House GOP Delights As Hunter Biden Plea Agreement Stalls
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The judge in the Hunter Biden case said Wednesday she is not ready to accept the plea deal struck be...
The Tiny Liberal Arts College At The Heart Of The Culture War
26 Jul 2023
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New College of Florida is a public college on the state's west coast with fewer than a thousand stud...
Man Wounded in US Raid On ISIS Head Says His Future Was Destroyed
25 Jul 2023
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The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the l...
The Enduring Appeal Of Third Party Presidential Bids
24 Jul 2023
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The group No Labels has raised tens of millions of dollars as it mulls running a third party "unity"...
Conspiracy Theories Are Having A Moment — It's Bad For Democracy
21 Jul 2023
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Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s embrace of conspiracy theories and famous l...
Illegal Border Crossings Have Been Surprisingly Low
20 Jul 2023
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Despite concerns that the end of pandemic-era restrictions would lead to a big increase in the numbe...
Republicans Face Charges In Michigan Over Trump Election Scheme
19 Jul 2023
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Michigan's attorney general has announced charges against 16 people for serving as so-called fake el...
Trump Says He's Likely To Face Criminal Charges Over Jan. 6
18 Jul 2023
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In a post on his social media site, he indicated that he has received word from the Department of Ju...
Pence Is Struggling (And More Insights From Fundraising Numbers)
17 Jul 2023
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And President Biden raised a healthy $72 million dollars. Republican candidates are racing to meet t...
Tax Revenue Is Down, Spending Is Up, And The Deficit Is Bigger
14 Jul 2023
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The federal government's deficit nearly tripled in the first nine months of the fiscal year, a surge...
Biden Scores Big Wins In Baltics
13 Jul 2023
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The administration's policy goals regarding Swedish accession to NATO and more military aid for Ukra...
If Dems Hold A Primary In N.H., And Biden's Not On Ballots, What Could Happen?
12 Jul 2023
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The incumbent president may not appear on New Hampshire's Democratic primary ballots this winter. Af...
Some Roads To The White House Still Go Through Iowa
11 Jul 2023
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Republicans set Jan. 15, 2024, as the date for their Iowa caucuses, but candidates have already been...
Businesses, Governments Clash Over How To Tackle Climate Change
10 Jul 2023
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Companies are making investment decisions based on environmental, social and corporate governance fa...
Government Mostly Can't Talk To Social Giants — That's A Problem
07 Jul 2023
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The government's ability to fight disinformation online has suffered a legal setback that experts sa...
With No Evidence Of Wrongdoing, House GOP Continues Biden Probes
06 Jul 2023
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There are a number of Republican investigations looking into President Biden and his son, Hunter, on...
Georgia Used Terrorism Law To Detain Activists Protesting Police
05 Jul 2023
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In Atlanta, dozens of activists who oppose a new police and fire training facility are being accused...
Mitch Landrieu, The Man Biden Hopes Can Rebuild America, Bring Broadband To Millions
04 Jul 2023
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act is a $1.2 trillion law meant to spur a massive infrastructure rene...
What VP Kamala Harris Told Us About Their Post-SCOTUS Strategy
03 Jul 2023
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The administration sees outrage over Supreme Court rulings as a major force in animating their base ...
SCOTUS Allows Refusal Of LGBTQ Couples, Reinstates Student Debt
30 Jun 2023
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from...
Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action In College Admissions
29 Jun 2023
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The ruling included two cases. The case concerning the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill w...
Has Russian Infighting Weakened Vladimir Putin?
28 Jun 2023
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After a Russian mercenary leader's forces marched toward Moscow Saturday over frustrations with Puti...
Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Threatened Election Integrity
27 Jun 2023
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The court ruled that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state co...
Will 2024 Republicans Support A National Ban On Abortion?
26 Jun 2023
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It has been a year since the Supreme Court sent the power to legislate abortion access back to the s...
Biden's Red Carpet For India's PM Sweeps Tensions Under The Rug
23 Jun 2023
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is head of the world's largest democracy — but concerns over ...
Republicans Dominate Florida — Can They Export That Success?
22 Jun 2023
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It used to be a swing state — but swelling numbers of conservative retirees and durable strength a...
Abortion Access Remains Popular As Biden Preps New Initiatives
21 Jun 2023
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American voters, including the crucial swing demographic of women in small cities and suburbs, conti...
Hunter Biden Probe Continues After Tax And Gun Charges, DOJ Says
20 Jun 2023
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Hunter Biden, the president's son, has been charged with federal offenses related to his taxes and b...
Made In America? It's Trickier Than It Sounds.
19 Jun 2023
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Made in America. It may be a catchy political slogan, but it's a lot more complicated than it sounds...
Trump's Indictment Could Lock Up Primary, But Lock Out Presidency
16 Jun 2023
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A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that after Donald Trump's historic indictment, 83 percent o...
Wages Up. Inflation Down. Strong Economy? Depends Who You Ask.
15 Jun 2023
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It is all in the numbers: the economy is doing really well. Workers are raises are outpacing inflati...
They Want To Pitch Grand Plans — Instead They're Talking Trump
14 Jun 2023
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The big issues in the Republican presidential primary swirl around the fate of one man: Donald Trump...
No Major Violence In Miami As Trump Pleaded Not Guilty
13 Jun 2023
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The former president was greeted warmly by hundreds of supporters as he arrived at the courthouse to...
Trump — Facing Federal Indictment — Is Greeted Like A Rock Star
12 Jun 2023
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Crowds in Georgia and North Carolina greeted the former president with tremendous enthusiasm, undete...
Donald Trump Charged With 37 Federal Crimes
10 Jun 2023
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Prosecutors say that the former president kept classified documents that he was no longer allowed to...
SCOTUS Strikes Down Alabama Maps That Limit Black Voter Power
08 Jun 2023
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By a vote of 5-4, a coalition of liberal and conservative justices essentially upheld the court's 19...
Mike Pence, Chris Christie Are Running — Can They Topple The Don?
07 Jun 2023
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Former vice president Mike Pence and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie were both early, key ...
Who Should Decide What's Taught In Schools?
06 Jun 2023
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Schools remain a fixation of conservative political messaging. A new NPR-Ipsos poll asked teachers, ...
Putting The 'Ex' In Texas? AG Ken Paxton Faces Permanent Removal
05 Jun 2023
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Texas' top law enforcement official, Attorney General Ken Paxton, has been removed — at least temp...
How A Beloved Anti-Voter Fraud Tool Fell Victim To Conspiracies
04 Jun 2023
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A rare bipartisan success story, the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, quietly he...
At Last, We Can Stop Writing "Debt Ceiling" In Our Headlines
02 Jun 2023
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President Biden is expected to sign the debt ceiling agreement into law as soon as Saturday, after b...
Unpopular, Biden Keeps Notching Wins. Here's His Reelection Plan.
01 Jun 2023
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The early days of the campaign will be easier for Biden this time around: he's got all the advantage...
Water Shortages Force Farmers To Reckon With Changing Climate
31 May 2023
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Droughts, worsening fire seasons, temperature swings and monsoons all impact farmers' businesses, fo...
Lawmakers Created A Needless Crisis. They're Close To Solving It.
30 May 2023
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Democrats took a big gamble: they chose not to raise or eliminate the debt ceiling when they had ful...
A Reporter's Tour Of The US Capitol
29 May 2023
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Join us on an audio tour of the U.S. Capitol complex, through Senate office buildings, press work st...
Looming Default, SCOTUS Shadow Docket, And 1000 Daily Episodes
26 May 2023
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The fiscal parameters of a deal to avert self-inflicted financial catastrophe have been largely hamm...
Touting Record In Florida, DeSantis Enters Presidential Race
25 May 2023
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The Florida governor made his campaign official on Wednesday night, in a Twitter Spaces event with E...
Voters Question Biden's Mental Fitness For Second Term
24 May 2023
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The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll shows more than six in 10 Americans are concerned a...
The Ever-Growing 2024 Republican Primary Field
23 May 2023
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Tim Scott, the junior senator from South Carolina, kicked off his presidential campaign in North Cha...
Debt Dilemma, Debate Deepen
22 May 2023
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After cutting short his trip to Asia, President Biden returned to Washington to meet with Speaker of...
Our Interview With GOP Presidential Hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy
19 May 2023
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Vivek Ramaswamy is a 37 year-old investor and pharmaceutical entrepreneur who is seeking the Republi...
Return Of Nuclear Fears Shapes World Leaders' Summit In Japan
18 May 2023
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As world leaders convene in Japan for the G7 summit, contemporary concerns including climate change ...
Lawmakers Want To Be Proactive On Artificial Intelligence Regulation
17 May 2023
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OpenAI head Sam Altman appeared before a Senate panel this week to talk about his ChatGPT product an...
N.C. Legislature Poised To Overturn Governor's Veto Of Abortion Ban
16 May 2023
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Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed a bill banning abortion in North Carolina after 12 weeks. But as...
Bipartisan Senators Try To Regulate Social Media. Will They Succeed?
15 May 2023
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Four senators — two Democrats, two Republicans — are joining forces on a bill to regulate how so...
Debt, Ohio & A Really Old Dog
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lawmakers have yet to reach a deal to avert U.S. default, which could come as soon as next month. In...
The Dwindling Pot Of Money That Could Plunge Seniors Into Poverty
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Social Security provides retirement money to U.S. workers who have paid into the system via taxes. T...
Trump "Sexually Abused" E. Jean Carroll In 1990s, Jury Says
10 May 2023
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This episode includes discussion of sexual violence.Jurors found former President Donald Trump liabl...
The US Is Flirting With Financial Calamity: What You Need To Know
09 May 2023
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Congress has long directed the government to spend more money than it collects in taxes. That means ...
White House Message To Migrants: "The Border Is Not Open"
08 May 2023
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As a major pandemic-related immigration policy is scheduled to end, the Biden administration is warn...
Jan. 6 Militia Leader Convicted Of Seditious Conspiracy
05 May 2023
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A jury in Washington, D.C., has convicted former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three others...
Republican Statehouses Are Flexing Their Muscles To Rein In Cities
04 May 2023
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Statehouses have long passed legislation in order to curtail or overrule local governments, but ther...
Title 42 Is Set To End. What Happens Next?
03 May 2023
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The public health policy was implemented by the Trump administration as a way to limit migration to ...
Kids' Leading Cause Of Death? Guns.
02 May 2023
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This episode discusses gun violence and contains mentions of suicide and the sound of gun shots. If ...
Who Funds 'No Labels' Push For More 2024 Choices? They Won't Say.
01 May 2023
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Roughly half the country believes that neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump should seek the presidency...
Unlike Trump, Folks Who Don't Like Biden May Vote For Him Anyway
28 Apr 2023
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Both men are strikingly unpopular — two-thirds of Americans don't want Trump to run for president ...
House Republicans Have Passed a Debt Limit Bill. Now What?
27 Apr 2023
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was able to narrowly pass a bill to temporarily raise the debt limit. B...
President Biden's Push to Make Things In America Again
26 Apr 2023
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A core tenet of President Biden's economic agenda has been protecting American industry. He argues a...
What To Expect From Biden's 2024 Reelection Campaign
25 Apr 2023
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President Biden announced his reelection bid in a video released early Tuesday morning. We break dow...
At Iowa GOP Conference, Trump Is Still Running The Show
24 Apr 2023
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Republican presidential hopefuls flocked to Iowa this weekend for a chance to make their pitch to a ...
Roundup: Ron DeSantis Wants GOP Backup; John Fetterman Gives A Mental Health Update
21 Apr 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is mulling over a 2024 run for the White House — and he currently stands...
Is Friday Last Day To Access Medication Abortions? Up To SCOTUS
20 Apr 2023
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The Supreme Court has three options: send the fight over mifepristone — a drug used for over half ...
McCarthy Debuts Spending Cuts — But May Lack Votes To Pass Them
19 Apr 2023
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he would agree to raise federal government's borrowing limit in ex...
A $787.5 Million Check — How Fox News Ended Election Lies Lawsuit
19 Apr 2023
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It remains to be seen whether Fox News will have to retract any of the baseless claims it broadcast ...
Meds, Money And High Drama At The Supreme Court
17 Apr 2023
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The Supreme Court will decide how to move forward after temporarily halting a lower court's order wh...
Senator Feinstein's Lengthy Absence Imperils Biden's Court Picks
14 Apr 2023
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California Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein's months-long recuperation from shingles has hamstrung th...
Leaked Docs Reveal Ukraine's Vulnerabilities, US Intel On Allies
13 Apr 2023
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, J...
Tim Scott Prepares To Join Expanding Republican Primary Field
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott, who serves as a senator from South Carolina, announced a presidential exploratory committee —...
Trans Americans Face Patchwork Of Differing Laws
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As many Republican-led states pass legislation restricting or banning gender-affirming care for mino...
Abortion Access May Be On A Fast Track Back To Supreme Court
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two federal judges issued contradictory opinions related to a drug used in nearly all U.S. medicatio...
Black Democrats Fired By Tenn. GOP Peers After Gun Protest
07 Apr 2023
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Tennessee House Republicans voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after they led a pr...
Fraud Risk? Candidates Pay Signature Gatherers To Get On Ballot
06 Apr 2023
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Want to put yourself or your cause on the ballot? Generally, you need to gather signatures first in ...
It Happened Again: Abortion Access Propels Dems To Huge Win
05 Apr 2023
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Liberal Janet Protasiewicz won her election to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court by more than 11 per...
Trump Pleads Not Guilty To 34 Felony Charges
04 Apr 2023
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Prosecutors in New York allege Donald Trump falsified business records to conceal hush money payment...
Abortion Access Likely At Stake In Wisconsin's Supreme Court Race
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A race for one seat on the Wisconsin state Supreme Court has broken national spending records. The w...
America's Presidential Indictment Era
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How will American politics change now that a former president, Donald Trump, is facing criminal pros...
Trump Indicted By New York Grand Jury
31 Mar 2023
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The indictment appears to be connected to hush money payments made to adult film actor Stormy Daniel...
Americans Like It, Congress Ended It: Free School Lunch For All
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Now, states are beginning to take up the mantle in order to revive the initiatve supported by super-...
The American Trade-Off: Guns And Cars For A Much Shorter Lifespan
29 Mar 2023
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In 2013, researchers published a landmark study on why Americans of all incomes and demographics die...
How Will The U.S. Handle Israel's Democratic Crisis?
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing a criminal corruption charges, has moved to...
Can GOP Hopefuls Build A Winning Coalition Without Losing Base?
27 Mar 2023
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Six in ten Americans say in a new NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll that they don't want Trump to be pres...
Latino GOP Voters Embrace Culture War & New AI Makes Disinfo Easy
24 Mar 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a likely Republican presidential primary candidate, once strugged to win ...
Moving Cash Is Faster Than Ever. It Makes Bank Runs Hard To Stop.
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Top monetary officials including Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Ye...
TikTok CEO Heads To The Hill As Congress Mulls A Total Ban
22 Mar 2023
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TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew is set to address the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thu...
Trump Says He'll Be Arrested, Invites Protest, Derails GOP Confab
21 Mar 2023
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The former president's announced on social media that he'd soon be arrested, apparently referring to...
US Still Has Lessons To Learn From Its Misguided War In Iraq
20 Mar 2023
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It's been twenty years since the U.S. launched a war in Iraq — a conflict justified by faulty inte...
Roundup: Repealing Iraq War Approval; SCOTUS Has No Ethics Code
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A bill ending Iraq war authorizations has cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate and is expected ...
Abortion Access Could Be Limited Further By Mifepristone Case
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Was the FDA wrong to approve a drug that's used in nearly all medication abortions in the U.S. — a...
US Pulls Allies Closer As Its Drone Downed In Brush With Russia
15 Mar 2023
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The U.S. and the United Kingdom will provide nuclear-powered submarine technology to Australia as pa...
Donald Trump Likely To Be Charged Over Porn Star Hush Money
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify before a New York City grand jury — a mo...