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Chief Justice John Roberts says he won't testify before a Senate panel that is examining judicial ethics.

Politics & Government

Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify before Senate panel

8:42pm April 25, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine proposals to hold Supreme Court justices to the same ethical standards as the rest of the federal judiciary.

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson, with U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves for the District of Columbia, speaks during a news conference on Tuesday at the Department of Justice in Washington.

World News

A tobacco giant will pay $629 million for violating U.S. sanctions against North Korea

6:04pm April 25, 2023

by The Associated Press

British American Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, agreed to settle allegations that it did illegal business with Pyongyang in violation of U.S. sanctions.

The Texas Department of Agriculture has handed down a new dress code for its employees — mandating they follow with it in a "manner consistent with their biological gender." Here in this Dec. 30, 2016, file photo, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller waves as he arrives at Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump's transition team in Palm Beach, Fla.

Texas agriculture department's new dress code is based on 'biological gender'

5:21pm April 25, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Under a new dress code issued by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, department employees are expected to comply "in a manner consistent with their biological gender."

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio poses for a portrait at Delta Park during a rally on Sept. 26, 2020 in Portland, Ore.

Politics & Government

Proud Boys operated as fighting force for Trump on Jan. 6, prosecutors say

4:44pm April 25, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

Closing arguments in the landmark seditious conspiracy trial against five Proud Boys focused on their own words and the words of former President Trump.

The impact that Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling proposal would have on food stamps

4:43pm April 25, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans on holding a vote on his proposal, which included changes to various entitlement programs like food stamps. But the path to becoming a law is very steep.

E. Jean Carroll's civil trial against former President Donald Trump begins

4:43pm April 25, 2023

by Ilya Marritz

A civil trial against former President Donald Trump began Tuesday in Manhattan. Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in the 1990s.

How hospitals decide what qualifies as a life threatening emergency to allow abortion

4:26pm April 25, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

In many states that ban abortion, there's an exception for life threatening emergencies. But how do hospitals decide what situations qualify? Researchers set out to find out.

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Former President Donald Trump faces a lawsuit from E. Jean Carroll, an advice columnist who says he raped her in a department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denies the allegations.

National

5 things to know as E. Jean Carroll's civil trial begins against Donald Trump

10:18am April 25, 2023

Jury selection starts Tuesday in Manhattan in the sexual assault and defamation civil suit against former President Donald Trump. E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in the 1990s.

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Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin on May 14, 2022.

Abortion policies could make the Republican Party's 'suburban women problem' worse

10:14am April 25, 2023

by Ashley Lopez

With the Supreme Court weighing in on abortion — again — voters are once again contending with which party best represents their views on the issue.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

6:24am April 25, 2023

President Biden is expected to announce Tuesday he's seeking a second term. Jury selection is to start in E. Jean Carroll's rape lawsuit against Donald Trump. Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News.

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