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Photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military personnel stand near the coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist who was killed on Friday, in a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
Radio Times
Elections
International
Law

Ending Trump’s Pa. legal challenges; restarting US-Iran relations

We discuss the end of Trump's election challenges in Pa. Then, we look at the future of U.S.-Iran relations after the assassination of their top nuclear scientist.

Air Date: December 1, 2020 10:00 am

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Christopher Krebs, recently ousted as director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is sworn in to testify last year on Capitol Hill. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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Elections
Government Accountability

Fired official says correcting Trump’s fraud claims the ‘right thing to do’

Christopher Krebs, who led the federal government's efforts to secure the 2020 election, was fired by Trump for saying the election went smoothly and with no signs of cheating

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Commissioners Al Schmidt, right, and Lisa Deeley speak to the media as election workers process ballots for the general election, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How ‘GOP rebel’ Al Schmidt became the voice of the 2020 Philly election — and Trump’s nemesis

A month after polls closed, the city commissioner and his staff are still being targeted with death threats.

5 years ago

Philadelphia police create a buffer between dueling rallies outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Despite barrage of losses in court, Trump camp plans more long-shot election appeals

Nearly a month after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

5 years ago

Joe Biden stands at a podium wearing a face mask
Government Accountability

Top secret: Biden gets access to President’s Daily Brief

Joe Biden on Monday got his first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top secret summary of U.S. intelligence and world events.

5 years ago

The Department of Labor’s headquarters in Washington
Government Accountability
Income Inequality

GAO says weekly unemployment benefits report flawed

The GAO said the problems in data collection and reporting were making it hard for policymakers to get a reliable picture.

5 years ago

FILE - Election workers, right, verify ballots as recount observers, left, watch during a Milwaukee hand recount of presidential votes at the Wisconsin Center, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Milwaukee. Wisconsin finished a partial recount of its presidential results on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 confirming Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state. Trump vowed to challenge the outcome in court. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Elections

Wisconsin confirms Joe Biden as winner following recount

Biden’s victory in battleground Wisconsin was confirmed Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over Trump.

5 years ago

Joe Biden meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Munich in 2015. Relations will no doubt be far more cordial under Biden, but Europe and the U.S. have differences that transcend the Trump administration. (Matthias Schrader/AP)
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Government Accountability
International

Biden is good news for Europe, but China challenges await

Biden has chosen a national security team that backs traditional U.S. alliances, which has been met with relief in much of Europe after nearly four years of Trump's hostility.

5 years ago

Delaware State University President Tony Allen
Delaware
Politics

Delaware State University president to lead Biden inauguration planning

President-elect Joe Biden has selected the leader of Delaware State University in Dover to lead the planning for a unique inauguration in January.

5 years ago

Dominion Voting Systems in Erie County, Pa.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics
Spotlight PA

Pa. counties reported no major issues with Dominion voting machines, a target of Trump and his campaign

Trump won 86% of the Pa. counties that used Dominion devices, while state Republicans who are now echoing his distrust of the machines performed well in the election.

5 years ago

Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress
NPR
Gender
Politics

Biden names all-female White House communications team; will tap Tanden for OMB

The president-elect has emphasized the elevation of women to key roles in his incoming administration.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, center, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Health

Source: Pa. lawmaker gets positive COVID test at Trump meeting

Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano had gone to the White House to discuss efforts to overturn president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the commonwealth.

5 years ago

FILE - In this May 15, 2017, file photo, protesters hold signs during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle.  Refugee advocates, including faith-based groups that President Donald Trump is courting in his re-election bid, called on Congress Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, to halt his administration’s plans to slash the limit on refugees allowed into the U.S. to a record low, saying it goes against America’s values.    (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Immigration
Social Justice

After record lows, Pa. refugee resettlement agencies welcome a new presidential agenda

Refugee resettlement agencies welcome coming changes to refugee and immigration policies.

5 years ago

Police officers watch protesters as smoke fills the streets in Ferguson, Mo.
NPR
National
Policing

Advocates push for resurrection of DOJ civil rights division under Biden

The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden says reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department is a top priority come January.

5 years ago

An election official pauses during the ballot recount
NPR
Elections
National

Biden gains votes in recount of Milwaukee County requested by Trump

The results offer unwelcome news for Trump, who lost to Biden in Wisconsin by roughly 20,000 votes and lost the national popular vote by more than 6 million.

5 years ago

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