May 15 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing following release of religious freedom report By News Desk State Department spokesman Vedant Patel will hold a news briefing on Monday after Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave remarks at the release of the 2023 International Religious Freedom report. Continue reading
May 15 Supreme Court to decide if South Carolina congressional maps discriminates against Black voters By Associated Press The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina's congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. Continue reading
May 15 WATCH: Blinken discusses new International Religious Freedom report By News Desk Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Monday about the release of the 2022 International Religious Freedom report. Continue reading
May 15 What to watch in Kentucky and Pennsylvania primaries By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Off-year elections on Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year's races for the White House and Congress. Continue reading
May 14 AI-generated disinformation poses threat of misleading voters in 2024 election By David Klepper, Ali Swenson, Associated Press Computer engineers and political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. Continue reading
May 13 DeSantis courts conservative voters in Iowa as weather sidelines Trump rally By Thomas Beaumont, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Warning of a Republican “culture of losing,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sought Saturday to weaken former President Donald Trump's grip on the GOP as he courted voters in battleground Iowa. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 2:47 News Wrap: Bangladesh, Myanmar brace for powerful Cyclone Mocha In our news wrap Saturday, a massive tropical cyclone barrels toward Myanmar and Bangladesh, Egypt says it brokered a new cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy met with Pope Francis, North Carolina’s governor vetoed a state ban… Continue watching
May 13 Watch 6:17 As states grapple with age limits for buying guns, what’s the potential effect? By John Yang, Kaisha Young It’s been a week of ups and downs for both advocates and opponents of laws that raise the minimum age for purchasing firearms. Lisa Geller, director of state affairs at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, joins John… Continue watching
May 13 WATCH: Biden delivers commencement address at Howard University By Associated Press President Joe Biden on Saturday told graduates of a leading historically Black university that American history “has not always been a fairy tale” and that “racism has long torn us apart." But on the nation's best days, he said “enough… Continue reading
May 13 How the U.S. asylum process works By Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations Record numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border are challenging the Biden administration’s attempts to restore asylum protections. Here’s how the asylum process works. Continue reading