Author: Elahe Izadi

  • The new House speaker is Mike Johnson. Who?

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    After three long, chaotic weeks, the nation finally has a new House speaker – U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson from Louisiana. So who is he? And how did Congress get here?

  • Will there ever be a new House speaker?

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    Why the House can’t elect a speaker to lead it. And the temporary solution some Republicans are proposing in the meantime.

  • The Dominion vs. Fox defamation case is finally going to trial

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    Big questions loom in the $1.6 billion trial centered on false election fraud claims Fox aired about a voting technology company.

  • Who is George Santos, anyway?

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    Who is George Santos, and why does it seem as though everyone on Capitol Hill is talking about him? Today, we have the story of the embattled lawmaker and why some voters in his district want him removed from his seat.

  • Trump continues to be plagued by legal woes

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    For Donald Trump, it’s one legal battle after another. Let’s check in on the status of several key investigations involving the former president as he mounts his 2024 campaign to return to the White House.

  • Inside the covert abortion pill pipeline

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    In a post-Roe America, tens of thousands of people without access to legal abortions are turning to a new covert network to get abortion pills. Today on Post Reports, we trace the network’s surprising supply chain and look at the precarious position of those participating in it.

  • Inside Gretchen Whitmer's abortion fight

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    In a political party that has been criticized for its lukewarm response to the Dobbs decision, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan appears to stand out. We take you inside her fight — and her family’s — to protect abortion access in her home state.

  • What comes after the NRA

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    The NRA faces critics from all sides, with infighting among its executives and, after the Uvalde, Tex., school shooting, renewed pressure from gun control advocates. And then there are the radical gun groups that say the NRA hasn’t gone far enough.

  • What ‘greenwashing’ means for climate change

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    Today on “Post Reports,” the Biden administration announces a plan to welcome Ukrainian refugees. Plus, just in time for Earth Day, our corporate accountability reporter helps you decipher what it means when a company claims to be “green.”