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Michigan's state house has voted to approve a "right-to-work" bill that would weaken the power of labor unions. Democrats walked out in protest. Audie Cornish talks to Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio.

"Events of the last several years have made it clear that the greatness of America is at peril, and the threats to our continued pursuit of ‘a more perfect Union’ are real," U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn said in a Feb. 14, 2024, statement.

A three-judge panel is expected to rule soon whether Texas violated Hispanics' voting rights when drawing its congressional and state House maps in 2011. If Texas loses, it could be placed back under federal supervision under the Voting Rights Act, throw some uncertainty into 2018 races and put other states like North Carolina on notice they may follow in Texas' footsteps.

The first Democratic primary is in South Carolina this year, a state that resuscitated President Biden's campaign in 2020, and whose large base of Black voters were key to Biden's victory that year.

The Democratic lieutenant governor easily prevailed over former Rep. Tom Perriello. For the Republicans, staunch Trump ally Corey Stewart nearly pulled out an upset over former favorite Ed Gillespie.

The blame game played out on Capitol Hill with Democratic moderates and progressives conveying different messages from Tuesday's electoral losses.

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's unexpected entered into the Senate race last week.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. And, Senate Democrats are set to pitch a plan to extend ACA subsidies this week.

Democrats seek to limit who can serve as immigration judges amid layoffs from the administration. And, Republican Matt Van Epps narrowly wins a special House election in Tennessee.