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Gov. DeSantis is seen as an heir to Trumpism, strategist David Jolly says

7:21am August 23, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former Florida Republican Rep. David Jolly, who's an analyst for NBC, about the rise of Gov. Ron DeSantis to become a potential presidential candidate.

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2 Democrats compete for the chance to unseat Florida Gov. DeSantis in November

7:21am August 23, 2022

by Cathy Carter

Tuesday is the primary for governor to see which Democrat, Charlie Crist or Nikki Fried, will face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall. Christ was elected governor in 2006 as a Republican.

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News brief: Florida primary, Ukraine nuclear power plant worker, abortion laws

6:21am August 23, 2022

Voters in Florida head to the polls Tuesday. Ukrainian workers man a nuclear power plant under the eyes of occupying Russian soldiers. More states are poised to enact abortion trigger bans this week.

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The entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach, Fla. estate is shown on Aug. 8, 2022, the day of the FBI's search there.

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Trump asks for a 'special master' to review Mar-a-Lago evidence

6:51pm August 22, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Former President Donald Trump is also seeking to prevent the government from further reviewing the documents that were taken until a special master is appointed.

After more than 50 years at the NIH, Dr. Fauci says he's retiring in December

4:26pm August 22, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Dr. Fauci has been at the National Institutes of Health for over 50 years. On Monday, the nation's top infectious disease doctor announced he'll be stepping down from government service in December.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases listens as U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions in the press briefing room with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service

2:50pm August 22, 2022

by Richard Harris

Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents.

This former GOP hatchet man didn't support Trump — but still enabled him

1:26pm August 22, 2022

by Dave Davies

As a Republican operative, Tim Miller worked with extreme right-wing media outlets and fed the populist outrage that helped radicalize much of the GOP voter base. His new book is Why We Did It.

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Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman, left, has so far maintained a polling edge over Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, as Democrats try to take over the swing state's seat.

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The Senate looks like a jump ball. Here are the 10 seats that will decide the majority

12:23pm August 22, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Recent events are giving Democrats hope of retaining the 50-50 Senate, which they narrowly control with the vice president casting tie-breaking votes.

In this 2020 photo, a sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

Released during COVID, some people are sent back to prison with little or no warning

10:02am August 22, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

"Where is the fairness?" One mother was sent back after a single failed drug test, and her family's life has now been turned upside down for more than a year.

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Candidates who deny the 2020 presidential election results are winning races

9:19am August 22, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to professor Rick Hasen at UCLA School of Law about the election deniers who may be in positions that have a direct role in the vote certification process.

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