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A small network of anti-abortion rights activists has been making progress pushing for bills that would classify people who get abortions as criminals.

Ryan Routh is accused of the 2024 assassination attempt of Donald Trump as the then-presidential candidate was golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Fla. Routh has pleaded not guilty. (Image credit: Joe Raedle)

Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts will cause 8.6 million people to lose health insurance by 2034, an estimate shows. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said it will cost Republicans seats in Congress. (Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite)

After a challenge by Republican officials in North Dakota, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s protections against racial discrimination in seven states. (Image credit: Samuel Corum)

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with democratic strategist David Axelrod about Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book, which explores Biden’s decline and how his inner circle has concealed it from the public. (Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Gulf states are keen to invest in Syria, which has important mineral and oil reserves, but had been prevented from doing so by U.S. sanctions. President Trump has now pledged to lift the restrictions. (Image credit: Win McNamee)

New academic standards in Oklahoma call for the teaching of “discrepancies” in the 2020 election, continuing the spread of a false narrative years after it was first pushed by Trump and his allies. (Image credit: Sue Ogrocki)

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Democratic political adviser David Axelrod about the stunning allegations in a new book regarding the health of former President Joe Biden.

A federal judge says President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan citizens who are shown to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang. (Image credit: Cristian Hernandez)

Trump’s win exposed political tensions between Arab-American voters — who were critical of Democratic support of Israel’s war in Gaza, and Black voters — who remain the Democrats’ most loyal supporters. That friction is especially pronounced in the majority Arab city of Dearborn, Michigan, and its majority Black … Arab and Black communities are trying to reconcile after Trump’s electionRead more

One payment processor has so far signaled to states that it intends to turn over data about millions of Americans to the federal government even as privacy groups warn that the request is illegal. (Image credit: Brandon Bell)

Veterans and others express outrage as the Trump administration ends special protective status for Afghans who had relocated to the U.S. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana)

On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. goes to Capitol Hill to promote and defend his massive overhaul of HHS, and President Trump’s plans to change it even more. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

Leaders from both political parties have been working to bring back manufacturing. But American manufacturers say they are struggling to fill the manufacturing jobs we already have.

Three key committees are putting pen to paper on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” But lawmakers are at odds over policies with far-reaching impacts on Americans’ wallets and for many, their healthcare. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

President Trump has done a lot with his first few months in office, but much of what he’s promised to accomplish is still incomplete. NPR looks at the challenges and where Trump stands at this point.

The decision comes after the acting IRS commissioner resigned over a deal allowing ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification. (Image credit: Alex Brandon)

DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump’s purported firing of three board members last month. (Image credit: Katie Oyan)

House committees are planning a series of hearings this week to advance legislation around President Trump’s agenda.

Experts tell NPR the gift violates the Foreign Emoluments Clause and raises questions about what Qatar might expect from Trump in return. It’s not clear whether critics in Congress can stop it from happening. (Image credit: Scott Olson)

The refugees were admitted to the U.S. after an executive order from President Trump, and under an expedited and unconventional process for the U.S. refugee resettlement program. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

The first group of white Afrikaner South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in U.S. as most other refugee admissions still suspended. (Image credit: Jerome Delay)

Edan Alexander, an Israeli soldier raised in New Jersey, is believed to be the last living U.S. citizen captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Four other Americans’ bodies are still held in Gaza. (Image credit: Menahem Kahana)

More than 30,000 people have already voted in the election for the president of the D.C. Bar Association, more than triple the previous record set in 1990. (Image credit: Stephen Lam)

A Biden-era rule eases the path for workers to be sponsored for U.S. permanent residency, an attractive option for those in horse-racing looking for a competitive edge. (Image credit: Lydia Schweickart for NPR)

President Trump is looking to use the IRS to achieve some of his political goals. Some experts see parallels with Nixon’s efforts to interfere with the agency. (Image credit: Tasos Katopodis)

A Republican overhaul would reduce borrowers’ repayments options from several plans to just two. (Image credit: Win McNamee)

House Republicans hope to finish work this week on President Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” but several big policy differences are getting in their way.

NPR asks political strategist Rina Shah about the balancing act Republicans are performing while trying to get a budget approved while also fulfilling some of Trump’s campaign promises.

A typically routine election to lead the District of Columbia Bar Association has drawn outsized attention as lawyers and law firms come under attack from the Trump administration.