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The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate Democrats march forward on their all-but-doomed voting rights bills

Democrats in the Senate will proceed to a vote on two voting rights bills Wednesday, despite lacking the votes needed to pass either measure.

FILE - This May 11, 2012, file photo shows Nusrat Chadoury, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, National ACLU National Security Program, talking with reporters following oral arguments on the ACLU No Fly List challenge, in Portland, Ore. A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a lawsuit over the government's no-fly list can go forward in a lower court in Oregon."More than two years ago, our clients were placed on a secret government blacklist that denied their right to travel without an explanation or chance to confront the evidence against them," Nusrat Choudhury, an ACLU lawyer who argued the case, said in a statement. "The Constitution requires the government to provide our clients a fair chance to clear their names and a court will finally hear their claims." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Biden's latest picks include 1st Muslim woman nominated to serve as a federal judge

Nusrat Choudhury is among eight new judicial nominees announced by the president. The White House said the nominees reflect his commitment to diversifying historically white, male-dominated positions.

FLORENCE, ARIZONA - JANUARY 15: Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Canyon Moon Ranch festival grounds on January 15, 2022 in Florence, Arizona. The rally marks Trump's first of the midterm election year with races for both the U.S. Senate and governor in Arizona this year. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Supreme Court denies Trump's bid to block release of records to Jan. 6 panel

The former president's White House records are sought by the Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul outlines her state budget proposal on Jan. 18, 2022. (Mike Groll/Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul)

Hochul 'prohibitive favorite' to win June primary

Gov. Kathy Hochul is having a very good week.

COVID concerns will keep NBC announcers home from the Beijing Olympics

NBC Sports officials say their plan of covering the Olympics from its Stamford, Conn., facility is a similar strategy used to cover the delayed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics last year.

In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, the Tongan Foreign Minister, Fekitamoeloa 'Utoikamanu, right, and the Australian High Commissioner to Tonga, Rachael Moore, watch the arrival of the first Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at Fua'amotu International Airport near Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga were finally able to land after the Pacific nation's main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a huge volcanic eruption. (Australian Defence Force via AP)

The first aid flight arrived in Tonga after a five-day cut off due to eruption

The eruption severed Tonga's single fiber-optic cable, rendering the entire Pacific archipelago offline and unable to communicate with the rest of the world.

Sam Dunklau / WITF. Data security company Envoy Sage president Steve Lehr stands near unidentified equipment before a Jan. 14, 2022 inspection of Fulton County’s 2020 voting machines. The inspection did not proceed as planned after the Pa. Supreme Court ordered a halt.

A Pennsylvania county’s voting machine review has its roots in 2020 election fraud lies

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court temporarily blocked the inspection.

FILE PHOTO: A train is ready on the station during the handover ceremony of the high-speed rail project linking the Chinese southwestern city of Kunming with Vientiane, in Vientiane, Laos, December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Phoonsab Thevongsa/File Photo

With U.S. focused on defense, China's trade and infrastructure sweep Southeast Asia

The Biden administration hopes to make deeper inroads in Southeast Asia but lags far behind China, which has already built up major trade ties, as well as roads and a high-speed rail.

A flag of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) flutters in the wind on the top of the humanitarian organization's headquarters in Geneva, on September 29, 2021. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Cyberattack on Red Cross compromised sensitive data on over 515,000 vulnerable people

The attack targeted a contractor in Switzerland that was storing the data. The Red Cross has been forced to halt a program that reunites families torn apart by violence, migration or other tragedies.

California universal health care bill dies without a vote

The bill had to pass by midnight on Monday to have a chance at becoming law this year but its Democratic author didn't put it up for a vote when he realized it wouldn't pass.

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