falling back into poverty

5:00am April 08, 2022

Payments from the child tax credit were closing the gaps on child hunger and poverty. But Congress failed to renew it. Now families who need it most have already slipped back into financial trouble.

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Rep. Wes Allen, sponsor of the House version of the bill, speaks during debate at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery on Thursday.

Alabama Legislature votes to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth

5:40pm April 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

State lawmakers also passed a separate measure prohibiting early classroom instruction on sexual and gender identity, a bill critics have dubbed "Don't Say Gay."

People crowd into a bus on Thursday on their way to a train station in Severodonetsk, as they try to flee eastern Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 7)

5:03pm April 07, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Pakistan court rules president's move to dissolve parliament is unconstitutional

4:52pm April 07, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistan's supreme court has ruled that a move by the prime minister to dissolve parliament is illegal, ending a political crisis — for now.

Reporters at CBS and NBC are divided over new political pundits

4:52pm April 07, 2022

by David Folkenflik

At CBS and NBC, journalists are vexed over moves to hire senior aides to President Biden and former President Trump, even though such hires are part of a tradition stretching back at least 50 years.

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The White House is dropping COVID border restrictions. Republicans want them to stay

4:52pm April 07, 2022

A COVID aid bill that President Biden says is crucial to dealing with the next phase of the pandemic has been stalled as Republicans try to force the CDC to keep border restrictions in place.

What do midterm races in Idaho tell us about the Republican Party?

4:46pm April 07, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

One of the most intense battlegrounds between Republican moderates and extremists is in Idaho, where next month's primary is seen as a national test for how far to the right the GOP can be pulled.

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The U.S. is stepping up support for Ukraine in its war with Russia

4:22pm April 07, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

We look at the latest news out of Kyiv, from which Russian troops have pulled out, but the situation remains tense as an assault on eastern Ukraine is anticipated in the coming days.

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The Senate has confirmed Judge Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

4:22pm April 07, 2022

by Kelsey Snell

The Senate made history Thursday when it confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. After 233 years, she'll be the first Black woman to ever serve on the nations highest court.

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