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Politics & Policy

New Jersey

‘Ask Governor Murphy’ puts focus on N.J.’s plan to legalize marijuana

You asked, Gov. Phil Murphy answered during the most recent installment of "Ask Governor Murphy." He says he's confident New Jersey will legalize recreational marijuana.

7 years ago

New Castle County hosted the first of 25 job fairs to recruit workers for the 2020 census on Wednesday morning at the county’s Route 9 Library and Innovation Center in New Castle. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Census hiring starts in Delaware to count ‘every human’

New Castle County launched its Census 2020 efforts with the first of 25 job fairs to hire up to 1,500 full- and part-time census workers.

7 years ago

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during Prime Minister's Questions inside the House of Commons in London, Wednesday March 13, 2019. (House of Commons/PA via AP)
Economy
International

UK lawmakers vote against no-deal Brexit, now aim for delay

British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement and will next decide whether to try to delay that departure.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian Airliner. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
International
Travel

U.S., Canada ground Boeing 737 Max 8s after Ethiopia crash

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian Airliner.

7 years ago

Marijuana
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Murphy, Democratic leaders now must round up votes for marijuana legislation

Do they have the support of enough Democrats to legalize adult use in New Jersey? That’s just one question arising out of this week’s agreement on legislation.

7 years ago

A view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Radio Times
International
Politics

Did a massage parlor owner sell access to Trump?

A massage parlor owner in Florida has allegedly sold access to the President to Chinese businessmen with ties to the Chinese communist party.

7 years ago

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Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Legislative Conference on March 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)
National Interest
National

Is Joe Biden in tune with the times, or past his prime?

In Iowa, where the presidential primary season traditionally begins, a statewide poll has anointed Joe Biden as the Democratic front-runner, with 27 percent support.

7 years ago

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as
Radio Times
Economy
International

Heading toward the Brexit cliff

Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union later this month, and no deal has been reached on how this will happen. What's next?

7 years ago

Listen 23:48
After years of light regulation, the tech industry is coming under scrutiny from Congress and regulators due to a series of privacy breaches.
(Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Media
Technology

Targeting online privacy, Congress sets a new tone with Big Tech

The change is driven in part by the new Democratic majority in the House, along with younger and more tech-savvy lawmakers in both parties.

7 years ago

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as
Radio Times
International
Law

Brexit update / Massage parlor selling access to Trump

We begin by discussing this hectic week in Brexit negotiations. Then, we'll hear about the massage parlor in Florida that allegedly sold access to President Trump.

Air Date: March 13, 2019

Listen 49:56
(Annelise Capossela for NPR)
NPR
National

In these divided times, is civility under siege?

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll says that the country's civility crisis is deepening and that a majority of Americans fear it will lead to violence.

7 years ago

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Tuesday the agency is seeking to close all of its foreign field offices around the world, a move introduced by Director L. Francis Cissna. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
Immigration
International
National

Trump administration seeks to close international immigration offices

The Trump administration is seeking to close nearly two dozen U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices around the world.

7 years ago

Anti-Brexit activists hold placards and wave flags as they demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday, ahead of a crucial vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal. (Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

U.K. Parliament rejects Theresa May’s Brexit plan yet again

The vote was a second chance for the prime minister to gain approval of the terms under which the U.K. will leave the EU on March 29.

7 years ago

Pa. state Senator Anthony Hardy Williams (left) and Former City Controller Alan Butkovitz. (Emma Lee/WHYY and Jana Shea for WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia

Pa. state Sen. Williams, former controller Butkovitz challenge Philly Mayor Kenney

Two Democrats are challenging Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s bid for a second term.

7 years ago

Computer mouse pads with Secure the Vote logo on them are seen on a vendor's table at a convention of state secretaries of state Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Pa. 2019 municipal primary: Key dates and what you need to know

This year, voters in Pennsylvania will elect judges, county commissioners, district attorneys, mayors, school board members and other local leaders.

7 years ago

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