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FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily News Lesson June 16 2022

Congress nears deal to reform how Electoral College votes are counted

Learn how Congress is considering tweaks to presidential elections following the 2020 election

People gather to mourn the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court in Washington

Daily Video September 22 2020

A Supreme Court vacancy adds a new dimension to the presidential race

Trump and Republicans have promised to move quickly to fill the vacancy left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.

Joe Biden campaigns in Pennsylvania

Daily Video September 14 2020

Presidential candidates focus in on Pennsylvania

Explore how the two leading presidential candidates are targeting one group of voters, and why.

The first copies of the inaugural Los Angeles Register newspaper run off the presses in Santa Ana

Daily Video December 23 2019

How the disappearance of local news hurts civic engagement

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