Politics

Senate moves to override controversial crime law in nation's capital

By Lisa Desjardins, Tess Conciatori, Ali Schmitz

A U.S. Senate vote on Wednesday means, for the first time in 30 years, Congress and the president will use their power to block a Washington, D.C. local law. The bill would overhaul the city’s criminal code as city leaders…

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Examining how U.S. politics became intertwined with personal identity

By Judy Woodruff, Frank Carlson

America's divisions often go beyond disputes over policy, regularly spilling into clashes over identity and culture and pitting friends and family against one another. Judy Woodruff explores how that came to be and what it means for our shared future…

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U.S. sanctions Iranian officials over women's rights abuses

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The U.S. is adding more sanctions on Iranian state officials who are accused of violating women's rights, amid nationwide anti-government protests over the treatment of young women and girls.

Minnesota governor signs executive order protecting rights to gender affirming care

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to seek and receive gender affirming health care.

Powell says 'no decision' on the Federal Reserve's next move on interest rates

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that the central bank's policymakers have yet to decide how large an interest rate hike to impose at its next meeting in two weeks in its drive to defeat high inflation.

U.N. says Afghanistan is world's most repressive country for women

By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press

The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls.

Xi accuses U.S. of attempting to block China's development

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused Washington this week of trying to isolate his country and hold back its development.

Listening to a divided America

By Judy Woodruff

America is as divided today as it’s been in a very long time. I want to know why.

With stained pants, Kenyan Senator Gloria Orwoba fights menstruation taboo

By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press

Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba has said that she attended parliament while wearing a white pantsuit stained by her menstrual blood in order to combat the stigma surrounding women's monthly periods.

Biden upends precedent in backing GOP resolution to block D.C. crime law

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

President Joe Biden's support of a resolution to block new District of Columbia crime laws has split members of his own party amid rising concerns about crime in the nation's capital and other cities.