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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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New Jersey's Democrat-led Assembly comes into session on the final day of the current term, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Trenton, N.J. Among the dozens of bills lawmakers are set to consider on Monday is a bill that will raise their pay from $49,000 to $82,000 a year, along with increases for the governor and other senior state officials. If enacted, the raises won't go into effect until 2026. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey lawmakers pass pay raises for themselves, the governor and other officials

If signed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, the bill won’t go into effect until 2026, after Murphy leaves office and lawmakers face voters in the regular 2025 general election.

2 years ago

File photo: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023.
Politics & Policy

Defense secretary remains hospitalized as details emerge about delays in notification, even to Biden

The Pentagon’s failure to disclose Austin’s hospitalization reflects a stunning lack of transparency about his illness, how serious it was and when he may be released.

2 years ago

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 22: The Trump International Hotel is seen on March 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Robert Mueller submitted his Russia probe report on Friday afternoon to Attorney General William Barr. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Foreign governments paid millions to Trump’s companies while he was president

It is illegal for presidents to accept any money from foreign governments without congressional approval per Article I of the U.S. Constitution.

2 years ago

Trump speaking at a rally
NPR
Politics & Policy

The Trump campaign embraces Jan. 6 rioters with money and pardon promises

2 years ago

(Left) President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Politics & Policy

One attack, two interpretations: Biden and Trump both make the Jan. 6 riot a political rallying cry

Nine deaths were linked to the attack and more than 700 people have gone to court for their roles in it, and more than 450 people have been sentenced to prison.

2 years ago

Sen. Bob Menendez leaves federal court, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York.
Politics & Policy

The new indictment in the Robert Menendez corruption case could ramp up voter disgust

How will New Jersey voters react to new corruption allegations involving Senator Robert Menendez?

2 years ago

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FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2023.
Courts & Law

Lawsuit aims to keep U.S. Rep. Scott Perry off ballot over Constitution’s insurrection clause

The lawsuit by activist Gene Stilp, in part, cites Perry’s role in trying to use the Department of Justice to help Trump stall the certification of the election.

2 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa.
Courts & Law

Trump appeals Maine ruling barring him from ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause

The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to have the final word on Trump’s eligibility in Colorado, Maine and elsewhere.

2 years ago

Bob Menendez
Courts & Law

Prosecutors accuse Sen. Bob Menendez of introducing Qatari royal family member to aid N.J. businessman

Among other things, Menendez is accused of ghostwriting a letter to fellow senators encouraging them to lift a hold on $300 million in aid to Egypt.

2 years ago

woman at ballot processing center
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

As 2024 election approaches, voting officials worry Pa. isn’t prepared for misinformation

Four officials share the concrete changes they say would shore up Pennsylvania’s system against frivolous fraud allegations as the 2024 election approaches.

2 years ago

Screen showing it's been hacked
Community

Cybersecurity at water utilities a national concern after Pa. water authority hacked

The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack.

2 years ago

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (right) ruled former President Donald Trump can't appear on the state's 2024 Republican primary ballot. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Maine’s secretary of state tells NPR why she disqualified Trump from the ballot

Maine became the second state to rule the former president is ineligible to run because of what he did in the days leading up to, and on, Jan. 6, 2021.

2 years ago

Donald Trump at a rally
Politics & Policy

Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?

Colorado and Maine have barred Trump from appearing on the ballot.

2 years ago

Sen. Bob Menendez
Courts & Law

Judge rejects Sen. Bob Menendez’s request to delay his May bribery trial for two months

Prosecutors say they had warned defense lawyers when the trial date was set that the evidence they would turn over would be voluminous and that nothing has changed since then.

2 years ago

Gareth and Fe Hall
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Three years ago, a police officer killed Christian Hall. Now, the Pa. legislature will study the role of 911 in mental health emergencies

The study will look for ways for emergency dispatchers to send crisis responders through the 911 system in response to mental health emergencies.

2 years ago

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