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What happens if officials who run elections think they’re rigged?
A Colorado county official who was charged last month with election tampering has embraced falsehoods about the 2020 election. Insider threats to elections are rare, but a new report raises concerns.
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Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson moves forward as two more Republican senators pledge support
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney said they will support her confirmation, which is still expected this week after a tie vote in committee forced a rare procedural move.
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As election workers face increased threats and intimidation, some states are trying to protect them
The vast majority of election workers are women, and legislation in states including Oregon aims to protect them as lies about rigged elections make it harder for them to do their jobs safely.
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What’s left undone 45 years after the National Women’s Conference
Analysis | Some of what the attendees of the 1977 conference hoped for has happened. Much of it has not — but it still can.
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Parental rights bills have been introduced in most states. Teachers are pushing back.
Educators say legislation about what they teach and how mislead families and undermine public education. They’ve notched victories in multiple states, including red ones.
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What Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s questions this week revealed about the GOP, gender and messaging
The Republican senator from Tennessee asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to define ‘woman’ — and showed how the party plans to make the case that it protects women and girls.
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Senate approves bill to ban the sale of crib bumpers for infants
Use of the soft barriers in infants’ cribs can increase the risk of suffocation and SIDS.
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2 vetoes in 24 hours: Governors’ decisions on anti-transgender bills signal Republican unease
Lawmakers in Utah and Indiana are expected to override the vetoes, but advocates say the GOP opposition is still significant.
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Republicans see schools as 2022 political battleground
From exhausted ‘COVID moms’ to furor over critical race theory, the GOP sees schools as a way to both energize their base and pick up frustrated swing voters.
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Oklahoma's House passes a near-total abortion ban
Oklahoma took a step toward becoming the first state to ban most abortion — no matter how early in the pregnancy.