"Over-Broad" & "Extreme"

Don't call it a "State of the Union." President Joe Biden tonight will address a joint session of Congress, 99 days after being sworn into office. Powerhouse Politics speaks with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about what the look, sound and substance of the speech will be. ...  Show more

For the guilty findings in connection with the killing of George Floyd to mark a true turning point will take much more than verdicts in Minneapolis. It falls now to a president elected on the promise of unity to both heal and advance policy in tense and still-uncertain times. AB ...  Show more

Texas Republicans are targeting Houston's efforts to expand voting access during the 2020 election with a series of measures that would roll back voting access in the state. CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger discusses why Harris County is the newest target for Republican ...  Show more

Over the weekend, months of tension in the Texas Legislature came to a head. A group of Democratic lawmakers got up and left the building before a vote — an act of resistance amid the most conservative Texas legislative session in recent memory. 

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The Supreme Court heard arguments this week about voting laws in Arizona that would make ballot access harder for people living in rural areas like the Navajo Nation. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that the conservative court isn't likely to strike down the laws which could pave th ...  Show more

Sasha Buchert, senior attorney at Lambda Legal, discusses lawmakers in more than two dozen states weighing legislation that aims to restrict or ban access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, prompting legal challenges from LGBTQ rights groups that allege the b ...  Show more