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What’s next after the debt limit deal for Congress and the presidential race
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — After hammering out a deal to suspend the U.S. debt limit and avert a default disaster, leaders in both parties are already looking ahead. Bloomberg… Read More
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How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud
By: Miles Parks | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — On a night in January 2022, Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin stepped on stage in a former airbase in Houma, La. With American flags draped… Read More
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Senate sends debt ceiling legislation to President Biden’s desk with days to spare
By: Claudia Grisales | Barbara Sprunt | Vincent Acovino | NPR
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Updated June 1, 2023 at 10:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — With just days to spare before the deadline for the nation to face financial default, the Senate approved compromise,… Read More
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Ohio’s U.S. senators disagree on legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two U.S. senators disagree on federal legislation to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. The U.S. House voted 314 to 117 for the measure… Read More
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Biden and McCarthy reach a deal to avoid default. Here’s what’s in it
By: Ximena Bustillo | Claudia Grisales | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — While many families in the U.S. were relaxing over the Memorial Day weekend, top negotiators for President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., were working late… Read More
![House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to members of the media after arriving at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gettyimages-1493518063-4c0170fd4553a8d7c60f53df3236d650e2ee6363-scaled-e1685131662849-900x422.jpg)
Negotiators find compromises to avoid default but still have key conflicts
By: Ximena Bustillo | Franco Ordoñez | NPR
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Updated May 26, 2023 at 3:51 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — Negotiators have hashed out some details of a deal to prevent the country from a default on its debt… Read More
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A bill proposing a conservative social studies curriculum moves through the Ohio House
By: Conner Woodruff
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio legislature is considering a bill that would require new K-12 social studies standards intended to counter what conservative critics see as a progressive bias… Read More
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Biden and McCarthy gear up for the next round of debt ceiling talks
By: Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden are expected to meet Monday afternoon for a face to face meeting on addressing the debt ceiling — with less… Read More
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Veterans could be among the first to feel the pain of a debt default
By: Quil Lawrence | Dustin Jones | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — For Navy veteran Jesse Reynolds, it’s personal. Veterans funding is currently a key part of two high-stakes showdowns in Washington: budget talks and the possible default on… Read More
![The Ballot Board meets at the Ohio Statehouse on May 18, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-5-e1684508865770-900x422.webp)
Ohio Republicans OK 60% amendment approval ballot text. Democrats say it’s ‘sneaky’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Ballot Board has approved the ballot text voters could see when they vote on a Republican-backed proposal to make it harder to… Read More
![Demonstrators opposed to partisan gerrymandering hold up representations of congressional districts from North Carolina (left) and Maryland (right) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ap19085648612327_custom-e4c50b89300bd05f735c34f03b8b27e987ad0cae-scaled-e1684356974817-900x422.jpg)
Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A recent unusual ruling by North Carolina’s highest court has put a spotlight on the patchwork of state laws and court decisions that determine where maps of… Read More
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Congress wants to regulate AI, but it has a lot of catching up to do
By: Claudia Grisales | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — For the past several weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has met with at least 100 experts in AI to craft groundbreaking legislation to install safeguards. The… Read More
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What you need to know about the debt ceiling as the deadline looms
By: Kelsey Snell | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The federal government is perilously close to being unable to make payments on the country’s debt. It is up to Congress to vote to increase the nation’s… Read More
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The Senate holds its Supreme Court ethics hearing this week — with no justices
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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Updated May 1, 2023 at 11:32 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform on Tuesday, as questions continue to… Read More
![Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who had negotiated for the hostages release right up to the last hours of his presidency, waves to the crowd while putting his other hand around the shoulders of a former hostage in Iran, believed to be Bruce Laingen, at U.S. Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany, Jan. 21, 1981.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AP23060791071035-e1679326861602-900x422.jpg)
Expert analyzes the new account of a GOP deal that used Iran hostage crisis for gain
By: John Yang | Kaisha Young | Juliet Fuisz | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — The Iran hostage crisis consumed the last year of the Carter presidency, contributing to a perception of weakness. Saturday, a new allegation surfaced that Ronald Reagan’s campaign… Read More
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Biden wants Congress to boost penalties for executives when mid-sized banks fail
By: NPR Washington Desk
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — President Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass legislation to increase the penalties on bank executives when mismanagement leads to bank failures. “When banks fail due to… Read More
![Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, speaks during a news conference following the weekly Democratic caucus luncheon at the Capitol on Wednesday. He has his hands up in the "what are you gonna do" shrug. There is another guy behind him.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gettyimages-1248346299-2698b8d0d2b1cc7e490f53a23e7b10cec22cfca6-scaled-e1679001187363-900x422.jpg)
Lawmakers are split on how to respond to the recent bank failures
By: Rachel Treisman | Lexie Schapitl | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Days after the failure of two regional banks shook the financial industry, senators on Capitol Hill say they want answers but disagree on what action to take… Read More
![In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent rioters supporting President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol in Washington.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP21047771810756-e1614804403491-900x422.jpg)
Examining how U.S. politics became intertwined with personal identity
By: Judy Woodruff | Frank Carlson | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Divisions often go beyond disputes over U.S. politics, regularly spilling into clashes over identity and culture and pitting friends and family against one another. Judy Woodruff explores… Read More
![President Joe Biden participates in a briefing at Marie Roberts Elementary School about the ongoing response efforts to devastating flooding, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. From left are Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Biden, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ap22220620060105_custom-b2ee934ab1c994707c06eab05c073d3883a99938-scaled-e1678303534152-900x422.jpg)
Rural communities want to tap federal funding. But it’s hard to know where to start
By: Ximena Bustillo | NPR
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JACKSON, Ky. (NPR) — Mayor Laura Thomas knows there are a lot of federal funding programs that could help her small town of Jackson, Ky., recover from a series of… Read More
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What this year’s CPAC says about Republican priorities
By: Laura Barón-López | Matt Loffman | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — For nearly 50 years, conservative grassroots activists have gathered to hear from GOP leaders at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. As Republicans debate who is… Read More
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Biden’s student loan relief faces its biggest test yet at the Supreme Court
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A handful of Republican-dominated states will ask the Supreme Court on Tuesday to permanently block the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The states contend that the… Read More
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Groups backing abortion rights unite to put the issue before Ohio voters this November
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group of doctors and a coalition of abortion rights advocates are coming together to put an issue on the ballot this November that… Read More
![Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) speaks to reporters about his team's list of priority bills. Standing with him were 15 House Republicans who voted for him for speaker, including House Finance Committee chair Jay Edwards (R-Nelsonville), Rep. Sara Carruthers (R-Hamilton), Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield), Rep. Angela King (R-Celina) and Assistant Majority Floor Leader Jon Cross (R-Kenton).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-3-2-e1676496057940-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Republican House Speaker sets his legislative priorities. His GOP opponent agrees but pushes back
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After weeks of no bills formally introduced with bill numbers, the Ohio House Speaker and his leadership team has introduced their legislative priorities, ranging… Read More
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More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey
By: Ashley Lopez | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Long seen as a fringe viewpoint, Christian nationalism now has a foothold in American politics, particularly in the Republican Party — according to a new survey from… Read More
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An Ohio budget proposal requires parental permission for kids to use social media
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two year state budget always has things in it that aren’t related to state spending. For instance, the budget unveiled last month by… Read More
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