Biden: Government To Ensure Customers Can Withdraw Money
13 Mar 2023
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The Biden administration has announced that customers of Silicon Valley Bank will have full access t...
What Does Biden Care About Most? Look At His Budget Proposal
10 Mar 2023
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President Biden wants to raise income taxes on households earning more than $400,000 a year to shore...
Politics Wins Over Principle As Dems Axe DC Crime Code Reforms
09 Mar 2023
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In principle, Democratic lawmakers support the local Washington, D.C., government's power to make la...
Fox News Still Broadcasts Election Lies. It Could Cost Them.
08 Mar 2023
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A billion-dollar defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the broadcaster is ti...
How Department of Agriculture Is Reckoning With Racial Inequity
07 Mar 2023
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Black farmers have long struggled with discrimination, inequities that persist today despite federal...
We Traveled With Attorney General Merrick Garland To Ukraine
06 Mar 2023
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The U.S. attorney general traveled to Ukraine to discuss war crimes investigations with top justice ...
Will Supreme Court Un-Forgive Student Debt? Seems Like It.
03 Mar 2023
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Democratic lawmakers and Republican activists both met for messaging conferences this week. The Supr...
Tucker Carlson Has Exclusive Access To Jan. 6th Security Tapes
02 Mar 2023
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy provided access to the footage to Carlson, who has frequently us...
Cooperation To Confrontation: Why US China Strategy Changed
01 Mar 2023
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A new House panel kicked off a series of hearings focused on what lawmakers describe as the threat p...
Why Scientists, Lawmakers & Diplomats Care Where COVID Began
28 Feb 2023
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The Department of Energy has a new report which concludes with "low confidence" that the COVID-19 vi...
Train Wreck: Political Sideshow Descends On Ohio Crash Site
27 Feb 2023
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After a train derailed in rural Ohio, the community is concerned about the near- and long-term healt...
Will SCOTUS Remake The Web? And Dems' Tough 2024 Senate Map
24 Feb 2023
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The Supreme Court heard two major cases that could ultimately make platforms like YouTube and Twitte...
DeSantis vs Trump Voters: Insights Into GOP Primary Divide
23 Feb 2023
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President Biden is gaining in popularity — how much of his decision to run again is driven by Vice...
J6 Trial: DOJ Alleges Cop Tipped Off Proud Boys Leader
22 Feb 2023
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Members of the Proud Boys are on trial related to their alleged actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021...
Have You No Sense Of Decency?
21 Feb 2023
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The U.S. has entered an era of post-shame politics, where politicians are willing to endure embarras...
Biden's Surprise Visit To Ukraine
20 Feb 2023
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President Biden traveled to Ukraine on Monday on an unannounced trip to mark the anniversary of Russ...
These Voters Fret Biden's Age, Just Not Enough To Pick Trump
17 Feb 2023
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A focus group of swing voters showed worry about President Biden's age — he'd be 82 at the start o...
Biden Says UFOs Are NBD—Plus Our Chat With Second Gentleman
16 Feb 2023
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In remarks Friday, President Biden said the three aerial objects shot down by U.S. military were mos...
Christian Nationalism's Foothold In American Politics
15 Feb 2023
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A survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution found tha...
GOP Targets Immigration Boss, Will Hold Hearings In Arizona
14 Feb 2023
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy will lead fellow Republican lawmakers on a trip to Arizona this ...
More UFOs Shot Down By US Air Force
13 Feb 2023
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The United States military downed three more unidentified flying objects, though the Biden administr...
U.S. Officials Allege Ballooning Chinese Espionage Threat
10 Feb 2023
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China has sent surveillance balloons over more than 40 countries across five continents and the Bide...
The Fight Over The Farm Bill
09 Feb 2023
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The Farm Bill is a sweeping legislative package that funds an array of programs, including the Suppl...
From SOTU To Stump: Biden Heads To Wisconsin and Florida
08 Feb 2023
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President Biden is in Wisconsin Wednesday, touting the same broadly popular priorities he emphasized...
State Of The Union: Biden Touts Popular, Bipartisan Policies
08 Feb 2023
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President Biden kept a tight focus on broadly popular policies and bipartisan achievements in a Stat...
Top US Diplomat Cancels China Trip Amid "Spy" Balloon Fallout
06 Feb 2023
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken cancelled his trip to China after the U.S. spotted a Chinese surve...
Biden Intends To End COVID Emergency Declarations. Now What?
03 Feb 2023
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Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was at the White House on Wednesday for talks as Pres...
House Republicans Begin Investigations Into President Biden
02 Feb 2023
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The House Oversight and Judiciary committees, helmed by Repulican representatives James Comer of Ken...
Nikki Haley Will Seek The Republican Presidential Nomination
01 Feb 2023
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The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador is going back on her pledge not to ...
Florida Election Workers Warn Chaos Is Coming Without Reform
31 Jan 2023
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Recent changes to Florida's election laws institute new requirements that, as designed, could cause ...
Can Facebook Still Be Trump's Fundraising Juggernaut?
30 Jan 2023
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The site's parent company announced that Donald Trump would be able to return to the platform with n...
Does Conservative Mean Whatever Donald Trump Says It Means?
27 Jan 2023
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After extracting a slew of concessions from Kevin McCarthy during the Speaker vote saga, conservativ...
Mass Shootings And Extremism Are Top White House Concerns
26 Jan 2023
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Vice President Harris is in California after a number of mass shootings in the state. The US Secret ...
United States And Its Allies To Provide Tanks To Ukraine
25 Jan 2023
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The move, announced by President Biden in a speech from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, is th...
Dems Don't Love 2024 Senate Maps Like The GOP Does
24 Jan 2023
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Democrats head into the 2024 elections needing to defend far more seats in the Senate than their Rep...
FBI Searches Biden's Home; Harris Speaks Out For Abortion Rights
23 Jan 2023
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The White House said FBI agents searched President Biden's Delaware home on Friday, finding more ite...
Ruminations On Supreme Court Leaks, Classified Documents & Preferred Fonts
20 Jan 2023
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Documents were at the heart of Washington news this week. A Supreme Court investigation into who lea...
PPP Loans Provided Lots Of Cash Assistance With Few Questions Asked
19 Jan 2023
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The Payroll Protection Program was enacted during the pandemic to provide financial assistance to bu...
Much Ado About Debt
18 Jan 2023
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress the United States would reach the statutory debt lim...
Proud Boys Members Face Seditious Conspiracy Charges
17 Jan 2023
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In Washington, D.C., members of the Proud Boys are on trial related to their alleged actions surroun...
The Fight To Keep Climate Change Off The Back Burner
16 Jan 2023
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The world faces key deadlines for climate action in coming decades. But most of us are more focused ...
A New Congress Takes Shape; Stefanik's Stock Rises; 'Spare' Sparks Drama
13 Jan 2023
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With a narrow majority in the House, Republicans will need to find ways to work with Democrats — w...
Garland Appoints Special Counsel To Investigate Biden Document Storage
12 Jan 2023
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After President Biden announced a second set of classified documents had been improperly stored at h...
Document Drama Differs Between Biden & Trump
11 Jan 2023
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Both the president and his predecessor are facing investigations from the Department of Justice over...
Democrats' 2024 Primary Plans Get More Complicated
10 Jan 2023
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The Democratic National Committee announced South Carolina would supplant Iowa and New Hampshire as ...
Border, Drugs, Economy On Agenda As North American Leaders Meet
09 Jan 2023
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President Biden heads to Mexico City this week for two days of meetings with Canadian Prime Minister...
McCarthy Prevails, Becomes Speaker In Late-Night House Vote
07 Jan 2023
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After 15 rounds of balloting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected Speaker of the House. The s...
Is Kevin McCarthy On The Brink?
07 Jan 2023
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The California Republican was able to win over some of his detractors today as balloting for the Spe...
House Impasse Continues
06 Jan 2023
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After more votes, the House of Representatives is no closer to electing a new Speaker. Republicans v...
Six Ballots — None The Speaker
05 Jan 2023
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Following three more votes on Wednesday, Republicans in the House remain divided on who should be th...
House Deadlocks In Vote For New Speaker
04 Jan 2023
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The 118th Congress began its work today, and the first order of business for the House was to select...
The Push To Redefine 'Black' And End Anti-Racist Voter Protections
02 Jan 2023
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In this episode of Code Switch, NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports on the effort by Republican officials in...
"Can't Let It Go" Holiday Spectacular 2022
30 Dec 2022
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The NPR Politics crew shares the things that they just can't let go of this year, politics and other...
After Roe, The Supreme Court Seems Poised to Undo More Major Precedents
29 Dec 2022
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Affirmative action, indigenous rights and election integrity could all be radically reshaped by the ...
After Months Of Inflation, Where Is The Economy Heading?
28 Dec 2022
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A huge number of voters indicated that the economy was their top concern in the midterm election —...
2022 Reshaped the U.S. Relationship With Russia, China
27 Dec 2022
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The U.S. has dispatched billions in military aid to Ukraine to support its territorial defense after...
Belonging, Money, Duty? Inside Account Of Why GOP Pros Backed Trump
26 Dec 2022
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Tim Miller spent years working as a Republican political operative for candidates like Jeb Bush and ...
Road To Partition
23 Dec 2022
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What happens when a nation splits apart? It's a question many of us are asking ourselves today. It h...
A Love Affair: American Politics And Country Music
22 Dec 2022
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Politicians have long relied on country music stars to burnish their rural reputations — and count...
In Legal Limbo, Biden Has No Clear Path To An Immigration Fix
21 Dec 2022
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Title 42, implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the pandemic, has bee...
Interview: Vice President Kamala Harris
20 Dec 2022
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Her life is about to change: with Democrats expanding their control in the Senate, Vice President Ha...
Jan. 6 "Ringleader": Lawmakers Advise Criminal Charges For Trump
19 Dec 2022
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Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack advised four criminal charges be filed against for...
The Twitter Files, LGBTQ Legislation & The Definition Of Beer
16 Dec 2022
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In this week's roundup, we explore the political implications of Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter al...
Do Voters Want Bipartisanship... Or For Opponents To Agree With Them?
15 Dec 2022
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A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that most voters want to see bipartisan compromise in Congr...
Kevin McCarthy Faces A Likely Bruising Path To Speaker Of The House
14 Dec 2022
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It could be the most rancorous contest for Speaker of the House in the modern Congress — even thou...
Military Sexual Assault Prosecution Reform Likely To Pass Congress
13 Dec 2022
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The reform deal is one of many parts of this year's annual defense spending bill, the National Defen...
Biden Passed Lots Of Popular Legislation. He's Unpopular. What's Up?
12 Dec 2022
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Pandemic relief, gun control and the largest investment into climate change mitigation and adaptatio...
Kyrsten Sinema's Break-Up With Dems Won't Change Much In The Senate
09 Dec 2022
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The Arizona senator announced she was leaving the Democratic party — but given her broad support o...
Brittney Griner, American Jailed In Russia, Freed In Prisoner Swap
08 Dec 2022
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Griner, a prominent basketball player, had been convicted of bringing hash oil into the country. Pre...
Is Raphael Warnock A Good Model For Swing-State Democrats?
07 Dec 2022
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The senator has a moderate tone, progressive policies and deep roots in his community. His campaign ...
Will Arizona Officials Face Charges For Vote Certification Delay?
06 Dec 2022
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Under a court order, officials in Republican-controlled Cochise County, Ariz., finally certified the...
With Iowa No Longer First, Campaigns Will Have To Evolve
05 Dec 2022
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As Democrats plan for a presidential campaign season without Iowa at the top of the calendar, we loo...
Whither, Iowa? Dems Consider Shaking Up Primary Season
02 Dec 2022
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The Democratic National Committee is meeting this week in Washington to decide whether Iowa should s...
Will Georgia Voters End Joe Manchin's Reign As King Of The Senate?
01 Dec 2022
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All eyes are on Georgia's Senate runoff election as Democrat Raphael Warnock fights for his first fu...
Why Biden And Congress Are Trying To Stop A Railroad Strike
30 Nov 2022
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Railroad unions rejected a Biden-brokered deal to prevent a national strike over concerns that it di...
Here's How Republicans Pulled Off Big Upsets In New York State
29 Nov 2022
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GOP candidates there embraced "bipartisan" messaging and capitalized on redrawn maps to flip four Ho...
Rural Voters, Latino Voters Defy Easy Narratives in Midterms
28 Nov 2022
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In Pennsylvania, Democratic candidates managed to turnout their rural supporters while many rural Re...
Weekly Roundup: November 25, 2022
25 Nov 2022
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The 2022 election season is winding to a close. What can Democrats and Republicans learn from their ...
Spare A Thought For Sparing Turkeys?
24 Nov 2022
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It's a holiday tradition unlike any other — the annual pardoning of Thanksgiving turkeys. But not ...
How Do Election Polls Work?
23 Nov 2022
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Our colleagues at Planet Money had a simple question: how do pollsters do their work ahead of electi...
Democrats Race Against Time
22 Nov 2022
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When the new Congress takes office in January, Democrats will lose control of the House of Represent...
Misinformation's Limited Impact On The Midterms
21 Nov 2022
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Election observers were concerned misinformation would have an outsized impact on the 2022 elections...
A New Special Counsel Will Oversee Investigations Into Donald Trump
18 Nov 2022
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Attorney General Merrick Garland has named Jack Smith, the Justice Department's former public integr...
After 20 Years, Nancy Pelosi Will Step Down As Top House Democrat
17 Nov 2022
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Pelosi, 82, is honoring a pledge she made in 2018 to pass the baton after another two terms at the p...
Voters Say They'd Prefer New Faces To A 2020 Biden-Trump Rematch
16 Nov 2022
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Former president Donald Trump, 76, has now filed to run for president again in 2024. President Biden...
Let's Talk About Kevin McCarthy, GOP Pick For House Speaker
15 Nov 2022
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The California Republican got his start in national politics as a self-styled "young gun" whose inve...
Biden Touts Senate Control After Meeting With China's Xi
14 Nov 2022
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Tensions appear lower between the U.S. and China following a meeting between the leaders of the two ...
Roundup: Outstanding Races
11 Nov 2022
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Republican nominee Blake Masters lags incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly in Arizona, as we wait for ...
Election Deniers Running To Oversee Voting Mostly Lost
10 Nov 2022
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Michigan's Jocelyn Benson and Minnesota's Steve Simon beat election deniers to oversee voting system...
Far-Right Losses And Abortion Politics Blunt Republican Gains
09 Nov 2022
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Democrats outperformed expectations last night. Despite Biden's unpopularity and big economic headwi...
Election Night : What We've Seen So Far
09 Nov 2022
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The balance of power will take time to sort out, but here are some firsts you can talk about around ...
What To Watch For On Election Night
07 Nov 2022
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More than 40 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2022 midterms, but be prepared: resu...
Here's How Inflation Became The Biggest Story Of The Midterms
04 Nov 2022
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Trump and Biden signed off on historic amounts of stimulus money that helped the country's economy w...
What Young Voters Talk About: Abortion Access, Democracy, Money
03 Nov 2022
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Biden gave a speech Wednesday night on the health of democracy — it's one of many things on the mi...
Nevada, The Most Interesting Senate Race You Haven't Heard About?
02 Nov 2022
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Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, the first Latina U.S. senator, is in an extremely close race agains...
More Voters Trust Republicans To Address Elevated Crime Rates
01 Nov 2022
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Violent crime remains higher than it was pre-pandemic and Republican candidates are blanketing subur...
Cindy Axne Rode In On 2018's Blue Wave. Now, Is The Tide Going Out?
31 Oct 2022
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Rep. Cindy Axne was elected in a Democratic wave year from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Now, s...
Pelosi's Spouse Attacked, Pennsylvania Senate, Train Labor Dispute
28 Oct 2022
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A man broke into the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacked her husband. The speaker was no...
How Armed Observers And Felony Convictions May Shape Ballot Access
27 Oct 2022
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In Arizona, rampant voter fraud conspiracies have led people — some armed — to observe ballot bo...
The Races Are In North Carolina, But The Politics Are National
26 Oct 2022
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North Carolina has a number of high-profile races that will help to determine control of Congress —...