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President Donald Trump
NPR

Trump criticizes late Rep. John Lewis for not attending inauguration

When asked in an interview, which aired Monday evening, how history would remember the Georgia lawmaker who died last month, Trump said: "I don't know. I really don't know."

6 years ago

Coronavirus patient samples
Aging
National
Public Health

Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests

Nursing home residents and staff represent a tiny share of the U.S. population but account for as many as 4 in 10 coronavirus deaths, according to some estimates.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
National
Taxes

Prosecutor seeking Trump’s taxes cites probe of his business

A prosecutor told a judge that he was justified in demanding them, citing reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization."

6 years ago

An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus as protesters block the street outside the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center Saturday, June 23, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Radio Times
Immigration
Race & Ethnicity

Trump’s family separation policy

Jacob Soboroff talks about his book, "Separated: An American Tragedy" about the Trump administration's family separation policy and its impact on detained migrants.

Air Date: August 4, 2020 10:00 am

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Census worker Jennifer Pope
NPR
National

Census cuts all counting efforts short by a month

The bureau now has less than two months left to try to reach people of color, immigrants, renters, rural residents and other members of historically undercounted groups.

6 years ago

Voters wait in line outside a polling place in Philadelphia.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Review of Pa. primary prompts elections agency to seek changes

The review of the primary argues the Legislature should permit ballots to be counted as long as they arrive in county election offices by the Friday after the election.

6 years ago

Charisse Davis
Elections
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

‘If not now, when?’: Black women seize political spotlight

Black women have long been the Democratic Party’s most reliable and loyal voters. Now, they are mobilized and demanding an overdue return on their investment.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
NPR
Elections
National

Citing election delay tweet, influential Trump ally now demands his re-impeachment

President Trump’s suggestion that the November election be delayed spurs Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi to call for his removal from office.

6 years ago

TikTok has been under fire in Washington. The Trump administration and some Democrats in Congress have been raising national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.
(Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Technology

Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok as Trump threatens a ban

The president’s announcement comes as Microsoft is in talks to acquire the app, which is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 28, 2020. IAndrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NPR
Economy
Race & Ethnicity

Biden wants the Fed to help close racial economic gaps. How would that work?

The central bank has blunt instruments at its disposal, which are not tailored to economics of racial groups. Biden wants the Fed to more explicitly factor in POC outcomes.

6 years ago

In this June 13, 2019 file photo, an Investigator with the Office of the City Commissioners, demonstrates the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
International

Foreign threats loom ahead of US presidential election

As the Nov. 3 presidential vote nears, there are fresh signs that the United States' electoral system is again under attack from foreign adversaries.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., gives Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., an elbow bump as Schumer leaves following a meeting at the Capitol with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on a COVID-19 relief bill, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
National
Public Health

Negotiators report progress in COVID-19 aid talks

“This was the longest meeting we had and it was more productive than the other meetings,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as he takes a question from a reporter at a campaign event at the William
Elections
National

Joe Biden nears final decision on running mate

As Joe Biden nears the announcement of his vice presidential choice, the top contenders and their advocates are making final appeals.

6 years ago

Voters cast their ballots at a polling place at Cromie Elementary School in Warren, Mich., in March. Warren is in Macomb County, considered a critical suburb in the presidential election. (Elaine Cromie/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
National

Fueled by suburbs, Democrats are poised for gains in key states, analysis finds

A new report finds that Democrats are on track to win the suburbs in five of six key states they lost in the 2016 presidential election.

6 years ago

Mail-in ballot
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania to cover cost of stamps for ballots in election

Wolf's top elections official, Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, said paying for the postage is a way to make voting more accessible, safer and easier during the pandemic.

6 years ago

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