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National

The Medal of Honor. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Community

Push to posthumously give black soldier D-Day Medal of Honor

A new push is underway to posthumously award an African American soldier the Medal of Honor for his bravery on D-Day.

7 years ago

An Army soldier hops out of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle after moving it into place by the Lincoln Memorial, Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Washington, ahead of planned Fourth of July festivities with President Donald Trump. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PBS News Hour

Trump speaks at ‘Salute to America’ for 4th of July

Some have raised concern about the cost for taxpayers, as well as that the event could politicize a nonpartisan day meant to be about American unity.

7 years ago

A naturalization ceremony of new U.S. citizens at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Virginia. The U.S. citizenship oath today is 140 words. It wasn't until 1929 that the oath's text was standardized, and the oath was amended in 1952 to emphasize service to country as the U.S. faced a growing threat from the Soviet Union. (Shuran Huang/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How the U.S. citizenship oath came to be what it is today

If you are born in the U.S., citizenship is a birthright. But if you immigrate to this country, the work of the citizenship process culminates in the reciting of an oath.

7 years ago

(Photo/Big Stock)
Radio Times
Community

Stories of America

Today, we are rebroadcasting stories from our archives about what it means to be American from three different perspectives.

Air Date: July 4, 2019

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Two Bradley Fighting Vehicles are parked nearby the Lincoln Memorial for President Donald Trump's 'Salute to America' event honoring service branches on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Fouling the Fourth: Tanks but no tanks, Trump

It takes a craven kind of genius to desecrate the Fourth of July, to turn a traditionally nonpartisan festival into a militarist MAGA rally with pseudo-Moscow trappings.

7 years ago

Christen Press (left) celebrates after scoring the U.S.'s first goal during the Women's World Cup semifinal against England. The U.S. won 2-1. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
NPR
Community

U.S. powers to Women’s World Cup final after defeating England 2-1

The U.S. has now made it to the finals of the last three Women's World Cups

7 years ago

Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to forms for the 2020 census.
NPR
Politics & Policy

How the fight over the census citizenship question could rage on

Hours after the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off 2020 census forms for now, President Trump threatened to delay next year's national head count.

7 years ago

A memorial to Heather Heyer — who was killed at a Charlottesville rally by a driver facing murder and hate crime charges — stands at the site of her death. Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, is in the background. (Steve Helber/AP)
Courts & Law

White supremacist sentenced to life in prison for deadly Charlottesville car attack

An avowed white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally has been sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charge

7 years ago

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts & Law

Advocates say high court ruling on census citizenship question ‘helps us move forward’

The court says the Trump administration's explanation for wanting to add the question was "more of a distraction" than an explanation.

7 years ago

People gather during a rally to coincide with the Supreme Court hearings on the redistricting cases in Maryland and North Carolina in front of the Supreme Court on March 26. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

SCOTUS rules partisan gerrymandering is beyond the reach of federal courts

In a 5-4 decision SCOTUS ruled that partisan redistricting is a political question and court can't judge if extreme gerrymandering violates the constitution.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures towards New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, during a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Miami. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Health care, immigration top issues at Democrats’ 1st debate

The debate marked a new phase in the 2020 presidential season as Democrats seek to break out from the crowded field.

7 years ago

(Jordan Gunselman)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Where to watch the Democratic 2020 presidential debates in Philly

The first will be held Wednesday, June 26, and the second on Thursday, June 27. Both run two hours from 9 to 11 p.m.

7 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice on May 29 about the results of his Russia investigation. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Robert Mueller to testify in open hearings July 17 before House committees

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler announced that Mueller agreed after he was subpoenaed to testify publicly. He will be questioned separately by the two committees.

7 years ago

Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, passing a sign marking the Pennsylvania-Ohio state border at the end of his
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Sestak says he can win back Democrats who voted for Trump

After announcing his eleventh-hour bid for the White House on Sunday, Sestak blamed the Democratic establishment for his loss to party-backed Katie McGinty.

7 years ago

The Department of Treasury announced it would be issuing a new $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman, but last month Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that won't happen until 2028. Now, the acting inspector general says he's launching an investigation into the cause of the delay.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Treasury Department launches investigation into delays behind Harriet Tubman $20 bill

Schumer called on the department to launch an investigation last week

7 years ago

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