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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speak to reporters about their effort to bring up legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Will politics ever be civil again? U.S. Sen. Chris Coons says it’s up to voters

After a tumultuous week in Washington, Will politics ever be civil again? Current and former senators talk partisan politics in the era of Trump.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 file photo, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is appealing an Oklahoma judge's $572 million order against the company and its subsidiaries for helping fuel the state's opioid crisis. (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Johnson & Johnson appeals $572M opioid ruling

Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is appealing a judge's $572 million order against the company and its subsidiaries for helping fuel the state's opioid crisis.

7 years ago

President Trump speaks during a meeting at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday in New York City. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

READ: House Intel releases whistleblower complaint on Trump-Ukraine call

A whistleblower inside the intelligence community filed a complaint about President Trump's conversation with a foreign leader, setting off a formal impeachment inquiry.

7 years ago

Surveys done since the 2016 election show that engaging with politics is stressing people out and harming their mental health and relationships. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Stressed out by politics? Here’s how to keep caring without losing your cool

Surveys show today's political climate is affecting people's mood, relationships and health. How do you stay engaged with democracy without letting the stress ruin your day?

7 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stands at a podium
Politics & Policy

Pelosi announces official impeachment inquiry: ‘No one is above the law’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the House is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden blasts Trump as a president who ‘believes he is above the law’

Former Vice President Joe Biden called for President Trump's impeachment unless the White House complies congressional requests for information.

7 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Experiment

Democrats need to start the impeachment process. Their core constituents are at risk.

The Ukraine phone call crosses the line where democrats need to move forward on the impeachment process. Their core constituents are at risk if they don’t.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo, Hunter Biden waits for the start of the his father's, Vice President Joe Biden's, debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

The story behind Biden’s son, Ukraine and Trump’s claims

Trump's private lawyer Rudy Giuliani has also publicly urged Ukrainian officials to investigate the Bidens.

7 years ago

President Trump with his new national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, on Wednesday in Los Angeles. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Once a ‘rocket ship,’ National Security Council now avoided by government pros

Career foreign policy professionals tell NPR they increasingly fear that joining the NSC, which is part of the White House, will taint them as political operatives.

7 years ago

Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Sept. 27, 2018. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law
Fresh Air

Reporters dig into Justice Kavanaugh’s past, allegations of misconduct against him

In their new book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly detail what's already known about Kavanaugh.

7 years ago

Microsoft President Brad Smith says governments need to set rules for big technology companies.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Microsoft president: Democracy is at stake. Regulate big tech

Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology."

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidates are introduced for the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC on the campus of Texas Southern University Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic debate analysis

After Thursday night's Democratic primary debate, we discuss what the candidates said and how may play among voters.

Air Date: September 13, 2019 10:00 am

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Democratic presidential hopefuls (from left): Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., onstage before the July debate. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Your guide to the 3rd Democratic debate

The spotlight is on the 10 candidates who made the cut for Thursday's debate in Houston.

7 years ago

A sign indicates a store that accepts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP, the official name of the food stamp program. (File photo/The Columbus Dispatch/TNS)
Community
Broke in Philly

America’s poverty rate falls while household incomes remain the same

Poverty in America declined last year, continuing a trend that began in 2014.

7 years ago

Runners head through downtown Wilmington on their way from the Pentagon to Ground Zero in New York City as part of the 243-mile 9/11 Promise Run. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

9/11 memorial runners promise to remember: ‘It’s our job as folks that lived through it to keep that memory alive’

There’s no celebration at the end of this run. After running 243 miles from the Pentagon to Ground Zero in three days, it’s a sobering finish line for the 9/11 Promise Run.

7 years ago

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