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Supreme Court strikes down N.Y. law that restricts concealed carrying of guns

4:53pm June 23, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, invalidates New York's requirement for people to show "proper cause" to get public carry gun licenses.

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Trump tried to use the DOJ in his effort to overturn election, ex-DOJ officials said

4:47pm June 23, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The House Jan. 6 committee held a hearing Thursday with testimony from former DOJ officials on how Donald Trump tried to use the department to spread false claims about election fraud.

Former DOJ officials testify before Jan. 6 committee

4:28pm June 23, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former Department of Defense special counsel and New York University law professor Ryan Goodman about the Jan. 6 committee's fifth public hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Biden faces pressure to help get WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian jail

4:28pm June 23, 2022

by Tom Goldman

Dozens of civil and human rights groups wrote a letter to Biden urging him to help secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. She's remained in a Russian jail since February on drug charges.

In this Sept. 14, 2020, file photo, Jeff Clark, then-Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington.

Federal authorities searched former Justice official Jeff Clark's home

3:20pm June 23, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

Federal authorities on Wednesday searched the home of former Justice official Jeff Clark, who supported Trump's voting fraud claims and features heavily in today's Jan. 6 committee hearings

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at the White House on April 27. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and w

Biden's Title IX reforms would roll back Trump-era rules, expand victim protections

2:43pm June 23, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The administration proposed an overhaul of regulations to expand protections for LGBTQI+ students and require schools to respond to all sexual discrimination complaints.

Los Angeles Unified School District food service workers pre-package hundreds of free school lunches in plastic bags.

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The House extended a school meal lifeline; families are now waiting on the Senate

2:29pm June 23, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Congress is rushing to pass an extension for some of the school meal waivers that provided support to families and schools during the pandemic that expire June 30.

Why overturning Roe isn't the final goal of the anti-abortion movement

1:45pm June 23, 2022

by Terry Gross

Law professor Mary Ziegler explains how the anti-abortion movement upended the GOP establishment and helped push the courts to the right. Her new book is Dollars for Life.

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The U.S. Capitol Dome is pictured in Washington on Tuesday, the day Senate negotiators reached a bipartisan agreement on a gun safety bill.

The Senate gun bill would close the 'boyfriend loophole.' Here's what that means

1:05pm June 23, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Federal law prevents some convicted domestic abusers from owning a gun, depending on their relationship to the victim. The new gun safety bill would expand that definition to include dating partners.

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The House Select Committee has used TV news techniques and documentary evidence to argue that then President Donald Trump knowingly pressured public officials to commit illegal acts. In this case, the panel displayed a transcript of his call to Georgia Se

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Jan. 6 hearings use TV tricks to great effect even as critics call them show biz

12:19pm June 23, 2022

by David Folkenflik

It's an extraordinary show of discipline for a congressional committee, with a minimum of showboating, yielding hearings that resemble Dateline NBC or investigative podcasts.