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Politics & Policy

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.

6 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.

6 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)
NPR
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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 years ago

A motorcade with President-elect Joe Biden aboard arrives at Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists to see a doctor
National
Politics

Biden breaks foot while playing with dog, to wear a boot

Biden was playing with Major, one of the Bidens’ two dogs. They adopted Major in 2018, and acquired their first dog, Champ, after the 2008 election.

6 years ago

A crowd gathers for a rally to demand justice in the death of Breonna Taylor on the steps of the the Kentucky State Capitol in June. Taylor was killed in her apartment while Louisville police served a warrant. (Timothy D. Easley/AP Photo)
NPR
Criminal Justice
Policing

Movement to limit police raids looks beyond ‘no-knock’ warrants

The death of Breonna Taylor energized a nationwide movement to restrict "no-knock" police raids, but activists want tightened rules for other kinds of forced-entry warrants.

6 years ago

a canvas observer photographs Lehigh County provisional ballots as vote counting in the general election continues in Allentown, Pa.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election

The state's attorney general, Democrat Josh Shapiro, called the court's decision “another win for Democracy.”

6 years ago

Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler speak at a campaign event this month at a restaurant in Cumming, Ga. Both are competing in runoff elections in January that will determine which party controls the Senate. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
National

Republican infighting threatens GOP chances in Georgia Senate runoffs

The GOP incumbents are baselessly casting doubt on the state's voting system. Some worry their words could depress voter turnout and cost the party two Senate seats.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington where the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the first case of LGBT rights since the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
LGBTQ
National

Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

In many cases, the measures would reverse executive actions by President Donald Trump, whose administration took numerous steps to weaken protections for transgender people.

6 years ago

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