5 moments that mattered in Biden's 1st year in the White House
President Biden's first year in office was marked by the pandemic fight, a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and a tough push to get his agenda through Congress.
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Gary Chambers' new pot-smoking campaign ad in Senate race goes viral with old tactics
Democrat Gary Chambers Jr. is running to unseat Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy. Chambers follows in the footsteps of other politicians who have used attention-grabbing ads to up their name recognition.
Biden discusses stalled domestic agenda and other issues during news conference
President Biden's executive style is informed by his decades in the world's most deliberative body. Allies say this approach has shown its limits in Biden's first year as president.
Bipartisan Senate delegation traveled to Kyiv to meet Ukraine's leadership
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about his recent trip to Ukraine as part of a bipartisan delegation of senators, and what he learned.
Why Texas election officials are rejecting hundreds of vote-by-mail applications
Ahead of the March primary, local elections officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of a new GOP-backed voting law.
Democrats on Capitol Hill fail on voting rights but win the release of Trump files
Democrats' voting rights effort was blocked in the Senate, but they did get a victory at the Supreme Court — in the quest for Trump White House records related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Experts see 'red flags' at nonprofit raising big money for Capitol riot defendants
The Patriot Freedom Project has raised around $900,000 to support alleged Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. The group says the funds support defendants, but families have raised concerns about transparency.
News brief: Biden news conference, Ukraine-Russia tensions, Tonga aid
President Biden defended his first year in office. Biden insists he won't send U.S. forces to Ukraine if Russia invades. Tonga begins to recover from the eruption of an undersea volcano and tsunami.
New Mexico is pushing to be a 'model' for how race is taught in U.S. schools
Officials say they hope their standards can be a model for the country of social studies teaching that is culturally responsive, as student populations grow increasingly diverse.
The Supreme Court denies Trump's bid to block release of records to Jan. 6 panel
The former president's White House records are sought by the Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.