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In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before a House oversight panel on April 11 as Congress and U.S. regulators consider how to deal with the social media giant amid a privacy scandal. (Richard Drew/AP Photo, File)
PBS NewsHour

EU to install sweeping changes to online privacy rules

8 years ago

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump watch as Fox News projects him the winner in Florida on Nov. 8, 2016. Fox is joining the Associated Press in a new experiment to measure voter preferences, that will be key to their projections on Election Night inÂ
NPR

Election night shakeup: Here come the new ‘exit’ polls

The future of polling was a major theme from American Association of Public Opinion Research, or AAPOR, conference this past week here in Denver.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump says he will order the Department of Justice to look into whether the Trump campaign was watched
NPR

Trump demands review of Russia investigation surveillance tactics

Trump says that he will order an investigation into whether the FBI and the Department of Justice "infiltrated or surveilled" his campaign "for political purposes".

8 years ago

A Palestinian woman argues with a member of the Israeli security forces as they disperse a demonstration outside the Damascus Gate in the old city of Jerusalem on Tuesday. (Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Deep contradictions remain at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

An NPR team visited both Jerusalem and Gaza and came away with six observations. Think of them as six "buts" — where a statement is true, but so is a contrasting statement.

8 years ago

Trenton state Capitol building. (WHYY file photo)
Economy
New Jersey

N.J. lawmakers, governor far apart on budget deal

Some predict the impasse will lead to a Garden State shutdown.

8 years ago

GOP Representative Nick Miccarelli has been called to resign from the House, among other things. But critics have urged House leaders to go further and forcibly remove him from office. (AP, file)
Pennsylvania

Pa. House Republicans grapple with harassment, point a finger at Dems

The Dauphin County district attorney is currently conducting a criminal investigation into the claims regarding state Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R-Delaware.

8 years ago

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Business
New Jersey
Technology

New regulations, payment protections for gig workers in N.J.

With as many as 600,000 New Jersey residents now working as freelancers, Assemblyman says legislation is needed to ‘ensure they’re treated fairly.'

8 years ago

The U.S. government is conducting a test run of the 2020 census in Rhode Island's Providence County, where many noncitizens living in Central Falls, R.I., say they're planning to avoid participating in the national headcount. (RussellCreative/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Many noncitizens plan to avoid the 2020 Census, test run indicates

Local officials say the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric and increased immigration enforcement have set the upcoming national census on a path to an undercount.

8 years ago

Democrat Stacey Abrams greets voters at an early vote event in DeKalb County, Ga. Abrams is in a competitive Democratic primary with an opponent who shares the same first name, Stacey Evans. (Asma Khalid/NPR)
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

50 states and no black governors, but that could change in 2018

Historically, activists and analysts say black candidates have faced two major roadblocks to the governorship: Money and race, which can appear intertwined.

8 years ago

San Juan, Puerto Rico in late Sept. 2017. (Justin Auciello)
PBS

Army Corps of Engineers to leave Puerto Rico with hurricane recovery unfinished

8 years ago

Abortion rights activists
PBS

Forthcoming Trump rule would make finding abortion services harder

8 years ago

Clockwise from top left: Jess King (D), Madeleine Dean (D), Pearl Kim (R), Susan Wild (D), Chrissy Houlahan (D), Mary Gay Scanlon (D), Bibiana Boerio (D), and Susan Boser (D) won primary races for Pennsylvania congressional seats in the 2018 midterm. (Photos courtesy of campaigns, Emily Cohen/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. women poised to make history in congressional delegation after primary victories

For the past few years, only men have been in Pennsylvania’s 18 member congressional delegation, but after Tuesday's primary, that's almost guaranteed to change in 2019.

8 years ago

Listen 05:22
(From left) Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf; Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor John Fetterman; and GOP nominee for Pa. governor, Scott Wagner (WHYY file photos)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Gubernatorial candidates’ roots draw attention to York, Pennsylvania

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Ed Mahon, reporter for the York Daily Record, on the York connection of Gov. Tom Wolf and GOP challenger Scott Wagner.

8 years ago

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House Speaker Paul Ryan praises the Agriculture Committee's work on the farm bill at a press conference on Wednesday. He was joined by (from left) committee Chairman Mike Conaway, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
National

House Farm Bill fails as conservative GOP revolt over immigration

The vote was 198 to 213. All Democrats voted against the measure, and were joined by 30 conservative Republicans.

8 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2017 file photo, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., talks to constituents before a Republican Senate forum in Pelham, Ala.
National Interest

Dumb Republican white man of the week

Given the current stupidity epidemic in D.C., it's no easy feat to win notoriety as the dumbest box of rocks. But this week the honor goes to House Republican Mo Brooks.

8 years ago

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