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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.

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  • News

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

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.

August 07, 2023
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
GPB News NPR

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  • National

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

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.

August 06, 2023
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani
A grizzly sow and cubs forage along Obsidian Creek in Yellowstone National Park.

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  • Environment

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

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.

August 05, 2023
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By:
  • Nick Mott
Harvard Law School professor and noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree, seen here in 2017, died on Friday at age 70.

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  • Obituaries

Noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree dies

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

August 05, 2023
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
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.

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  • Law

Should Trump's trial be televised?

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.

August 05, 2023
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  • Scott Neuman
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.

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  • Politics

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

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?

August 05, 2023
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  • Ron Elving
"I Voted" stickers are ready to be distributed to voters on Nov. 8, 2022, at a Brandon, Miss., precinct.

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  • Elections

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

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.

August 04, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Karen Vergata was 34 years old when she went missing. There have been no charges made related to her death.

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  • National

Long-time Jane Doe in Gilgo Beach serial killings is identified

Karen Vergata was one of four people who were left unidentified for years after their remains were found. The development comes three weeks after a suspect in a string of killings was arrested.

August 04, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Migrants walk in the water along the Rio Grande border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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  • Law

An appeals court says new asylum restrictions at the border can stay in place for now

A federal appeals court says the Biden administration's new rules for asylum-seekers at the border can continue while it considers the case. That decision puts a District Court ruling on hold.

August 04, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said the state's pardons board shouldn't review dozens of death-row inmates' requests for review, citing policy that requires such applications to come within one year of a judge ruling on an inmate's appeal.

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  • Law

Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana's death row filed for clemency this summer

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, recently said he is against the death penalty. Now a legal effort is racing to get requests for clemency to Edwards before he leaves office.

August 04, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Nina Jankowicz alleges Fox stars and guests defamed her by viciously mischaracterizing her brief tenure leading the federal Disinformation Governance Board. Her case requires overcoming robust protections for free speech about public officials and politics.

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  • Media

Ex-Biden official's lawsuit against Fox echoes case that led to big settlement

Fox devoted 300 segments over an 8-month period to a disinformation researcher named Nina Jankowicz who joined the Biden administration. She says the coverage distorted her work and led her to resign.

August 04, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Nadine Seiler protests as she holds a banner outside the Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday in Washington.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Trump pleads not guilty; July job numbers; Women's World Cup

Former President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to four felony counts. Forecasters predict the job market stayed strong in July. The Women's World Cup knockout round begins tomorrow.

August 04, 2023
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Trish Brown stands in the rain outside Florida's historic Capitol. She's there to raise awareness about social justice issues moving forward in Florida including a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect access to abortion.

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  • National

Voters could decide the future of abortion access in Florida

Activists on both sides of Florida's abortion access debate are working towards ballot measures that would enshrine their views in the state constitution.

August 04, 2023
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By:
  • Regan McCarthy
Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as the next president on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Raising money and poll numbers, Donald Trump stays 'Teflon Don' amid indictments

In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump claimed he could shoot someone and not lose any voters. Now, he faces criminal charges in three separate indictments, and voters continue to support "Teflon Don."

August 04, 2023
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  • Franco Ordoñez
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks to the media after the committee voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump.

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  • Politics

House Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson says our democracy is 'very fragile'

Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chaired the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee, says holding former President Donald Trump accountable is important because of the "very fragile" state of our democracy.

August 04, 2023
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  • Leila Fadel
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