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Music & Culture

Lawsuit against Lizzo is a problem because it cuts against her image, PR expert says

7:44am August 07, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks Molly McPherson, a crisis communication manager, about Lizzo's reputation in light of the artist's response to sexual harassment allegations.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks as the keynote speaker at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on Aug. 5 in Columbia, S.C.

Politics & Government

Up First briefing: Trump fights protective order; FDA approves postpartum pill

7:33am August 07, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

Donald Trump's legal team has until 5:00 p.m. to respond to prosecutors' request for a protective order. The FDA has approved the first pill to treat postpartum depression.

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Politics & Government

Trump attorneys near deadline to respond to prosecutors' request for protective order

7:22am August 07, 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith wants a protective order to limit what former President Donald Trump can disclose about the Jan. 6 case against him. Trump's team has until 5 p.m. ET on Monday to respond.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

6:47am August 07, 2023

Donald Trump's attorneys near deadline to respond to a request by prosecutors for a protective order. Coup leaders close Niger's airspace. Ukraine calls summit on ending war with Russia "productive."

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National

Jan. 6 rioter says Trump should face the same fate as those who stormed the Capitol

6:29am August 06, 2023

by Arezou Rezvani

Pam Hemphill, a Jan. 6 rioter who served her sentence for her role in the insurrection, offers her views on Trump's indictment in connection with attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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A grizzly sow and cubs forage along Obsidian Creek in Yellowstone National Park.

Fatal grizzly attack renews debate over how many bears are too many

8:26am August 05, 2023

by Nick Mott

Authorities have been unable to find the bear that killed a woman near Yellowstone National Park late last month. The attack has renewed calls to take grizzlies off the endangered species list.

Former President Donald Trump gestures as he enters the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pa., for a political rally while campaigning for the GOP nomination on July 29.

Should Trump's trial be televised?

6:02am August 05, 2023

by Scott Neuman

There would need to be an exception to a rule barring cameras and microphones in federal courtrooms to make it happen, but House Democrats and Trump's own lawyer are pushing for a televised trial.

The cases against Trump and Nixon raised crucial constitutional questions about how far could a president go to stay in office if convinced his reelection was crucial to the nation, Ron Elving writes.

Trump's defense in 2020 election case could conjure ghost of Nixon once more

5:00am August 05, 2023

by Ron Elving

How far could a president go to stay in office if convinced his re-election was crucial to the nation? What liability would he face? And how much stress can the fragile structure of democracy stand?

Harvard Law School professor and noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree, seen here in 2017, died on Friday at age 70.

Noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree dies

9:15pm August 04, 2023

by Tovia Smith

Harvard Law School professor and noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree has died at age 70.

"I Voted" stickers are ready to be distributed to voters on Nov. 8, 2022, at a Brandon, Miss., precinct.

Politics & Government

An appeals court blocks Mississippi's permanent ban on voting after certain felonies

5:33pm August 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some felonies, a divided federal appeals court panel ruled. The state plans to appeal.