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Hunter Biden leaves after President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people during a White House ceremony on July 7, 2022.

Hunter Biden agrees to plead guilty in tax case and avoid prosecution on gun charge

The president's son agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax offenses. He's also charged with a felony firearm offense, for which he agreed to enter a pretrial diversion agreement.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom stops at IBEW Local 6 union hall in San Francisco on Sept. 14, 2021, to speak with union workers and volunteers.

Democrat Gavin Newsom to face Republican Brian Dahle in California race for governor

After swiftly grabbing the top spot in the "top two" primary on Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is favored to win reelection in November over Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle.

'We're just at a breaking point': Hollywood writers vote to authorize strike

Members of the Writers Guild of America have voted to authorize a strike if their talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers don't end in a new contract by midnight May 1.

United States Supreme Court justices are pictured in October 2022: Sonia Sotomayor (front row from left), Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan; Amy Coney Barrett (back row from left), Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be

The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels last year. Zelenskyy is appealing for Ukraine to join the EU.

Ukraine wants to join the EU. Here's how that would work

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has applied for Ukraine to join the European Union, after appealing to its leaders for immediate entry. Gaining membership is a complex process.

Andrew Bird, 'Atomized'

Andrew Bird ruminates on a line from Joan Didion's 1968 essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

European Council President Charles Michel (from left), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, President Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a monument for atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima, Japan, Friday.

Japan's atomic bomb survivors hope G-7 firms up support for nuclear disarmament

As President Biden and Group of Seven leaders gathered in Hiroshima, people in Japan wanted the setting to act as a powerful symbol for consensus toward banning nuclear arms.

Eli Newman

Eli Newman is a Reporter/Producer for 101.9 WDET (part of the MPRN network), covering breaking news, politics and community affairs.

Jay Baruchel as Josh inÂ <em>Man Seeking Woman.</em>

What's making us happy: A guide for your weekend listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: nerdy podcasts, chill shows and an unbeatable mashup.

A copy from the first printing of the U.S. Constitution sold for more than $43 million Thursday night — a world record for a historical document at auction, Sotheby's said.

A crowd-funded group lost an auction for a first edition of the U.S. Constitution

The crowd-funded group ConstitutionDAO narrowly lost out in the hotly anticipated auction. The group had hoped to buy the rare historical document so it could be displayed for the public.

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