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GOP sues to block California’s new voting maps
By Maya C. Miller and Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters A “No on Prop 50” sign at the Kern County Republican Party booth at the Kern County Fair in Bakersfield on Sept. 26, 2025. Republicans are seeking to overturn the congressional maps voters approved last month. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for…
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Barbara Rose Johns statue unveiled at U.S. Capitol : NPR
A model of the statue of Barbara Rose Johns pictured in 2023, two years before the real thing was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol. Amy Davis/The Baltimore Sun/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters hide caption toggle caption Amy Davis/The Baltimore Sun/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters In 1951, a Black teenager led a walkout of her segregated Virginia high school. On Tuesday,…
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Trump immigration policy upends lives of Texas migrants
Sara had been preparing for a radio interview earlier this month to promote her plans to open an at-home child care center in Central Texas when she learned that a new federal immigration order rendered her ineligible for legal status. Sara, an undocumented Venezuelan who applied for asylum earlier this year, canceled the interview and indefinitely put her plans on…
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Republicans divided on Trump’s policy toward Afghan immigrants : NPR
Afghan refugee girl Laylama is pictured during a September 2025 interview with AFP in Islamabad, where she was living after President Trump suspended refugee admissions to the U.S. Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images Some Republicans in Congress are splitting from the Trump administration over its crackdown on legal immigration from Afghanistan,…
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Experts say declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction won’t reduce overdoses : NPR
President Donald Trump signs an executive order classifying fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction,” during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. D Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Getty Images North America President…
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What the divides within the Maga base mean for Trump
Anthony ZurcherSenior North America reporter BBC At a meeting of his cabinet at the White House two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump looked around the long room filled with his top advisers, administration officials and aides, and made a prediction. The next Republican presidential candidate, he said, is “probably sitting at this table”. “It could be a couple of…
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Brian Walshe found guilty of wife’s first-degree murder : NPR
Brian Walshe stands in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on Monday, after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder of his wife Ana in 2023. Greg Derr/AP/Pool The Patriot Ledger hide caption toggle caption Greg Derr/AP/Pool The Patriot Ledger Brian Walshe admitted to disposing of his wife’s body but denied killing her, in a case that has drawn…
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US librarians tackle ‘manufactured crisis’ of book bans to protect LGBTQ+ rights | US news
For decades, libraries served as a safe haven for many queer and marginalized youths in eastern Texas, says former county library director Rhea Young. Unlike the school cafeteria, the library was a space where they could explore and find acceptance in who they wanted to be. “There were books where they can find characters like them, and realize it’s okay…
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As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit
Charlotte, North Carolina — In the week since a Nativity scene was installed outside of the Missiongathering Church here in Charlotte, Pastor Andrew Shipley said he’s often found himself doing a double take. Not to reflect on the kneeling statues of Mary and Joseph as they gaze upon baby Jesus – instead, it’s the figures looming over the Holy Family…
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Dec. 14, 2025
Toplines The Kremlin is setting conditions to reject the Ukrainian and European peace plan drafts after it previously rejected key points of the US-proposed 28-point peace plan that overwhelmingly benefitted Russia. Russian Presidential Aide Yuriy Ushakov stated in a TV interview with Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin on December 14 that Russia has stated its position “very clearly” and that Russia…
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