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Supreme Court lets Alabama use GOP-backed map of the state's congressional districts

8:56pm February 07, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The court's action came on an emergency appeal from Alabama, which challenged a decision by a three-judge federal court panel that included two Trump appointees.

The National Archives and Records Administration said it retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last month.

15 boxes of White House records have been recovered at Trump's Mar-a-Lago

8:09pm February 07, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The 15 boxes of records discovered at Mar-a-Lago should have been transferred to officials from the White House at the end of the Trump administration, officials say.

Supreme Court blocks creation of 2nd majority-Black congressional district in Alabama

7:50pm February 07, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court edged toward a further erosion of the Voting Right act Monday, blocking for now a second majority-Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election.

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The IRS considered using selfies to verify the identities of people seeking to set up an account with the IRS to see their past returns or get information about child tax credit payments.

IRS has second thoughts about selfie requirement

5:51pm February 07, 2022

by Brian Naylor

Taxpayers seeking access to some information about their taxes were to be required to submit to facial recognition software, a move that has raised privacy concerns.

President Biden speaks during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Monday.

Biden says the Nord Stream 2 pipeline won't move ahead if Russia invades Ukraine

5:45pm February 07, 2022

by Alana Wise

"If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2," Biden said, without offering specifics.

New Jersey school mask mandates are set to end in 2nd week of March

4:58pm February 07, 2022

by Anya Kamenetz

New Jersey's governor is calling for a return to "normal" as the state's COVID cases start to fall. As of the second week of March, students and school staff will no longer be required to wear masks.

North Carolina's Supreme Court has rejected a congressional map that favored GOP

4:41pm February 07, 2022

by Steve Harrison

North Carolina Democrats have won a battle over the fairness of the state's congressional and state legislative maps. The state Supreme Court threw out maps that give the GOP the advantage.

President Biden and German Chancellor Scholz discuss possible sanctions on Russia

4:41pm February 07, 2022

President Biden met with new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House Monday. The two leaders are trying to show they're on the same page on how to sanction Russia if it invades Ukraine.

What Germany, France and Britain are doing to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine

4:26pm February 07, 2022

NPR correspondents in Berlin, Paris and London talk about escalating tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine.

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A man speaks with a police officer in a patrol vehicle outside the Spelman campus earlier this month after 17 historically Black colleges received bomb threats.

Bomb threats against Black institutions are deeply rooted in U.S. history

4:23pm February 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

"HBCUs are resilient institutions that will persist through all forms of adversity," the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus said after bomb threats earlier this month.

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