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Politics & Policy

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at an Oval Office meeting with President Trump in September. The top Democrats have pulled out of a similar meeting planned for Tuesday afternoon.
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Economy
National
Taxes

Top Democrats pull out of planned meeting with Trump

8 years ago

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2015, file photo, James O'Keefe, President of Project Veritas Action, waits to be introduced during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.
National Interest

Fake news flameout: Exposing a crackpot conservative plot

In the annals of conservative cons, this saga is truly a classic.

8 years ago

A federal judge has stopped Pennsylvania lawmakers from trying to take surplus money from the JUA to help balance a state budget gap. (AP file photo)
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

Judge halts Pa.’s attempt to take funds from insurer

This is the second year Pennsylvania lawmakers have tried to take surplus money from the Joint Underwriting Association to help balance perennial budget gaps.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Business
Politics

The shifting media landscape of the Trump era

Guests: Cory Doctorow, Andy Kroll, Meg James There are a lot of changes in the media these days. We’ll begin to ...

Air Date: November 28, 2017

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Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney departs after a television interview at the White House in September.
NPR
Economy

Mulvaney shows up for work at consumer watchdog group, as leadership feud deepens

The dispute has left CFPB staff "scratching their heads over who was in charge," as Reuters reports.

8 years ago

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2016.
National Interest

Sexual harassment and secrecy on Capitol Hill

It's galling that taxpayers have to foot the bill for sexual harassment settlements on the Hill, without knowing which incumbents should be punished on election day.

8 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Waging early internet war in suburban Pa. congressional race

National Democratic and Republican groups are running negative ads in the 6th Congressional District.

8 years ago

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski won reelection to a fourth term despite facing a 54-count federal indictment. (Annette John-Hall)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Allentown grapples with its identity as its indicted mayor begins 4th term while facing trial

Mayor Ed Pawlowski was reelected this month to a historic fourth term in a row despite a 54-count federal indictment hanging over his head.

8 years ago

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speak to reporters about the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill.
(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Taxes

6 possible hurdles for the GOP tax plan

Here are a few of the major hurdles that could get in the way of the GOP plan to keep Trump's promise for a Christmas tax break.

8 years ago

The U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
National

Congress coming back to crush of business in a fraught time

The crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers when they return to the Capitol would be daunting even if Washington were functioning at peak efficiency.

8 years ago

Sulieman Awad receives medical treatment at the Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, a day after he was injured during an attack on a mosque. Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing more than 300 people. (Amr Nabil/AP)
NPR
International

Egyptian military launches airstrikes in retaliation for gruesome mosque attack

The Egyptian military launched airstrikes on militant hideouts overnight Friday.

8 years ago



Zimbabwe's new interim President Emmerson Mnangagwa gives an address after his swearing-in ceremony in Harare on Friday, marking the final chapter of a political drama that toppled his predecessor Robert Mugabe after a military takeover. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Zimbabwe swears in a new president, in the first transfer of power since independence

At a packed stadium in the capital city Harare, Emmerson Mnangagwa promised not to "squander this moment" to change the culture of politics in his country.

8 years ago


Emmerson Mnangagwa, center, greets supporters gathered outside the ZANU-PF party headquarters in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe on Wednesday. (Ben Curtis/AP)
NPR
International

Who is Zimbabwe’s new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa?

"The Crocodile," "The Enforcer," "The Bodyguard," "The Spymaster." Those are just some of the names Zimbabwe's new leader goes by. One could also add "The Survivor."

8 years ago



Egyptians gather outside a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula where assailants carried out a bombing and shooting attack during Friday prayers that killed at least 235 people, according to the state news agency. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Mosque attack in Egypt’s Sinai kills at least 235

A terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in Egypt's Sinai has left at least 235 people dead and as many as 109 wounded Friday, that country's state news agency reported.

8 years ago

(Patrick Semansky/AP Photo, file)
National Interest

Once again, Joe is Biden his time

This is so deja vu. It feels like a reprise of summer '15, when speculation was rampant that Joe might challenge Hillary Clinton for the '16 nomination.

8 years ago

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