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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Politics & Policy

President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden and their new dog Commander, a purebred German shepherd puppy, meet virtually with service members around the world, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, to thank them for their service and wish them a Merry Christmas
Government
Military
National

Bidens mark Christmas with holiday calls to service members

President Joe Biden marked his first Christmas in office by making calls to military service members stationed around the world, offering them holiday wishes and gratitude.

5 years ago

First Lady Jill Biden displays a lantern made by a patient at Children's National Hospital as part of a winter craft project as she and President Joe Biden visit patients in Washington, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021.
Health Care
National
Politics

President Biden, first lady visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are bringing Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren't well enough to go home for the holidays.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden signs the “Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act” into law during a ceremony in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021.
Health Care
International
Public Health

U.S. to lift travel ban on 8 southern African countries

The White House says the U.S. will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year’s Eve.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump rioters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over Trump in the 2020 election. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability

The clear and present danger of Trump’s enduring ‘Big Lie’

Many are warning that over the past year, that "big lie" of a stolen election has grown more entrenched and more dangerous.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the media while wearing a face mask
Keystone Crossroads
Government
K-12
Pennsylvania

Wolf vetoes GOP bill to post school course materials online

The Democratic governor said the legislation “politicizes what is being taught in our schools."

5 years ago

The exterior of the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging building
Aging
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

State employees aiding troubled Philly elder abuse nonprofit

Although the latest state data still has some errors, the nonprofit likely has not been complying with state laws that require caseworkers to promptly see potential victims.

5 years ago

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an infrastructure announcement at AFL-CIO December 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Health Care
Public Health

Kamala Harris tests negative after a COVID-19 exposure

A staffer who worked in close proximity to the vice president has tested positive for the coronavirus. Harris tested negative via a PCR test on Wednesday.

5 years ago

Protesters picket outside the N.J. State House in Trenton minutes before legislators hold public hearings on a controversial redistricting plan. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Elections
Government Accountability
New Jersey

N.J.’s new congressional map adopted as advocates question transparency of the process

The final stages of the map-drawing process have drawn backlash from Republicans and progressive groups, who criticized the commission for a lack of transparency.

5 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., discusses the infrastructure bill making its way through congress during a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / AP Photo)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

A showdown could be brewing between U.S. Rep. Perry and the Jan. 6 committee

Perry tweeted Tuesday that he will not cooperate with the panel, calling it “illegitimate.”

5 years ago

Climate protesters gather for the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march
NPR
Energy
Environment

In 2021, climate ambitions soared and crashed in the U.S. and around the world

Biden's lofty goals were brought down to earth by congressional opposition, notably from Sen. Manchin. International efforts to fight planetary warming also fell short.

5 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter
Elections
Pennsylvania

Warnings issued over redistricting delays affecting Pa. primary

Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid told the floor leaders on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission that the current schedule will not work.

5 years ago

N.J. General Assembly voting on a bill to address gun violence on Monday, December 20, 2021. (Tennyson Donyéa / WHYY)
Gun Violence
New Jersey
Public Safety

Fate of proposed gun safety bills uncertain in N.J. as lame duck session nears the end

Political analysts say some of the gun safety bills may be hard to pass because they appear to be targeting law-abiding gun owners in New Jersey.

5 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a centrist Democrat vital to the fate of President Joe Biden's $3.5 government overhaul, updates reporters about his position on the bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a yes on President Joe Biden's big $2 trillion domestic package and has thrown Democrats into turmoil
Economy
Government
National

Biden vows he, Manchin will ‘get something done’ on $2T bill

The president's remarks at the White House on Tuesday were his first since Manchin effectively tanked the party’s policy initiative with his own jarring year-end announcement.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center.
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. Supreme Court rules against ‘Marsy’s Law’ amendment voters supported

Pennsylvania’s highest court is putting a final nail into the coffin of a proposed constitutional amendment that state voters supported by a large margin more than two years

5 years ago

FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., takes a question from a reporter at a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. Rep. Scott Perry denies Jan. 6 panel’s request for interview

Perry is joining other allies of former President Donald Trump in trying to stonewall the committee.

5 years ago

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