Politics

Former Attorney General William Barr stands for a portrait at his house in McLean, Virginia, on Wednesday, March 2.

Trump's attorney general sends a letter from No Man's Land

8:48am March 08, 2022

by Ron Elving

In One Damn Thing After Another, Bill Barr alternates between castigating and exonerating. He catalogs Trump's offenses yet casts him as the latest victim of dishonest media and "the radical Left."

A voter places a ballot into an AccuVote ballot counting machine in December 2021 in the town of Greenland, N.H.

As misinformation swirls, many N.H. towns will vote on ballot counting machines

8:25am March 08, 2022

by Todd Bookman

Activists contend, without proof, that New Hampshire's ballot counting machines can be hacked or rigged. So voters in more than a dozen towns will decide whether to revert to hand counts.

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Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., speaks about the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which was named after a 14-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955.

Senate passes anti-lynching bill and sends federal hate crime legislation to Biden

7:22am March 08, 2022

by Peter Granitz

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which sets prison terms of up to 30 years, has been more than a century in the making.

Politics & Government

Congress passes an anti-lynching bill after more than a century of trying

5:08am March 08, 2022

After decades of failed attempts, Congress passed legislation making lynching a federal crime. It's estimated that more than 4,000 Black Americans were lynched since the late 19th Century.

Florida Senate to vote on measure that critics dubbed 'Don't Say Gay' bill

5:08am March 08, 2022

Florida's Senate is preparing to pass a bill that bans any discussion of sexual orientation in schools from kindergarten through third grade. Republican supporters say it's about parental rights.

After more than a century of trying, Congress passes an anti-lynching bill

9:56pm March 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Passage of the legislation to make lynching a federal crime is a major milestone after more than 200 attempts to pass such legislation failed over the course of a century.

In this photo illustration, free iHealth coronavirus rapid tests from the federal government sit in a U.S. Postal Service envelope after being delivered on Feb. 4.

You can order free COVID tests from the government again

9:49pm March 07, 2022

by Tamara Keith

More than half of U.S. households have ordered at-home COVID-19 tests to be shipped to their homes. Now they can get more.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court stays out of key state rulings on partisan gerrymandering, for now

8:07pm March 07, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

In cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican state legislatures sought to block decisions issued by state supreme courts based on the states' respective constitutions.

U.S. and allies to target Russian oligarchs' wealth to push Putin to end invasion

4:57pm March 07, 2022

by Jackie Northam

The U.S. and allies want to cut Russian oligarchs off from their wealth as a way of pressuring Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But finding their yachts, planes and money won't be easy.

How Biden's new 'test to treat' COVID plan works — and why it might not be enough

4:42pm March 07, 2022

by Pien Huang

A new program will pair tests and COVID pills in pharmacies, solving some of the timing issues with the pills. This is currently limited to pharmacies that have an on-site prescribing clinician.