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Politics & Policy

Ketanji Brown Jackson
Government
Law

Senate hearings for high court nominee to begin on March 21

As is tradition, the hearings will last four days, with opening statements on March 21 and testimony and questioning the next two days. The fourth day will include testimony f

3 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., watch, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
Radio Times

Reaction to the State of the Union

The stakes are high for President Biden's State of the Union address with war raging in Ukraine, high inflation, low approval ratings, and Americans exhausted by the pandemic

Air Date: March 2, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Chester County election workers sort, inspect, flatten and scan mail in ballots at the West Chester University gym.
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. justices keep mail voting law in place, at least for now

The justices issued an order that overturned a Feb. 16 decision by a Commonwealth Court judge that would have pulled the plug on the state's 2-year-old voting law.

3 years ago

Andrey Goncharu wipes his face in the backyard of a damaged house
International
Public Safety

Most of the world lines up against Moscow, attacks intensify

The escalation of attacks on crowded cities followed initial talks between Ukraine and Russia on Monday that resulted in only a promise to meet again.

3 years ago

U.S. President Biden delivers the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress
NPR
Government
National

5 takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address

The president painted an optimistic view of life amid the pandemic in front of a much more unified-looking Congress than in past years.

3 years ago

An armed man stands by the remains of a Russian military vehicle in Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russia on Tuesday stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, pounding civilian targets there. Casualties mounted and reports emerged that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery recently hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the capital.
International
Military

Russian forces escalate attacks on Ukraine’s civilian areas

Ukraine’s president accused Moscow of a blatant campaign of terror and vowed: “Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget.”

3 years ago

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2022
Government
Government Accountability

President Biden vows to check Russian aggression, fight inflation in his first State of the Union address

The president is aiming to lead the country out of the pandemic and reboot his stalled domestic agenda as well as confront Russia’s aggression.

3 years ago

File photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, plays with an official match ball for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup received from FIFA President Gianni Infantino, after their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
International
Military
Sports

Russia excluded from more sports as sanctions mount

Russia was barred from competing in international ice skating, skiing, track, basketball and some tennis events a day after being kicked out of soccer competitions and hockey.

3 years ago

Gas prices are seen at a Mobil gas station
NPR
International
Transportation

The U.S. and 30 other nations are releasing oil from reserves to try to calm markets

Oil-consuming nations will bring 60 million barrels of crude out of storage and onto global markets. It's aimed to calm oil prices down, but global crude went up on the news.

3 years ago

Abortion rights supporters protest in Austin, Texas, in October. Doctors say their worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true. (Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health
Social Justice

Doctors’ worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true

Doctors in Texas have been warning that S.B. 8 would make it harder for them to treat medical crises and would endanger their patients.

3 years ago

A Ukrainian soldier walks past debris of a burning military truck, on a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine's capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Radio Times
International
Military

The Ukraine invasion

The war in Ukraine is intensifying is Russia faces stiff resistance from the Ukrainian people. We talk about how the war is unfolding and what can be done to deter Putin.

Air Date: March 1, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:41
Mail ballots for the 2020 General Election
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Facing inaction from the state, Philly politicians are trying new ways to avoid election drama

Philly election officials can only do so much to make elections work without state help. Two of those things: ballot drop boxes and better poll worker pay.

3 years ago

Inside the New Jersey State House building in Trenton. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Policing
Social Justice

N.J. lawmakers approve bias training for police, assemblyman’s comments decried as ‘rooted in racist ideology’

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-26) suggested that instead of implicit bias training, lawmakers should read the Declaration of Independence.

3 years ago

Karim Ahmed Khan, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Justice in the Khartoum, Sudan, last August. The International Criminal Court's prosecutor has put combatants and their commanders on notice that he is monitoring Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Marwan Ali/AP)
NPR
International
Military

The ICC says it will open an investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine

The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says there is a "reasonable basis to believe" that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine

3 years ago

People hold up signs in support of Ukraine at a rally in Philly
International
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania moves to divest holdings in Russian assets

The state Treasury Department said it began divesting its holdings in all “Russian-based companies" last week.

4 years ago

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