President Biden has signed a law that gives ByteDance up to a year to fully divest from TikTok, or face a nationwide ban. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case from Idaho that centers on abortion rights. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
U.S. Olympic Gymnasts Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and NCAA and world champion gymnast Maggie Nichols testified on Capitol Hill in 2021 about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court will hear another case about abortion rights on Wednesday. Protestors gathered outside the court last month when the case before the justices involved abortion pills. Tom Brenner for The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump watches as prosecutor Joshua Steinglass questions David Pecker before Judge Juan Merchan during Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan on Tuesday. Jane Rosenberg/Reuters hide caption
Ex-National Enquirer publisher says he pledged to be Trump's 'eyes and ears'
George Alan Kelly listens to closing arguments in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on April 18, 2024, in Nogales, Ariz. Kelly was charged with second-degree murder in the January 2023 death of 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, who lived south of the border in Nogales, Mexico. Angela Gervasi/Nogales International via AP hide caption
A bill that could ban TikTok nationwide unless it divests from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, is on the fast track to becoming law. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in court for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Breaking down the legal case at the center of the political universe
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in court for opening statements in his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 in New York City. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Prosecutors argue "election fraud, pure and simple" in Trump hush money case
Former President Donald Trump looks on at Manhattan criminal court Monday, during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs. Victor J. Blue/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The latest effort in Congress to force TikTok to be sold is the most serious threat yet to the app's future in the U.S. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
A group of volunteers check on homeless people living in a park in Grants Pass, Ore., on March 21. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
Supreme Court appears to side with an Oregon city's crackdown on homelessness
Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption
Here's what you need to know about the first week of Trump's hush money trial
Former President Donald Trump gestures as he returns to the courtroom during a recess in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday. Brendan McDermid/Getty Images hide caption
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg listens at news conference in New York, Feb. 7, 2023. Donald Trump has made history as the first former president to face criminal charges. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Alvin Bragg, Manhattan's district attorney, draws friends close and critics closer
Kahlil Brown, 18, says teammate Deshaun Hill Jr., the student and quarterback who was shot and killed in 2022, was his best friend. Brown, shown posing for a portrait at the North Community High School football field in Minneapolis on April 9, will attend St. Olaf College in the fall. Caroline Yang for NPR hide caption
Where gun violence is common, some students say physical safety is a top concern
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally outside Schnecksville Fire Hall in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Trump's anti-abortion stance helped him win in 2016. Will it hurt him in 2024?
A man walks by flowers and a sign of support for the community, Oct. 28, 2023, in the wake of the mass shootings that occurred on in Lewiston, Maine. The Maine Legislature on Thursday approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Women's March hide caption
People walk by as supporters of Jan. 6 defendants gather outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court will review part of a federal obstruction law that has been used to prosecute some of those individuals involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption