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Voting rights fails — again: Voting rights legislation failed in the Senate this week, as Democrats lacked the votes to overcome a GOP filibuster. Then, Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema opposed changing those rules. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer defended holding the doomed votes, telling NPR, “Those who are opposed to advancing voting rights and who support suppression of voting rights — the public should know who they are." Jan. 6 committee latest: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a series of new subpoenas this week, including to former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and conspiracist lawyer Sidney Powell. The committee also requested information from Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump, marking the first time the panel has sought out info from the former first family. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block release of White House records to the committee. Georgia-Trump investigation: A Georgia district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state has asked for a special grand jury for the investigation, which would allow the DA issue subpoenas. In a letter, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said several witnesses or potential witnesses — including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — "have refused to cooperate with the investigation absent a subpoena requiring their testimony." Push to ban lawmaker stock trades: After a number of controversial stock trades by lawmakers in the past two years, a new push to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks is gaining bipartisan support. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has opposed such a ban, said she would be willing to advance a bill if her caucus supported it. Discontent on the Supreme Court: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's refusal to wear a mask during arguments has led to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has a health condition that increases her risk from COVID-19 and who sits next to Gorsuch on the bench, participating in arguments from her chambers. The incident is one of several that has revealed a sense of discontent on the court not observed in many years. Gorsuch, Sotomayor and Chief Justice John Roberts issued statements denying NPR’s report. NPR stands by its reporting. |
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Biden’s immigration record, one year in: Young immigrant activists worked to rally support for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Now, a year after he took office, many feel that he hasn't pushed hard enough to deliver on the immigration goals he set. Gen Z and politics: Veteran pollster John Della Volpe says that everything he was told — and that most people think — about Generation Z is wrong. He explores the evolution of Gen Z and politics in his new book Fight. Read NPR’s interview with Della Volpe here. Fallout from Texas election bill: Several counties in Texas have reported rejecting hundreds of vote-by-mail applications in the past week because of confusion over ID requirements from a new Republican-backed voting law. |
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It’s a real pandemic low point for the people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old. Sure, that’s become an all-too-familiar refrain. But parents and care providers of young kids say this month really is rock bottom. There are plenty of reasons why. Child care workers are leaving the workforce. Federal incentives for employers to offer paid leave ran out in September. Democrats' Build Back Better plan, with its $400 billion in federal child care and preschool funding, is stalled in Congress. And there’s tension — between working parents and providers — over constant disruptions to classrooms full of children still too young to be vaccinated. Many centers close rooms for 10- or 14-day quarantines after a class's single positive test. That tension led Cori Berg, director of a church-affiliated early childhood program in Dallas, to describe January as "the worst it has ever been" to NPR’s Anya Kamenetz. "It is so fractious between parents and centers. Last week in particular, every single director I know got really beat up." Read the story. |
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