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Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act, handing tribes a major victory

The court rejects all of the challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act, "some on the merits and others for lack of standing," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in her majority opinion.

June 15, 2023
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Nina Totenberg
In Atlanta, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp stands next to a Rivian electric truck while announcing the company's plans to build a plant east of Atlanta, Dec. 16, 2021. Hyundai and Kia will also soon make electric vehicles in Georgia.

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  • National

Georgia is becoming a hub for electric vehicle production. Just don't mention climate

Georgia's Republican governor, Brian Kemp, is pledging to make his state the "electric mobility capital" of the country without embracing the climate realities that are helping drive the transition.

June 15, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Jurors in a federal court in New Jersey awarded $25.6 million to a former regional Starbucks manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished by the coffee chain after the high-profile 2018 arrests of two Black men at one of the chain's Philadelphia locations.

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  • Law

Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in case tied to arrests of 2 Black men

Jurors in federal court awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the arrests of two Black men in 2018.

June 15, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Tuesday after pleading not guilty in a Miami courtroom earlier in the day to dozens of felony counts that he hoarded classified documents and refused government demands to give them back.

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  • Elections

4 political questions after Trump's second arraignment on criminal charges

Former President Donald Trump appeared in court Tuesday to answer to 37 charges related to his handling of classified documents, marking the second time in 2023 he has been indicted.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Police officers are pictured outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse before the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in Miami on Tuesday.

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  • Law

Here are the legal next steps in the Trump documents case

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to the 37 counts against him. While special counsel Jack Smith wants a speedy trial, Trump's lawyers could file motions that would delay it.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Washington Desk
In this courtroom sketch, attorney Todd Blanche stands as he enters a plea of not guilty on behalf of former President Donald Trump in federal court on Tuesday in Miami. From left are: Stanley Woodward, Walt Nauta, Blanche, Trump and Chris Kise.

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  • Law

Read the highlights of Trump's arraignment transcript

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has released the transcript for former President Donald Trump's arraignment hearing Tuesday afternoon. Read it here.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says the U.S. Office of Special Counsel's finding that she violated the Hatch Act is "retroactive," adding that she was "given the green light to actually say the comments that I made." She is seen here during Wednesday's daily briefing at the White House.

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  • Politics

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act, watchdog says

The White House press secretary receives a warning, as a federal agency finds that the White House Counsel's Office "did not at the time believe that Ms. Jean‐Pierre's remarks were prohibited."

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is pictured during a Justice Department event on May 24. On Wednesday, he defended the integrity of the special counsel investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving office.

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  • Law

Attorney General Garland defends special counsel's integrity in Trump indictment

In the face of allegations of bias, Attorney General Merrick Garland called Jack Smith a "veteran career prosecutor" with a "commitment to integrity and the rule of law."

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
State courts in every state highlighted on this map have cited cases involving enslaved people in the 1980s or later.

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  • Law

Slave cases are still cited as good law across the U.S. This team aims to change that

Michigan State law professor Justin Simard says 18% of all published American cases are within two steps of a slave case. His team has spent years documenting them, hoping to force a legal reckoning.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A pride progress flag hangs on a building in November 2022 in London.

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  • World

Women in England and Wales can now be pardoned for old convictions of homosexuality

Previously, only men unjustly convicted under outdated anti-homosexuality laws could apply to be pardoned — and only for certain offenses. Now women can too.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Former President Donald Trump, center, flanked by his defense attorneys, signs his bond in federal court on Tuesday in Miami. Trump plead not guilty to federal charges that he illegally kept classified documents at his Florida estate.

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  • Law

Trump pleads not guilty to all 37 charges in classified documents case

The former president was ordered not to speak to any witnesses, including his aide Walt Nauta, who was also indicted for concealing documents and making false statements.

June 13, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson,
  • Lexie Schapitl,
  • and 1 more
Arizona state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Democrat and Presbyterian minister, speaks at a news conference in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico on May 27, 2022.

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  • National

Arizona Republicans try and fail to expel Democratic lawmaker over Bible prank

Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, who is a minister, was investigated after hiding Bibles in the Arizona House lounge. Republicans narrowly voted to censure – but could not expel – her.

June 13, 2023
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Lawsuits over big banks' role in Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking ring have now secured hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements. Here, a photo shows a Federal Bureau of Prisons page for Epstein, part of a trove of documents obtained by the Associated Press this month.

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  • Law

Epstein survivors secure a $290 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan agreed to the settlement on the same day a federal judge granted class-action status to the lawsuit, saying the number of plaintiffs involved could be "well over 100 people."

June 13, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • David Gura
Donald Trump delivers remarks Saturday in Greensboro, N.C.

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  • Politics

Trump is expected to appear in a Miami court on Tuesday. Here's what to expect

Former president Donald Trump is expected to appear in a Miami courthouse on Tuesday after the unsealing of a federal indictment laying out 37 charges against him. Here are five things to watch for.

June 12, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Breaking down the stakes of special counsel Jack Smith's historic indictment of Trump

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Georgetown University professor and former prosecutor Paul Butler about the historic federal charges against former President Donald Trump over classified documents.

June 12, 2023
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By:
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse,
  • Ashley Brown,
  • and 1 more
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