Politics

As election year approaches, Vice President Harris announces nationwide events focused on abortion

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Democrats successfully harnessed anger over the loss of abortion rights to stem their losses in the 2022 midterms, and they plan to make the issue a rallying cry in 2024 as well.

UN Security Council continues tense negotiations on Gaza humanitarian resolution, trying to avoid U.S. veto

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

A draft resolution Monday called for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities," but this language is expected to be watered down.

WATCH: America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff

By Judy Woodruff

PBS NewsHour’s special, “America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff,” will air on PBS on Tuesday, December 19th at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) and on NewsHour’s YouTube channel.

This is what political division looks like in the U.S. right now

By Judy Woodruff

Eleven months, 14 states and 21 reports into "America at a Crossroads," I’ve seen examples of people trying to bridge the partisan divide, but I’m still dismayed by the division and the vitriol.

WATCH: Biden speaks at memorial service for former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts are scheduled to speak at the funeral held at Washington National Cathedral.

North Carolina's 2024 election maps are racially biased, voting-rights advocates say in new lawsuit

By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina voting-rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn all of the redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters.

Israel strikes southern Gaza, raids hospital in the north as war continues with renewed U.S. support

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press

Israeli forces raided one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza's north and bombarded the south with airstrikes that killed at least 28 Palestinians despite rising international alarm.

UN human rights expert expresses concern as Russian opposition leader Navalny disappears in prison system

By Emma Burrows, Associated Press

Navalny's allies said he failed to appear in court as expected Monday and they were still searching for him in Russia's extensive prison system 13 days after his legal team had contact with him.

Serbia's opposition takes to the streets claiming election fraud in Sunday's vote

By Jovana Gec, Associated Press

International monitors have said that Serbia's tense weekend snap vote was held in "unjust conditions" and they urged the authorities to investigate reports of irregularities as opposition supporters took to the streets to protest.

North Dakota lawsuit to recoup policing costs for pipeline protests set for trial

By Jack Dura, Associated Press

A federal judge has scheduled a trial in North Dakota's lawsuit for the federal government to cover the costs of responding to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016 and 2017.