Mike Johnson's speakership marks a new phase in the white evangelical-GOP alliance ( www.npr.org )
Johnson's election is the latest and perhaps most consequential event to date in the alliance of white evangelical Christians with the Republican Party.
Who is Mike Johnson? An ardent conservative who embraces far-right policies ( www.npr.org )
The new House speaker opposes abortion rights and same sex marriages. He's also an ally of former President Donald Trump who refused to certify the 2020 presidential election results.
A federal judge says Georgia's political maps must be redrawn for the 2024 election ( www.npr.org )
A judge is ordering Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps after finding the current maps illegally discriminate against Black voters.
The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more ( www.npr.org )
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case ( www.npr.org )
Onetime Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case. Powell spread baseless claims of widespread election fraud after the 2020 contest Donald Trump lost.
House Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker of the House, again ( www.npr.org )
The House of Representatives remains paralyzed as House Republicans again struggle to agree on any member to serve as speaker.
U.S. House pauses for the night before another attempt to elect a speaker ( www.npr.org )
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan failed to secure enough votes for the speakership Tuesday, and his allies are continuing to try to convince Republican opponents to get onboard before a second vote on Wednesday.
LeVar Burton to replace Drew Barrymore as host of National Book Awards ( www.npr.org )
Supreme Court conservatives not likely to rule for Democrats in S.C. redistricting ( www.npr.org )
The six conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed likely to dash Democratic hopes for a chance to win a second congressional seat in South Carolina.
Scalise says he's a unifier. The current state of the GOP will test that skill ( www.npr.org )
If elected House speaker, Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise would be the first top House leader from the South since Newt Gingrich served as speaker more than 20 years ago.
Patrick Stewart says his time on 'Star Trek' felt like a Ministry - NPR ( www.npr.org )
I’m truly enjoying all these interviews that are coming out as Patrick Stewart goes around on the promotion circuit.
A nationwide emergency alert test is coming to your phone on Wednesday ( www.npr.org )
[News] Dianne Feinstein, longest serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90 ( www.npr.org )
Feinstein suddenly became the mayor of San Francisco when two other officials were assassinated. Later she was elected to the U.S. Senate after male senators grilled Anita Hill in public hearings.
Here's what House Republicans are alleging in their impeachment inquiry against Biden ( www.npr.org )
House Republicans are claiming President Biden benefited from foreign business deals by his son, Hunter, but they have not yet shown direct evidence of that.
Biden is talking about democracy as he aims for a split-screen moment with the GOP ( www.npr.org )
President Biden's latest speech on democracy comes the day after the Republican debate, as a government shutdown looms and as House Republicans hold an impeachment inquiry hearing.
House Republicans are holding the first impeachment inquiry hearing into Biden ( www.npr.org )
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said the hearing will examine the value of an impeachment inquiry and evidence against President Biden.
[News] Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case ( www.npr.org )
In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.
UAW strike Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs ( www.npr.org )
Union strategy: 13,000 autoworkers at the three Midwest plants, about 9% of the unionized workforce at the Big Three automakers, were the first to walk off the job. Now, more workers are temporarily out of work as the automakers are asking hundreds of non-striking workers not to show up to work....
Is this significant? ( www.npr.org )
I have questions about this event....
Alabama asks Supreme Court to aid a delay after June loss in voting case ( www.npr.org )
Alabama is once again asking the Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional districts. In essence, the state is fighting a court order that the high court upheld just months ago....
Alex Murdaugh wants a new trial, accusing the clerk of court of jury tampering ( www.npr.org )
Defense lawyers for convicted South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh say Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill violated her oath of office as well as their client's constitutional right to an impartial jury.
The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. ( www.npr.org )
The Environmental Protection Agency removed federal protections for a majority of the country’s wetlands on Tuesday to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling....
Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 riot ( www.npr.org )
Joseph Biggs, a former military service member who helped lead efforts by the Proud Boys to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the riot more than two years ago....
Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal ( www.npr.org )
A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.