Mar 01 WATCH: House Judiciary examines discrimination against Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities By News Desk The House Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee held a hearing on discrimination against Muslim, Arab, and South Asian American Communities on Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 01 Live Results: Texas 2022 Primary Election Texas voters are picking their nominees for governor, attorney general, congressional seats and more. Find results here. Continue reading
Feb 28 U.S. says it is expelling 12 Russian diplomats for engaging in espionage By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The United States has announced it is expelling 12 members of Russia's U.N. mission, accusing them of being "intelligence operatives" engaged in espionage. Continue reading
Feb 28 Capitol fencing returns, National Guard on standby for State of Union By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Police cars with flashing lights are stationed at major intersections and highways. The U.S. National Guard is on standby. It's the new normal. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: At rare U.N. Security Council session, Russia is pressed to stop war in Ukraine By Jennifer Peltz, Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Reflecting escalating global alarm, both of the U.N.'s major bodies — the 193-nation assembly and the smaller, more powerful Security Council — took the unusual step of holding simultaneous, hastily scheduled meetings on the war. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 7:48 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden's State of the Union address, the conflict in Ukraine By Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Biden’s first State of the Union address, the war in Ukraine and former President Trump’s… Continue watching
Feb 28 Ahead of 2022 election, GOP lawsuit looks to throw out absentee voting in Arizona By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press The GOP's request would upend the election procedures used by 90 percent of voters in a battleground state that will be crucial to determining which party controls the U.S. Senate after the 2022 election. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers the Republican response to the State of the Union By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Reynolds depicted Biden's year in office as having “sent us back” to fraught times more than 40 years ago as she made the case for the “alternative” approach of Republicans hoping to capture control of Congress in this year's midterm… Continue reading
Feb 28 What to know as Ukraine resists Russia's advance By Associated Press The Russian military assault on Ukraine went into its fifth day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear forces put on increased alert, ratcheting up tensions yet further. Continue reading
Feb 28 Ruble plummets amid global sanctions, sending Russians to banks and ATMs By Vladimir Isachenkov, David McHugh, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Ordinary Russians are facing the prospect of higher prices as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting. Continue reading