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Politics & Policy

Michael Cohen (left), President Trump's former lawyer, arrives to testify before a closed hearing of the Senate intelligence committee, with his lawyer Lanny Davis on Tuesday. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
National

Cohen to detail alleged Trump lawbreaking. White House: He’s a ‘convicted liar’

Cohen is scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House oversight committee in a highly anticipated public hearing that will be broadcast live nationally.

7 years ago

A technician works to prepare voting machines  in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
The Why
Elections
Pennsylvania

Creating a paper trail: Why Pennsylvania is shelling out for new voting machines

The state says there's no evidence its voting machines have ever been hacked. So why is Pa. forcing all 67 counties to buy new ones to the tune of $120 million?

Air Date: February 26, 2019

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(Courtesy of Omar Woodard's Facebook account)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Omar Woodard challenging City Council President Darrell Clarke

City Council President Darrell Clarke will face a new challenger for his Fifth District seat in North Philadelphia, according to documents filed with the city Board of Ethics.

7 years ago

Credit: Satellite image by Planet Labs taken Feb. 19. (Graphic by Geoffrey Brumfiel and Alyson Hurt/NPR)
NPR
International
Military

On eve of 2nd Trump-Kim summit, is North Korean reactor producing plutonium?

North Korea's main nuclear reactor for making weapons-grade plutonium may be operating, days before this week's summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim.

7 years ago

Physicist William Happer arrives for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, NY, USA on January 13, 2017.  (Albin Lohr-Jones/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
National Interest
Environment

The Trump regime wants to believe the Earth is flat

The Trump regime intends to challenge the scientific consensus that climate change is a dire international emergency.

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally for incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, in Bridgeton, Mo. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)
Elections
National

Biden’s 2020 opening? Dem field missing foreign policy hand

Former Vice President Joe Biden is seizing on that opening to position himself as the sole global policy expert in a crowded Democratic field if he decides to run.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Policing

3rd time a charm? Wolf’s police fee plan gets new attention

The latest effort by Gov. Tom Wolf to impose a fee on municipalities that rely on state troopers, instead of a local police force, is generating new conversations.

7 years ago

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un stop to talk with the media as they walk from their lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
International

Fire, fury, love? The mythology behind the Trump-Kim summit

The reality is more prosaic, though still historic: Two hostile nations — one wealthy, one impoverished, both bristling with weapons — are talking at the highest level.

7 years ago

Hillary Clinton concedes after her loss in 2016 presidential election, though Clinton won 3 million more votes nationally than Donald Trump. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NPR
Elections

After stinging presidential loss, popular vote movement gains momentum in states

Democrats in Colorado and New Mexico are pushing ahead with legislation to pledge their 14 collective electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

7 years ago

Sen. Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., (left) and Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., (second from left) clashed at the reopening of a Senate drug investigation in 1960 over whether witnesses could be forced to reveal business secrets while testifying. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
NPR
History
Law

Senate inquiry on drug prices echoes landmark hearings held 60 years ago

On Tuesday, the CEO of Merck is set to face senators who say drug costs are "out of control."

7 years ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally in June 2016 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif. He launched a second presidential campaign on Tuesday, with a big burst of donations from supporters, but new challenges ahead. (Sandy Huffaker/AP)
NPR
National

Is Bernie Sanders the ‘MySpace’ of the Democratic left?

Bernie Sanders has again proved he should not be underestimated in a presidential contest.

7 years ago

Kelly Craft, who has been serving as U.S. ambassador to Canada, is President Trump's latest pick for U.N. ambassador (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Trump nominates Kelly Craft, ambassador to Canada, for U.N. post

If confirmed by the Senate, Craft, currently U.S. ambassador to Canada, will succeed Nikki Haley, who announced her departure last fall.

7 years ago

Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children. Once youth turn 18, they are aged out of the children's shelter and are at risk of being placed in an adult detention facility.
(Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
Immigration
Kids

Migrant youth go from children’s shelter to adult detention on their 18th birthday

When children cross the border without their parents, they're sent to federal shelters until caseworkers can find them a home. But everything changes when they turn 18.

7 years ago

A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping during a symposium on the
International

China bars millions from travel for ‘social credit’ offenses

Forgot to pay a fine in China? Then forget about buying an airline ticket.

7 years ago

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. (Kerstin Joensson/AP Photo)
International
Military

UN nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has been abiding with key limitations set in the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.

7 years ago

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