Politics & Government

Democrats are leaning into the border fight ahead of Biden's visit to their state

4:28pm February 27, 2024

by Claudia Grisales

Texas Democrats hope Biden's visit on Thursday will mean a turning point for their party's border message — which has become one of the most pressing political fights across the country.

Here are the stakes for Biden as Michigan wraps up the primary

4:28pm February 27, 2024

by Elena Moore

While Democrats don't have a contested primary in Michigan Tuesday, there is contention among Democratic voters about the future of the party.

Florida's response to a measles outbreak endangers children, experts say

4:28pm February 27, 2024

by Pien Huang

A measles outbreak in a Florida elementary school flummoxes public health experts, who say the state surgeon general's response contradicts established public health measures to contain the virus.

Iraq War failures can be boiled down to miscommunications, according to this author

4:28pm February 27, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist and author Steve Coll about his new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The CIA, and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq.

Senator Tammy Duckworth says she has been trying to build bipartisan support for IVF access for years.

After Alabama's ruling, this senator's bill aims to protect national access to IVF

4:28pm February 27, 2024

Senator Tammy Duckworth has introduced a bill to protect access to IVF. She tells NPR about her own experience with fertility treatments and her attempts to build bipartisan support for her bill.

A photo of "I voted" stickers laying on a table.

Politics & Government

Advocacy groups, officials work to educate public of NC photo ID laws ahead of primary

4:04pm February 27, 2024

by DJ Simmons

Officials and advocacy groups are working to educate the public ahead of the primary election on the state's photo ID laws.

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker speaks on the steps of the state judicial building on April 5, 2006, in Montgomery, Ala.

Alabama justice's ties with far-right Christian movement raise concern

11:09am February 27, 2024

by Odette Yousef

In the days after Alabama's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos to be "extrauterine children," the chief justice's ties to a movement that experts call "Christian extremist" have come to light.

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State Representative Abraham Aiyash speaks at a "Vote Uncommitted" rally on Feb. 25, 2024 in Hamtramck, Mich.

On primary day, young Michigan voters are leading call to be 'uncommitted' to Biden

10:30am February 27, 2024

by Elena Moore

The campaign to check "uncommitted" on the Michigan Democratic primary ballot has gained nationwide attention. At its center are the next generation of activists, leaders and voters.

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"I Voted" stickers on a table on the last day of early voting at a polling station inside Wayne County Community College Northwest Campus in Detroit on Feb. 25.

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Michigan Democrats and Republicans wrap up their presidential primaries today

10:29am February 27, 2024

by Ashley Lopez

Both President Biden and former President Donald Trump are vying for their party's delegates. Neither contest is expected to be competitive even though the state will be key in the general election.

Politics & Government

Young Michigan voters are 'uncommitted' to Biden; U.S. airman dies of self-immolation

8:24am February 27, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

Michigan voters critical of Biden's support of Israel call on people to vote "uncommitted" in the state's primary. An Oxford scholar explains the history of self-immolation as political protest.

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