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Government Accountability

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement

Twitter banned President Donald Trump's account Friday, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence.”

4 years ago

Lehigh University's campus in Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh U.)
NPR
Education

Lehigh University revokes President Trump’s honorary degree

The Pennsylvania school's board of trustees held a special vote this week, after Trump incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

4 years ago

In this image from video, Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks as the House debates the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Pennsylvania, at the U.S. Capitol early Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (House Television via AP)
Politics & Policy

‘Woefully unprepared:’ U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean on living through Capitol attack

Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean spoke with Morning Edition’s Jennifer Lynn the morning after the attack at the U.S. Capitol.

4 years ago

Listen 5:57
Pro-Trump insurrectionists gather outside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Politics & Policy

Facebook bans Trump through Biden inauguration, maybe longer

Facebook will bar President Donald Trump from posting on its system at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Politics & Policy

Pa., N.J., Del. to send National Guard troops to D.C. after Capitol breach

Gov. Phil Murphy called the mob attack an act of “domestic terrorism” spurred on by Trump.

4 years ago

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump supporters storm the Capitol

Today we'll talk with Congressman Andy Kim, professors Julian Zelizer and Anthea Butler, as well as conspiracy theory reporter Will Sommer, about the storming of the Capitol.

Air Date: January 7, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:30
A new EPA rule will make it more difficult for the regulators to use some scientific studies about the connection between pollution and health.
(DKAR Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Trump EPA erects new barriers to crucial science

The rule goes into effect on Wednesday and applies to all future EPA regulations.

4 years ago

The U.S. Capitol in Washington
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Congress expected to certify Biden’s win this week — despite GOP push to subvert the vote

Based on allegations of fraud and “unlawful practices,” found meritless by the courts, many Republicans plan to contest the results in key swing states, including Pa.

4 years ago

The 2020 census form. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Attorney: Congressional seat data not ready until February

The Census Bureau has found new irregularities in the headcount data that determines congressional seat allocations and the distribution of $1.5 trillion in spending each year

4 years ago

Gabriel Sterling, voting system implementation manager for the Georgia secretary of state's office, answers questions during a press conference in November. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Georgia election official: Don’t let misinformation ‘suppress your own vote’

He went line by line Monday refuting allegations made by President Trump about the state's voting system.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before boarding Marine One. Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday night unless Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defense bill

A total of 109 Republicans, including Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a member of GOP leadership, joined with Democrats to approve the override, the first of Trump’s presidency.

4 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Russian hacking and cybersecurity

We get the latest on the Russian hack, what is being called the largest act of espionage in U.S. history.

Air Date: December 29, 2020

Listen 49:28
The Pa. Supreme Court in Harrisburg. (Christine Baker/PennLive)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Republicans move to give themselves friendlier judges, as critics warn of a dangerously politicized court

Only two other U.S. states elect judges the way Harrisburg Republicans are suggesting. The referendum could end up on the ballot in the May primary.

4 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is pictured on Capitol Hill on Nov. 20. The House voted Monday to increase direct payments to Americans above what is provided in the COVID-19 relief legislation President Trump signed on Sunday. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House endorses Trump-backed $2,000 payments amid feud within GOP

The vote passed with the needed two-thirds majority in order to advance.

4 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks Monday after being briefed by members of his foreign policy and national security teams.
(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden faults ‘roadblocks’ as his team manages transition from Trump

Biden said that he has been frustrated by what he called a lack of cooperation, especially at the Department of Defense and with the Office of Management and Budget.

4 years ago

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