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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is resisting calls for the Senate to return from August recess to take up gun reform measures after deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, last weekend.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate will discuss gun proposals in September, McConnell says

"What we can't do is fail to pass something," McConnell told WHAS radio in Kentucky, adding, "the urgency of this is not lost on any of us."

7 years ago

Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia officials urge support for refugees amid reports of impending ‘ban’

Philadelphia officials are urging action, amid reports that the Trump administration could lower refugee arrivals to nearly zero in 2020.

7 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence listens as President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Will Republicans finally disown Trump’s incendiary racism?

At this point we should probably be grateful whenever a few Republicans wake up and smell their party's white supremacist stench.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump says he wants stronger gun checks but gives no details

President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as "barbaric" attacks and crimes "against all humanity."

7 years ago

Mourners gather at a vigil following a nearby mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Multiple people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
Community

Police: Shooter killed 9 in Ohio, including his sister

Nine people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said.

7 years ago

Law enforcement agencies respond to an active shooter at a Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. (Joel Angel Juarez/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

20 people killed in El Paso shooting; 21-year-old suspect in custody

Police spokesman Enrique Carrillo said, "At one point, we had three people detained, but now there's just one male suspect in custody."

7 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and House Democrats arrive for a news conference on the first 200 days of the 116th Congress at the House East Front steps of the Capitol building, in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

More than half of Democrats support impeachment inquiry

More than half of Democrats support launching an impeachment inquiry, according to a tally by The Associated Press.

7 years ago

Workers prepare the debate stage at the Fox Theatre in Detroit ahead of Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Your guide to night 2 of the Detroit Democratic presidential debates

The first leg of the second round of Democratic presidential debates is over, and now it's on to Night 2.

7 years ago

Amber Hikes, executive director of Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs talks about her last day in office. (KimberlyPaynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly’s LGBTQ liaison heading to the national stage with the ACLU

After two years in the Kenney administration, Amber Hikes is departing for New York, to become chief diversity officer for the American Civil Liberties Union.

7 years ago

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, speaks during the National Urban League Conference, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Indianapolis. (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Joe Biden won the debate, and he wasn’t even on stage

In the wake of our national emergency, with Trump running roughshod over truth, justice, and the American way, ousting him should be the Democrats' top priority.

7 years ago

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., participate in the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
FactCheck.org

FactChecking the second Democratic debate

The first of the back-to-back Democratic debates in July included spin from the candidates on gun violence, Republican tax cuts, climate change, manufacturing jobs and more.

7 years ago

In this Monday, July 15, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, (second from left), speaks, as U.S. Reps., (from left), Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.,Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listen, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

GOP in Pa. swing county posts, then deletes, ‘Jihad Squad’ image

The mock movie poster, which was photoshopped to show one of the lawmakers holding a handgun, remained on the Northampton County GOP’s Facebook page for about 12 days.

7 years ago

The Fox Theatre displays signs for the Democratic presidential debates in Detroit, Monday, July 29, 2019. The second scheduled debate will be hosted by CNN on July 30 and 31. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

New rules for 2nd debate: No 1-word answers or show of hands

CNN pledges not to ask questions that require a show of hands by the politicians and will not ask them to confine answers to a one-word "yes" or "no."

7 years ago

Christi holds a migrant child's hand as they walk to the swimming pool. (Shuran Huang/NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

‘I know that they’re cared for.” Why one mom has chosen to foster migrant children

Unaccompanied minors cross the border without family or support. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe," says one foster mother, Christi.

7 years ago

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January. Coats often operated behind the scenes, but when he spoke publicly, his assessments were often at odds with President Trump. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Dan Coats, who challenged President Trump, is ousted from top intelligence job

The departure of the director of national intelligence means that almost every senior member of President Trump's original national security team is gone from his or her job.

7 years ago

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