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Haley insists she’s ‘not going anywhere’ as she braces for South Carolina showdown with Trump

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she will not be quitting the race, even after losing to "none of these candidates" in Nevada's GOP primary.

Haley plans a two-week bus tour before South Carolina’s GOP primary as Trump returns to the state

Nikki Haley is launching a bus tour before South Carolina's Republican presidential primary on Feb. 24, hoping the two-week push will show the former governor's commitment to her home state heading into the first-in-the-South vote.

Stephen Colbert pokes fun at House: ‘Stupid levels have reached critical dumb’

Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert lit into House Republicans after the conference, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), were dealt some embarrassing defeats this week. Colbert, in Wednesday night's opening segment of CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," laid out a series of disappointments for the GOP conference this week, including the...

The Switch Up — Pregnant worker protections: In conversation with the ACLU’s Gillian Thomas

In our last two episodes, The Switch Up talked about the maternal mortality crisis — how it disproportionately affects Black and Brown Americans, the struggle of incarcerated pregnant people and the activists and political leaders who are trying to end this crisis.  Today, we’re delving into this crisis just a little bit more — and...

With fewer degree requirements, the federal government can break the ‘paper ceiling’ 

Early in the 2000s, many employers began adding degree requirements to job descriptions — whether they needed them or not — using the degree as a proxy for job preparedness.

New campaign set to mobilize voters of color ahead of 2024 election

A new voter engagement campaign is targeting young voters and voters of color ahead of November’s presidential election.  Kairos: Democracy Project plans to mobilize the two groups by highlighting advocacy and the benefits of democracy on daily life. The project will rely heavily on influencer engagement and grassroots organizing. Founded by Michael Blake, a former...

Trump gives remarks as Supreme Court weighs 14th Amendment case: Watch live

Former President Trump is slated to hold a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments over Trump’s ballot eligibility under the 14th Amendment. Watch the live video above.

SpaceX launches climate observation satellite for NASA

NASA launched a new climate observation satellite, packed with cutting-edge technology to gather information on Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, on a SpaceX launch system in the early hours of Thursday. The PACE satellite, short for Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem satellite, took off abroad a SpaceX Falcon 9 system from Cape Canaveral, Fla., just after...

Senate to vote on foreign aid supplemental, minus border deal: Watch live

The Senate is expected to vote on another version of the national security supplemental Thursday afternoon that strips the border security deal out of the legislation. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) moved rapidly Wednesday to find a Plan B that would resurrect the package’s bundled provisions to send military help to Ukraine, which says it’s desperately low...

What to know about the lawyers arguing the Trump ballot case at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Thursday as former President Trump's lawyers appear before the justices in an attempt to knock down lawsuits challenging the Republican front-runner's ballot eligibility under the 14th Amendment. The justices will hear from three attorneys during the argument. In order, they are: Jonathan Mitchell, representing former President Trump. Thursday is Mitchell’s sixth...

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