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News Articles: Politics

Sunlight illuminates the North Dakota House of Representatives in Bismarck, N.D. A ballot question will ask North Dakota voters whether the state should bar anyone from running for Congress if they'd turn 81 during their term.

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  • Politics

A North Dakota ballot question could be a legal test case for political age limits

Voters will decide whether to cap the age of candidates for the U.S. House or Senate, but the measure could face an uphill battle in court.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Logo for “100% Savannah,” the city's clean energy plan initiated by councilmembers in 2020.

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  • Climate

Savannah tapped for 25-city climate action program through Michael Bloomberg-founded charity

The three-year program connects city governments with policy experts on decarbonization.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Midjourney AI photo illustration

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  • Politics

Bill criminalizing AI use in deceptive election ads advanced by Georgia Senate panel

The Georgia Senate is poised to pass a bill meant to stop political groups from using artificial intelligence to sway elections.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol building on March 13.

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  • Politics

This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Jordan-Marie Smith,
  • and 1 more
Forty Wall Street, a Trump-owned building, stands in downtown Manhattan. Former President Trump says he can't secure a bond to appeal the $454 million penalty in his civil fraud case. But New York Attorney General Letitia James says she is prepared to seize the former president's assets, including the building at 40 Wall Street, if he is unable to pay.

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  • Law

Here's what happens if Trump can't pay his $454 million bond

The former president needs to arrange the money to comply with a New York Court ruling in less than a week, but says he can't find a company to put up the bond.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Bernstein and
  • Rachel Treisman
The Georgia state capitol peeks out from behind the trees in Atlanta Georgia.

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  • Politics

State Senate panel passes bill giving coroners big raises

Coroners in Georgia would receive hefty pay raises under legislation that cleared a state Senate committee Tuesday.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16.

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  • Elections

Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Bernie Moreno wins Ohio's GOP Primary

The former car dealership owner beat out other primary challengers in a three-way race that tested former President Donald Trump's influence over Ohio GOP voters.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Karen Kasler (Statehouse News Bureau)
GPB  NPR

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  • National

Alabama lawmakers have approved a sweeping anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bill

Republicans said they are guarding against programs that "deepen divisions," but Black Democrats called it an effort to roll back affirmative action programs that welcome and encourage diversity.

March 19, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Source: <a href="https://electioninnovation.org/">The Center for Election Innovation & Research</a>

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  • Elections

New data shows it's gotten easier to vote in the U.S. since 2000

Nearly 97% of voting-age U.S. citizens now live in a state with some form of early voting, according to a new report.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Georgia State Representative Jesse Petrea, R-Savannah, presents HB 1105, a bill that would require local and state law enforcement to take on some of the responsibilities of federal immigration enforcement on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

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  • Politics

After Laken Riley killing, a Georgia bill prompts fears of an immigration crackdown

After the death of a nursing student, Georgia lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require local police to take on immigration enforcement. Opponents worry it will lead to profiling.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Wu Pearson, WABE
GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

In Tuesday's 'primary,' Arizona's independent voters don't get much of a say

Arizona holds a presidential preference election to choose how its delegates will be awarded. That means independents don't get to vote — in a state where they are a third of the electorate.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Stormy Daniels from the Peacock documentary <em>Stormy.</em>

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  • Movies

Threats, debt and Trump's advances: 'Stormy' doc examines the life of Stormy Daniels

A new documentary chronicles Stormy Daniels' legal battle with former President Donald Trump, and how it has changed her and her family.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on the role of the First Amendment in the internet age.

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  • Law

Supreme Court seems wary of barring government contacts with social media

At issue was a sweeping Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that barred government officials from having contacts with social media platforms.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during The Friends Of Ireland Speaker Luncheon Friday in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Negotiators reach spending deal but timeline is tight to avoid shutdown

The deal between negotiators from the House and the White House would fund the government until the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
Dominion voting tabulator machines are shown in use for the Michigan primary election in Grosse Pointe Farms on Feb. 27.

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  • Elections

Pro-Trump attorney arrested after hearing over leaking Dominion documents

Stefanie Lambert was arrested after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems.

March 19, 2024
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