Do School Mask Bans Violate The Rights Of Children With Disabilities?
06 Sep 2021
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The Biden administration is investigating several states over their bans on mask mandates in schools...
Sacred Ground: A 9/11 Story
03 Sep 2021
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On Sept. 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked by four al-Qaida terrorists. The passeng...
For Now, 73 Percent Of Americans Support Allowing Afghan Refugees Resettle in U.S.
02 Sep 2021
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President Joe Biden's approval rating has dropped to a new low, 43 percent, according to a new poll ...
Abortion Is All But Banned In Texas
01 Sep 2021
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A state law took effect Wednesday banning abortion after about six weeks, before many women even kno...
After Two Decades And More Than A 150,000 Dead, America Has Left Afghanistan
31 Aug 2021
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The withdrawal effort managed to evacuate 124,000 people before the last U.S. service member left Af...
How Will Biden Respond To US Crises?
30 Aug 2021
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Much of the country is reeling from natural disasters as COVID hospitalization rates hit levels not ...
Weekly Roundup: August 27th
27 Aug 2021
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President Biden has warned there could be more violence coming over the weekend in Afghanistan. Yest...
More Than A Dozen Americans Dead After Attack At Kabul Airport
27 Aug 2021
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President Biden addressed the nation to offer condolences to the families of the U.S. military perso...
Tens of Thousands Evacuated—And Many Thousands More To Go
25 Aug 2021
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The U.S. has only a few more days to evacuate as many as 1,500 Americans and many thousands of Afgha...
Today Proved How Hard It Will Be For Democrats To Pass These Huge Bills
24 Aug 2021
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Moderate House Democrats want to vote on infrastructure before negotiations continue on the big Bide...
Vets Are Worried Their Afghan Allies Will Be Killed Before They Can Evacuate
23 Aug 2021
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The U.S. is evacuating thousands of people a day from Kabul, prioritizing Americans and citizens of ...
Why Didn't Biden Start Evacuating Americans Sooner? We Asked Him.
20 Aug 2021
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President Biden spoke about the situation in Afghanistan again Friday, emphasizing his commitment to...
Biden: Military Isn't The Way To Deal With Human Rights Issues
19 Aug 2021
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Frantic evacuations continue in Afghanistan as President Biden publicly defends the way in which the...
Election Officials Still Get Death Threats
18 Aug 2021
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The nation's top election officials met in Iowa last weekend. They discussed the ongoing challenge p...
Most Kids Still Can't Get The Vaccine. They Represent 18% Of New Cases.
17 Aug 2021
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Hospitals across the country are nearing capacity as they struggle to treat unvaccinated Americans. ...
Biden: Americans Shouldn't Die In A War That Afghans Aren't Willing To Fight
16 Aug 2021
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In a speech at the White House Monday, President Biden forcefully defended his decision to withdrawa...
Weekly Roundup: August 13th
13 Aug 2021
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The unexpected announcement from the Pentagon comes as the Taliban is rapidly increasing their contr...
The Docket: Vaccine Mandates
12 Aug 2021
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In the latest installment of the Docket, our series on legal issues, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and C...
What's Next For New York After Cuomo's Resignation?
11 Aug 2021
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Once talked about as a future presidential candidate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) will leave politics...
Biden's Next Infrastructure Challenge: Democrats
10 Aug 2021
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President Biden's infrastructure deal passed the Senate with 19 Republican votes, bolstering his cla...
Biden's Climate Plans Are Historic. But Are They Enough?
09 Aug 2021
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President Biden said that the United States will cut its greenhouse gas emissions to half of 2005 le...
Weekly Roundup: August 8th
06 Aug 2021
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The unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% in July — a low for the pandemic. Nearly a million new jobs ...
Prices Are Rising. Who's To Blame?
05 Aug 2021
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People agree: prices are up on everything from gasoline to used cars. But both experts and voters di...
Biden Said He Couldn't Stop Evictions. Then He Did.
04 Aug 2021
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Gene Sperling oversees the White House's rollout of COVID relief. On Monday, he told reporters that ...
Governor Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, New York Investigation Finds
03 Aug 2021
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An investigation found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women in and out of state g...
Light Summer Reading? The 2,702-Page Infrastructure Deal Just Dropped.
02 Aug 2021
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A vote on the trillion-dollar proposal is expected as soon as Thursday. Also, President Biden has be...
60 Percent Of Adults Are Fully Vaccinated. Why Are Things Getting Worse?
30 Jul 2021
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President Biden gave a speech Thursday afternoon begging folks to get vaccinated. A CDC document war...
The Docket: The Rise And Fall Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965
29 Jul 2021
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was born from the civil rights movement of the '50s and '60s, but in r...
Sixty-Six Percent Of Alabamians Still Need The Shot. Can Tommy Tuberville Help?
28 Jul 2021
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The White House says it is "following the science" on masks after the CDC issued new guidance, but s...
Four Police Officers Detailed The Ugly Violence And Racism Of The Capitol Riot
27 Jul 2021
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The officers — Pfc. Harry Dunn and Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the U.S. Capitol Police, and Michael Fa...
Some 6300 New Migrants Arrived At The Southern Border Every Day Of June
26 Jul 2021
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Customs and Border Protection reported encounters with 188,829 migrants and asylum-seekers at the U....
Weekly Roundup: July 23rd
23 Jul 2021
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A hearing next week featuring testimony by Capitol Police officers will be held without any members ...
The First $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Deal Vote Failed. It Doesn't Really Matter.
22 Jul 2021
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A group of 21 senators from both parties but out a statement that they're close to a deal and anothe...
A Heartbreaking Rise In COVID Cases Has People Worried Restrictions Will Return
21 Jul 2021
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Coronavirus cases are on the rise in parts of the United States and there have been new cases among ...
These Two Sites Explain How Facebook Outrage Reshaped Media
20 Jul 2021
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Ben Shapiro's conservative commentary and news aggregation site The Daily Wire is a dominant force o...
What Does Federal Court Ruling Mean For DACA Program?
19 Jul 2021
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President Joe Biden's primary policy initiatives, his trillion-dollar infrastructure and economic pl...
Black Rebellion: Mass Violence And The Civil Rghts Movement
17 Jul 2021
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Elizabeth Hinton's book America On Fire explores how aggressive policing sparked thousands of incide...
Weekly Roundup: July 16th
16 Jul 2021
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Voting rights activists feel that they have done the work of energizing and organizing voters to car...
Is This The Biggest Bill Of Your Lifetime?
15 Jul 2021
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In his April address to Congress, President Joe Biden said he hoped to prove that democracy and the ...
Can Joe Biden Turn Florida Blue With A Savvy Response To Protests In Cuba?
14 Jul 2021
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Faced with food and fuel shortages, Cubans have begun unprecedented protests against the country's c...
We Asked Vice President Kamala Harris If She's Pushing Senate To Change Filibuster
13 Jul 2021
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Take our survey: npr.org/podcastsurveyVice President Harris talked to NPR's Asma Khalid about the ad...
When Will People Be Able To Visit The United States Again?
12 Jul 2021
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Take our survey: npr.org/podcastsurveyDomestic travel is surging as the country reopens, but there i...
Weekly Roundup: July 9th
09 Jul 2021
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President Biden gave a defensive speech Thursday updating the American public on his plan for withdr...
Trump's Social Media Lawsuit Is Mostly Messaging, But Tech Regulation Is Coming
08 Jul 2021
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Former president Donald Trump filed a lawsuit this week claiming that his rights are violated by soc...
How An Increase In Violent Crime Is Changing The Political Landscape
07 Jul 2021
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Though crime rates remain well-below historic highs, assaults and murders have spiked since the pand...
Six Months Later, There Is A Lot We Don't Know About The Attack On The Capitol
06 Jul 2021
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More than five hundred people have been charged in what is on track to be one of the largest crimina...
How Democratic Is American Democracy?
05 Jul 2021
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By 2040, 70% of Americans could be represented by just 30 Senators. And twice in the last two decade...
The Docket: The First Term With A New Conservative 6-3 Majority On The Supreme Court
03 Jul 2021
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Chief Justice John Roberts used to be seen as a solid conservative, but as the center of conservativ...
Weekly Roundup: July 2nd
02 Jul 2021
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President Biden did not meet his goal of 70% of Americans having one shot of the vaccine by July 4th...
Trump Organization, CFO Are Criminally Charged. What Does It Mean For Trump?
01 Jul 2021
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Former President Donald Trump's family business and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weis...
The Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Restrictive Voting Laws
01 Jul 2021
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In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court upheld the state of Arizona's restrictive voting laws that some ...
We Just Got Our Clearest Picture Yet Of How Biden Won In 2020
30 Jun 2021
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The Pew Research Center just released the most comprehensive analysis of the demographic breakdown o...
The Supreme Court Avoids Ruling On Trans Rights, At Least For Now
29 Jun 2021
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to wade into a major controversy over the use of bathrooms by...
In Tandem: Biden Walks Tightrope Between Infrastructure Deal And Democratic Wish-list
28 Jun 2021
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President Biden walked back an earlier threat that he would not sign the newly announced bipartisan ...
NPR's It's Been A Minute: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism
26 Jun 2021
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Forty years ago this month, the CDC reported on patients with HIV/AIDS in the United States for the ...
Weekly Roundup: June 25th
25 Jun 2021
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The Department of Justice announced it is suing the state of Georgia over a restrictive voting law. ...
Biden Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, But That's Only Half The Story
24 Jun 2021
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Standing next to Democratic and Republican Senators, President Biden declared, "we have a deal." The...
"Mean Girls" Meets The Supreme Court Pt. II: SCOTUS Supports Student Free Speech
23 Jun 2021
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The Supreme Court sided with a student who was penalized after cussing out her school on Snapchat. A...
Democrats And Republicans Are In An Existential Crisis Over Ballot Access
22 Jun 2021
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Today Democrats' massive elections overhaul bill is all but set to stall out in the Senate, but the ...
The Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects NCAA Limits On Athlete Compensation
21 Jun 2021
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The Supreme Court unanimously sided with college athletes in their challenge to NCAA compensation ru...
Weekly Roundup: June 18th
18 Jun 2021
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Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman is part of a new class of progressive lawmakers hoping to push ...
Obamacare Wins At SCOTUS; Biden Admin Expands Transgender Student Protections
17 Jun 2021
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The Supreme Court threw out a Republican-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act, and the justices ...
"I Did What I Came To Do": President Biden Meets With Russia's Vladimir Putin
16 Jun 2021
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In Geneva, President Biden and Russia President Vladimir Putin met for hours. At separate news confe...
Vice President Harris, Texas Lawmakers Meet To Push Voting Reform
15 Jun 2021
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Democrats on the Hill are meeting with Democratic state lawmakers from Texas to discuss federal legi...
In First Trip Abroad, Biden Tells Allies "America Is Back"
14 Jun 2021
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In the first overseas trip of his presidency, Biden is in Europe delivering a central message to all...
Weekly Roundup: June 11th
11 Jun 2021
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In a speech announcing the change, President Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland emphasized tha...
What's Behind The GOP's 'Critical Race Theory' Rhetoric?
10 Jun 2021
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Some Republican lawmakers have branded the efforts to teach about the effects of racism as "critical...
VP Harris Emphasizes Anti-Corruption In Trip To Guatemala, Mexico
09 Jun 2021
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Vice President Harris emphasized the need for development and healthy civil society in her first for...
Senate Insurrection Report And Biden's First Trip Abroad
08 Jun 2021
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A bipartisan Senate investigation found that police had more alarming intelligence ahead of the Jan....
How Does Trump's Return To The Public Eye Impact GOP Lawmakers?
07 Jun 2021
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Former president Donald Trump spoke at a North Carolina Republican Party meeting over the weekend. T...
Weekly Roundup: June 4th
04 Jun 2021
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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont had asked the Labor Department to bar governors from prematurely endi...
With North Carolina Speech, Trump Returns To The Political Stage
03 Jun 2021
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Former President Trump will speak at the North Carolina Republican Party's state convention this wee...
Battles In Texas, Arizona Are Just The Beginning Of The Fight Over Voting Rights
02 Jun 2021
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In Texas this week, state Democrats blocked a number of Republican voting changes purportedly aimed ...
Biden Visits Tulsa On 100th Anniversary Of Racist Terror That Killed Hundreds
01 Jun 2021
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The White House announced a number of new orders aimed at tackling the racial wealth gap in connecti...
50 Years Of NPR's Political Coverage
31 May 2021
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This month NPR is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and to commemorate the moment we're looking back...
Weekly Roundup: May 28th
28 May 2021
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The country's reckoning with policing, racial equity, and representation have reshaped the contest t...
Pandemic Likely Began With Animals, But US Intel Agencies Will Investigate
27 May 2021
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The U.S. government and scientists remain uncertain about the exact origins of the coronavirus outbr...
The Docket: The Law Defers To Police During Traffic Stops
26 May 2021
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The Docket is a new ongoing series from The NPR Politics Podcast where we examine the backstory of t...
Biden Misses His Own Police Reform Deadline
25 May 2021
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During his first address to Congress, President Biden pushed for his party's police reform and racia...
After A $500B Haircut, WH Infrastructure Plan Isn't Attracting More Republicans
24 May 2021
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The White House dropped half a trillion dollars in spending from Biden's infrastructure and stimulus...
The Winners And Losers Of America's Economic Transformation
22 May 2021
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Alec MacGillis' book Fulfillment tells the story of America's three-decade long economic transformat...
Weekly Roundup: May 21st
21 May 2021
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The left flank of the Democratic party has exerted a lot of influence over the Biden administration ...
Are Expanded Unemployment Benefits Keeping People From Returning To Work?
20 May 2021
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Twenty-two Republican led states are planning to roll back expanded unemployment benefits, because t...
Supreme Court Will Consider Guns And Abortion Before 2022 Election
19 May 2021
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The court, a 6-to-3 conservative majority, has increasingly filled the legislative role abdicated by...
Biden Won Georgia And Arizona. Why Are Their Democratic Senators So Different?
18 May 2021
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The states both have long histories of Republican control, but the two pairs of senators have taken ...
How Black And White Americans' Views On Race Differ
17 May 2021
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A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll out Monday reveals how Americans view race after a white police o...
Weekly Roundup: May 14th
14 May 2021
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Escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence presents a new hurdle for an administration that has tried t...
Fuel Squeeze And Inflation Marker Could Create Trouble For Biden—If They Last
13 May 2021
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The president said the country's fuel supply will return to normal soon and that there was no cause ...
House Republicans Oust Liz Cheney After Persistent Criticism of Donald Trump
12 May 2021
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She served as the Republican Conference Chair, the third-ranking leadership position among Republica...
Biden Wants $10 Billion To Put Young People To Work On Environmental Projects
11 May 2021
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The president's Civilian Climate Corps proposal is a reboot of a New Deal era program that employed ...
At Florida's Retirement Xanadu, GOP Firebrands Lead Their Own Trump Rally
10 May 2021
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House Republican bomb throwers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz threw a rally at The Villages r...
Weekly Roundup: May 7th
07 May 2021
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Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney currently sits as the third highest ranking Republican in the Hous...
Patents Are Just One Piece Of The Global Vaccine Manufacturing Problem
06 May 2021
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Technical expertise and supply chains shortages will pose huge challenges for global manufactures ho...
Trump's Facebook Ban Remains, For Now
05 May 2021
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Facebook's moderation board has upheld the company's decision to suspend Donald Trump's account beca...
Dems To Justice Breyer: Retire From Supreme Court While We Control Senate
04 May 2021
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Reeling from the political fallout after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, some liberal groups ar...
How Much Is Biden Willing To Compromise On His Infrastructure Plan?
03 May 2021
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President Biden has touted his desire to bring transformational change to American society, but his ...
Weekly Roundup: April 30th
30 Apr 2021
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This week, California's secretary of state confirmed that there are enough valid signatures to trigg...
Census: More Seats For Texas, Fewer For California and New York
29 Apr 2021
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The first round of Census numbers out this week will help to determine each community's electoral cl...
Biden's Pitch to Congress: Make Government Great Again
29 Apr 2021
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In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Biden detailed how he says his two mu...
The Docket: "Mean Girls" Meets The Supreme Court
27 Apr 2021
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The Docket is a new ongoing series from The NPR Politics Podcast where we examine the major legal qu...