[ad_1] Chris duMond/Getty Images Chris duMond/Getty Images With Kamala Harris entering the race to be president, we wanted to revisit some of our own coverage of her from back in 2020. Back then, Harris found herself in a tricky political spot: she had spent much of her career as a prosecutor, making it a prominent […]

[ad_1] California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday urging cities to remove homeless encampments. But research shows clearing encampments doesn’t reduce homelessness in the long term. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: At the end of the Supreme Court’s term, the justices made it easier for authorities to clear homeless encampments. And now California Governor Gavin […]

[ad_1] President Biden speaks during an address to the nation about his decision to not seek reelection in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday. Evan Vucci/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/POOL/AFP via Getty Images For the latest on race for president, head to NPR’s Election 2024 page. It’s […]

[ad_1] Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Biden made a rare Oval Office address last night to discuss his decision to end his bid for reelection. He […]

[ad_1] Left: Kathleen Madonna-Emmerling, Right: John Wink Nate Smallwood for NPR hide caption toggle caption Nate Smallwood for NPR PITTSBURGH – Kathleen Madonna-Emmerling of Moon Township, a municipality that sits a few miles northwest of Pittsburgh, smiles as a server at local staple Primanti Brothers delivers a sandwich stacked higher than a double AA battery. […]

[ad_1] Vice President Harris makes remarks on July 17 at a screening of a documentary about Hamas’ sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting on Thursday with President Biden and later — separately — with Vice […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. One of the country’s oldest backlogs of untested evidence from rape exams is on track to be processed by the end of the year after new laws in Maryland put more than […]

[ad_1] Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The First Amendment. Book bans, disinformation, the wild world of the internet. Free speech debates are all around us. What were the Founding Fathers thinking when they created the First Amendment, and how have the words they wrote in the 18th century been stretched and shaped to fit […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A new federal rule aims to keep people from being pulled into storm drains during heavy rains. It comes after ProPublica’s 2021 reporting on how dangerous and uncovered storm drains were responsible […]

[ad_1] Republican Presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks to attendees during his campaign rally in Charlotte Wednesday. The rally is the former president’s first since President Joe Biden announced he would be ending his reelection bid. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump turned his ire on […]