Supreme Court Rules Trump Cannot Shield Jan. 6 Documents From Congress
20 Jan 2022
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The court ruled that the former president cannot block the release of 800 pages of his records to th...
In News Conference, Biden Says Build Back Better May Have To Be Broken Up
20 Jan 2022
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In a press conference to mark one year in office, the president touted his administration's progress...
Democrats Are Headed For A Clash Over The Filibuster
18 Jan 2022
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Senate Democrats are bringing new voting rights bills to the floor this week. There's just one probl...
How Successful Was The Biden Administration In Addressing Racial Equity So Far?
17 Jan 2022
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The Biden administration laid out his main priorities as the president took office: tackling the pan...
Weekly Roundup: January 14th
14 Jan 2022
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The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test rule for businesses wit...
Is another civil war brewing in America?
13 Jan 2022
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The idea of another American Civil War might seem outlandish. But as the country diversifies, it's g...
Trump tells NPR he isn't giving up his 2020 election lies
12 Jan 2022
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In an interview with NPR, former President Donald Trump made it clear that he hasn't moved on from h...
President Biden calls for filibuster changes to pass voting rights bills
12 Jan 2022
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In a fiery speech in Atlanta Tuesday, President Biden urged the Senate to change filibuster rules in...
Congress is back in session. Can Democrats finally pass Build Back Better?
10 Jan 2022
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Democrats have two major pieces of unfinished business on their to-do list. They'll try, again, to r...
Weekly Roundup: January 7th
07 Jan 2022
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The justices are considering whether the federal mandates governing private employers and healthcare...
'A Dagger At The Throat Of Democracy': President Biden Decries Election Lies
06 Jan 2022
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In a speech from the Capitol one year after the building was attacked, President Biden warned that t...
Biden's COVID Response Lags Behind The Crisis, Experts Say
05 Jan 2022
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As the president and his team promise more tests are coming, the omicron variant continues to drive ...
Capitol Police Are Still Dealing With The Aftermath Of January 6th
04 Jan 2022
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Chief Tom Manger says that he is dealing with low morale and high turnover as the force attempts to ...
US Democracy Is At Risk Of Failing, According To 64% Of Americans
03 Jan 2022
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The sentiment is felt most acutely by Republicans, two-thirds of whom wrongly believe that "voter fr...
Our Favorite Political Music of 2021
31 Dec 2021
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Miles Parks, Juana Summers, and Ayesha Rascoe are joined by Stephen Thompson of NPR Music to discuss...
Our Favorite Political TV Of 2021
30 Dec 2021
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Miles Parks, Kelsey Snell, and Barbara Sprunt are joined by Aisha Harris of NPR's Pop Culture Happy ...
What Does It Take To Combat Disinformation?
29 Dec 2021
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Whitney Phillips, assistant professor at Syracuse University, talks to NPR's Miles Parks about consp...
Why Was Marriage At The Center Of The Fight For LGBT Civil Rights?
28 Dec 2021
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In the latest NPR Politics Book Club, Danielle Kurtzleben talks with journalist Sasha Issenberg whos...
Despite Early Warnings Of An Omicron Surge, Testing Remains A Problem Nationwide
27 Dec 2021
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Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said officials knew t...
Interview: Longtime Hillary Clinton Aide Huma Abedin On Parenting, Faith, And 2016
24 Dec 2021
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Huma Abedin has worked for Hillary Clinton for a quarter-century. In a new book, Both/And, she discu...
How Successful Was The Biden Administration In Managing The Economy This Year?
23 Dec 2021
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The Biden administration laid out his main priorities as the president took office: tackling the pan...
How Successful Was The Biden Administration In Fighting Climate Change This Year?
22 Dec 2021
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The Biden administration laid out his main priorities as the president took office: tackling the pan...
How Successful Was The Biden Administration In Battling COVID This Year?
21 Dec 2021
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The Biden administration laid out his main priorities as he took office: tackling the pandemic, resp...
Sen. Manchin Closes The Door On Biden's Build Back Better Plan
20 Dec 2021
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In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, the West Virginia Democrat said he would not support the Build ...
Weekly Roundup: December 17th
17 Dec 2021
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President Biden acknowledged Thursday that the centerpiece of his agenda, a nearly-two trillion doll...
Gun Control Activists Are Training To Run For Office
16 Dec 2021
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Following in the footsteps of Lucy McBath, a Georgia Democrat who won a seat in the House of Represe...
Extreme Wing Of House Republican Party Worries Rest Of Caucus Before Midterms
15 Dec 2021
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is feeling hopeful about the midterms: President Biden's approv...
Donald Trump Jr. Pressed Top Trump Aide To Act During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
14 Dec 2021
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol recommended that Mark Meadow...
How One Authoritarian Used Migrants As A Political Tool, And Why It Worries Biden
13 Dec 2021
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U.S. officials have accused Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko of being the latest to take ad...
Weekly Roundup: Texas' 6-Week Abortion Ban Will Stand For Now
10 Dec 2021
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The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit challenging Texas's 6-week abortion ban to go forward, but k...
No One Has Been Granted Clemency During Biden Administration
09 Dec 2021
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Joe Biden pledged ambitious criminal justice reforms as a candidate, but has taken few steps during ...
What To Know About The U.S. Olympics Boycott
08 Dec 2021
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In response to China's human rights abuses, the United States will not send any government represent...
Why Women Seek Abortions After 15 Weeks
07 Dec 2021
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The Supreme Court could allow Mississippi's ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy to take eff...
The High Cost Of Vaccine Conspiracies
06 Dec 2021
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An NPR analysis finds that people living in counties which strongly supported Donald Trump in the 20...
Weekly Roundup: December 3rd
03 Dec 2021
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Congress passed a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, but they only punted and t...
Why Two Experts Think The Supreme Court Is Prepared To Roll Back Roe V. Wade
02 Dec 2021
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The Supreme Court heard arguments for a case that challenges the foundation of Roe v. Wade, the deci...
The Big Consequences Of Small Changes To Congressional Maps
01 Dec 2021
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Congressional districts are redrawn every ten years by state legislatures. In theory it is so popula...
Congress Has A LOT To Do, But Can They Stop Fighting For Long Enough To Do It?
30 Nov 2021
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Congress and, in particular, congressional Democrats have a long to-do list before the end of the ye...
What Do You Need To Know About Omicron? Biden Says Be Concerned But Don't Panic
29 Nov 2021
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A new Covid-19 variant called Omicron is spreading throughout the world and public health officials ...
The Docket: What Is Executive Privilege And What Are Its Limits?
26 Nov 2021
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In order to resist a congressional investigation into the January 6th insurrection, former President...
Remembering NPR Political Reporter Cokie Roberts
25 Nov 2021
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Cokie Roberts was one of NPR's "Founding Mothers," a pioneering journalist whose career blazed a tra...
Weekly Roundup: November 24th
24 Nov 2021
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Though it has grown more popular with time, the Affordable Care Act was widely disliked by the publi...
America's Other Public Health Crisis: 100,000 Overdose Deaths
23 Nov 2021
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More than 100,000 people died from a drug overdose in the 12-month period beginning April 2020. Desp...
Yes, COVID-19 Cases Are Up. No, It's Not A Repeat Of Last Year.
22 Nov 2021
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COVID-19 case numbers are once again rising in the United States ahead of the holiday season, but th...
Weekly Roundup: November 19th
19 Nov 2021
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The two-trillion dollar package still needs to pass the Senate, where it is expected to undergo exte...
Leaders of Canada And Mexico Visit Washington To Talk COVID, Trade, And Migration
18 Nov 2021
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The summit comes after a five-year hiatus spanning the Trump administration. Despite the nations' st...
Democrats Say They Have A Plan To Overcome 2022 Headwinds
17 Nov 2021
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Democrats say they will prioritize sustained outreach to communities of color and clear messages abo...
US-China Summit May Have Lowered The Temperature, But The Tough Issues Remain
16 Nov 2021
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President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for a video summit this week. Both governments lau...
Steve Bannon, Former Top Trump Aide, Charged With Contempt Of Congress
15 Nov 2021
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Bannon was indicted last week for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6 riot at the...
Weekly Roundup: November 11th
12 Nov 2021
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Pew is out with an extensive look at nine different ideological groups latent in America's political...
More Trump Allies Ordered To Testify Before Congress About January 6th
11 Nov 2021
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Democrats are racing to finish their extensive investigation into the January 6th insurrection in th...
Biden's Election Was Legitimate. Republicans Have Convinced Supporters It Wasn't.
10 Nov 2021
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Donald Trump and other top Republicans have continued to lie about the results of the presidential e...
Vice President Harris Travels To France To Mend Fences
09 Nov 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris is in France for several days, helping to mend the U.S. relationship wi...
Congress Passes Biden's Trillion-Dollar Transit, Broadband, And Power Bill
08 Nov 2021
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It is a major political victory for President Biden, though it remains to be seen whether it will bu...
Weekly Roundup: November 5th
05 Nov 2021
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It is not clear whether Democrats in the House of Representatives will vote today on the two major l...
The Republican Election Official Who Stood Up To Trump
04 Nov 2021
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Brad Raffensperger is a conservative Republican who serves as Georgia's elected Secretary of State —...
Virginia Elects Republican Glenn Youngkin As Governor
03 Nov 2021
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Youngkin defeated former governor Terry McAuliffe, and outperformed former president Donald Trump's ...
Supreme Court May Allow A Challenge To Texas Abortion Restrictions To Move Forward
02 Nov 2021
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A near-ban on abortion in Texas was designed to be hard to challenge in court, but in a hearing on M...
Biden Says The US Has Gotten Serious About Climate
01 Nov 2021
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President Biden continues his travel this week in Scotland, where he is attending the United Nations...
Weekly Roundup: Friday October 29th
29 Oct 2021
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President Biden touted a new framework for the infrastructure package Democrats have been trying to ...
The Docket: Do You Have The Right To Carry A Gun Outside Of Your Home?
28 Oct 2021
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The Supreme Court has already ruled that an individual has the right to bear arms in their own home,...
Jobs Are Open But People Of Color And Women Are Struggling To Return To Work
27 Oct 2021
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The labor market shifted dramatically during the pandemic, and as employers once again begin to hire...
How Safe Are Kids Online? Senators Ask TikTok, Snapchat, And YouTube
26 Oct 2021
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TikTok and Snapchat appeared for the first time before Congress alongside YouTube to answer question...
The Facebook Papers Show How Quickly Radicalization Can Happen Online
25 Oct 2021
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Thousands of leaked documents from Facebook were viewed by more news organizations over the weekend ...
You Should Pay Attention To The Virginia Governor's Race
22 Oct 2021
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The off-year election is the first test of how people are feeling ahead of a consequential midterm s...
What Will Survive Negotiations In Biden's Trillion-Plus Dollar Social Programs Bill?
21 Oct 2021
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The White House continues to negotiate with Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinem...
Will Democrats Change The Senate Rules To Pass Voting Rights Legislation?
20 Oct 2021
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Another high-profile voting rights push has failed because it did not attract enough Republican supp...
Why Are School Board Officials Getting Death Threats?
19 Oct 2021
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School boards are the latest frontier in the culture wars, as incensed community members and right-w...
If You're Vaccinated, You Can Visit The US From Abroad In November
18 Oct 2021
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The Biden administration announced that the U.S. will admit vaccinated foreign travelers beginning N...
Weekly Roundup: October 15th
15 Oct 2021
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The two senators who are forcing more negotiations over the Biden administration's multi-trillion do...
The Boston Marathon Bomber Is Undoubtedly Guilty, But Should He Be Executed?
14 Oct 2021
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The Supreme Court heard arguments for and against reinstating the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnae...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Optimistic On Supply Chain Problems
13 Oct 2021
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Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg tells NPR that the Biden administration is focused on res...
Let's Talk About Young Voters
12 Oct 2021
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Young voters broke for Joe Biden in 2020, but are shirking party affiliations in greater numbers tha...
How Much Has The Country Really Changed Since Clinton's Impeachment?
11 Oct 2021
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The TV show Impeachment: American Crime Story dramatizes Bill Clinton's impeachment through the stor...
Weekly Roundup: October 8th
08 Oct 2021
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Congress reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling enough to cover the government's spending for a fe...
What's Next For The Afghans Now In The United States?
07 Oct 2021
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Tens of thousands of Afghans have been brought to the United States but most have not yet been reset...
Why Trump's Former Press Secretary Worries About His Influence In 2022
06 Oct 2021
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Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham was part of the Trump administration from the b...
Hear What A Facebook Insider Told Congress About How Its Apps Hurt Kids
05 Oct 2021
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Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen told senators that the company knows its products har...
Why Does Biden's China Policy Look So Much Like Trump's?
04 Oct 2021
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Biden's top trade official, Katherine Tai, indicated in a Monday speech that tariffs levied against ...
For White Evangelicals, The Identity Is About More Than Religious Faith
02 Oct 2021
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In the latest installment of the Politics Podcast book club, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews Ca...
Weekly Roundup: October 1st
01 Oct 2021
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Congress kept the government open but Democrats are still working out how to pass the two major pill...
Supreme Court Will Consider Abortion, Guns, Religious Liberty Cases This Term
30 Sep 2021
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An empowered conservative majority on the Supreme Court will consider a number of social and cultura...
The Docket: After A Half Century, Roe V. Wade Faces An Uncertain Future
29 Sep 2021
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 1 in a case from Mississippi that tests whether all state...
Military Officials Recommended Trump, Biden Keep Troops In Afghanistan
28 Sep 2021
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Commander...
With Biden's Legacy Teetering, Democrats Struggle To Overcome Divisions
27 Sep 2021
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Democratic Party discord threatens what amounts to nearly all of President Biden's domestic agenda, ...
Democrats Are Running Out Of Time To Negotiate On Major Priorities
24 Sep 2021
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Congressional Democrats are trying to wrap up negotiations on their reconciliation package, fund the...
Do Lawmakers Have More Insight Into Stocks Than The Public? TikTok Users Think So.
23 Sep 2021
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Seven House lawmakers are facing ethics complaints for violating the Stock Act, which polices inside...
Biden Faces Scrutiny Over Surge of Haitian Migrants
22 Sep 2021
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The Biden administration is expelling hundreds of Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, after ...
Amid Many Global Crises Biden Calls For Togetherness In First U.N. Address
21 Sep 2021
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In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Biden emphasized the importan...
As Biden's Approval Rating Dips, Republicans Sharpen Their Message For The Midterms
20 Sep 2021
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The GOP has a good shot at taking at least one if not both chambers of Congress in next year's midte...
Weekly Roundup: September 17th
17 Sep 2021
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Saturday's "Justice For J6" rally is being held to protest government treatment of people who partic...
Interview: EMILY's List President On Electing Democratic Women
16 Sep 2021
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The group was founded in 1985 to get Democratic women who back abortion access elected to office and...
With Big Plans And Small Margins, Can Democrats Pull Off Their Agenda?
15 Sep 2021
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Progressives feel as though their job compromising on the $3.5 trillion dollar budget bill is done, ...
Here Are The Tough Questions Congress Asked About Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal
14 Sep 2021
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before both the House and the Senate this week, where he ...
Should Athletes Be Activists? WNBA Star Nneka Ogwumike Says They Have To Be
13 Sep 2021
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The WBNA's political activism helped to reshape the political landscape in Washington. NPR's Franco ...
Listen: How The Country Remembered 9/11, Two Decades Later
11 Sep 2021
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There were remembrance ceremonies in New York City, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The reading o...
Weekly Roundup: September 10th
10 Sep 2021
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The number of new COVID cases hasn't been this high since before the vaccine was widely available. A...
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Told Us He Isn't Retiring. Yet.
09 Sep 2021
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In a conversation with NPR's Nina Totenberg, Justice Breyer, 83, says he plans to retire from the Hi...
There's A Chance That California Will Soon Have A Republican Governor
08 Sep 2021
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Voting ends Tuesday in California's recall election, where voters are deciding whether or not to rem...
Cutting Unemployment Aid Didn't Get Many Unemployed Americans Back To Work
07 Sep 2021
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Some twelve million Americans saw their expanded unemployment assistance expire Monday as the delta ...