Politics

Liz Cheney's public battle with Trump may cost her the Wyoming House seat

4:44pm August 16, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney faces a stiff GOP primary challenge from Trump-backed Harriet Hageman. Despite his popularity in the state, Cheney has spoken out against Donald Trump throughout her campaign.

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Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law

4:44pm August 16, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with The New New Deal author Michael Grunwald about President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which addresses climate change, drug prices and taxes.

As far-right rhetoric spikes, gauging what's an actual threat is difficult

4:44pm August 16, 2022

by Odette Yousef

A recent attempted attack on an FBI office has raised concern about violent far-right rhetoric, but assessing the exact nature of the threat presents new challenges.

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A controversial legal theory about the power state legislatures have over federal election rules has been backed by the conservative Honest Elections Project, which has filed multiple U.S. Supreme Court briefs on the topic, including one for a 2020 case a

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This conservative group helped push a disputed election theory

4:44pm August 16, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Honest Elections Project, a group that advocates for more restrictive voting laws, has helped push a legal theory — now at the Supreme Court — that could radically reshape federal elections.

Then-California Rep. TJ Cox speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 17, 2019.

Former California Rep. TJ Cox faces over two dozen federal fraud charges

3:50pm August 16, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The single-term Democrat allegedly participated in multiple fraud schemes, including one involving his 2018 run for Congress.

California's state flag flies in Los Angeles in January 2017.

California becomes the first state to break down Black employee data by lineage

3:45pm August 16, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Employees won't be required to disclose their information, but advocates who support this data collection say it's for the Black community's benefit and will shed light on more hidden disparities.

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Rep. Adam Schiff weighs in on the raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home

2:23pm August 16, 2022

by Terry Gross

Schiff reflects on the significance of the top-secret documents seized from Trump's residence. He led the first impeachment and serves on the House's committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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The National Basketball Association announced it will not hold any games on November 8 — Election Day for the 2022 midterms — in order to encourage fans to make a plan to vote.

To encourage fans to vote, the NBA won't hold games on Election Day

2:16pm August 16, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The National Basketball Association announced Tuesday that there are no games scheduled for November 8 in an effort to encourage fans to vote in the 2022 midterms.

Officials removed a cache of documents from former President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla., last week.

TS/SCI: What an acronym reveals about the files seized from Mar-a-Lago

12:36pm August 16, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Most people have heard of top secret documents. After the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents from former President Donald Trump's residence, a less familiar security designation came to light.

First Lady Jill Biden rides her bicycle along the beach while on vacation in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, on August 14, 2022.

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Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19

10:27am August 16, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

The first lady will remain at a private residence in South Carolina and isolate from others for at least five days per CDC guidance.