An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court. Hansi Lo Wang
The No Labels political group is contemplating a third-party presidential run NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Chris Stirewalt of the American Enterprise Institute about who is behind the group, and could the D.C.-based nonprofit play the spoiler in 2024's presidential election.
An appeals court will hear arguments over Trump's gag order in Jan. 6 case Lawyers for former President Trump and the special counsel team will argue before a federal appeals court in Washington about the scope of a gag order lodged against him. Carrie Johnson
Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024 A voting bloc that hasn't gotten as much national attention, Native voters are an influential constituency in several swing states, making them a group to watch in 2024. Ximena Bustillo
The president is once again pardoning turkeys who did nothing wrong, but why? It's a tradition that ironically features an American president sanctioning an event sponsored by a lobbying group, which advocates the opposite of what actually takes place at said event. Domenico Montanaro
Rosalynn Carter, transformative former first lady and mental health advocate, dies The wife of former President Jimmy Carter was 96 years old. She spent decades as a prominent advocate for mental health and professionalized the role of first lady. Chloee Weiner
As Biden celebrates his birthday, candles on the cake are adding to a problem A birthday and a spate of bad polls highlight the one weakness Biden cannot really address. He was 78 when he took office. He'd be 86 leaving a second term. Ron Elving
RFK Jr.'s poll numbers remain high. What explains this — and can it last? The anti-vaccine political scion is running as an independent for president, is threatening both parties and is polling higher than any independent in 40 years. But those high numbers tend to fade. Domenico Montanaro
The waning influence of Moms for Liberty School board candidates endorsed by the conservative group Moms for Liberty suffered big losses last week. Jim Zarroli reports that's because of a growing grassroots movement that's pushing back.
Many voters say Congress is broken. Could proportional representation fix it? With Congress increasingly polarized, there are growing calls to replace the winner-take-all approach for House elections with a system that advocates say could better reflect the country's diversity. Hansi Lo Wang