Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson on Tyre Nichols killing NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson about the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel wins party leadership vote The Republican National Committee chair won her bid to lead the GOP for two more years, prevailing in an election that highlighted fierce internal divisions. The Associated Press
Local election officials in Florida call for scrapping new ID rules for mail voting County election supervisors say the new restrictions will create significant election reporting delays and a slew of costs for local election offices, and could disenfranchise large numbers of voters. Ashley Lopez
New 'Latino' and 'Middle Eastern or North African' checkboxes proposed for U.S. forms The Biden administration is proposing that the U.S. census and federal surveys change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African." Hansi Lo Wang
Ex-staffer sues Fox News and former Trump aide over sexual abuse claims In a lawsuit, an ex-staffer alleges the late Fox News chief Roger Ailes, shown above, sexually abused her for years. She is also suing former top Fox executive Bill Shine, alleging he enabled Ailes. David Folkenflik
Former President Donald Trump can return to Facebook. Will he? Facebook parent company Meta is letting a two-year ban on Donald Trump, imposed after the then-president's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, expire. Shannon Bond
The politics and economics of a potentially costly showdown over the debt ceiling With the potential of a default looming, Washington looks for answers on how to solve the debt ceiling impasse. Scott Horsley
King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles will not run for re-election in 2023, plans to retire After seven years on the King County Council, and many more as a state lawmaker, Jeanne Kohl-Welles is retiring. Dyer Oxley
Democrats are crying foul as House Republicans sort key committee assignments Speaker Kevin McCarthy blocked two Democrats from serving on a key House panel, arguing it is in the interest of national security. Dems say the move is nothing more than political retribution. Lexie Schapitl
NPR and New York Times ask judge to unseal documents in Fox defamation case NPR and the New York Times are seeking to convince a Delaware court to unseal documents to see whether Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems over claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race. David Folkenflik
