[ad_1] Voters filling out their ballots on Jan. 23, 2024 in Loudon, New Hampshire. A political consultant faces charges in New Hampshire and steep fines from the Federal Communications Commission for creating a robocall ahead of that state’s presidential primary featuring a cloned version of President Joe Biden’s voice, urging people not to vote in […]

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[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina […]

[ad_1] Penny Harrison and her son Parker Harrison rally against the live entertainment ticket industry outside the U.S. Capitol last year. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images/Getty Images North America On Wednesday, the Department of Justice and 30 state and district attorneys across the country filed a federal […]

[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. Nearly eight years ago, convinced that she’d been treated unfairly, Jessica Denson sued Donald Trump’s campaign for workplace harassment. Then she discovered the lengths Trump’s attorneys would go to hit back — […]

[ad_1] President Biden greets Kenya’s President William Ruto at the South Portico of the White House on May 22. The two leaders met with a group of tech CEOs the day before the official state visit. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images/AFP President Biden is welcoming Kenya’s […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. A New Mexico judge has lifted a temporary order that had mandated the city of Albuquerque stop throwing away the possessions of homeless […]

[ad_1] Corruption. Wealth. Authoritarianism. Torture. These are the words many people associate with Ferdinand Marcos, the former dictator of the Philippines, and his wife, Imelda. But in 1965, on the day of his presidential inauguration, clad in bright white traditional Filipino clothing, Ferdinand and Imelda were the picture of hope and progress: the Camelot of […]

[ad_1] Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Later in the show:The abortion pill underground — Amy Littlefield will report on providers who operate at the edge of the law.  But first: Democrats in the Senate are going to lose seat vacated by Joe Manchin in West Virginia–can […]

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