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Joe Biden in his campaign announcement video
Politics & Policy

At long last, Biden enters crowded 2020 Democratic presidential field

Former Vice President Joe Biden finally makes his presidential ambition official after indicating for weeks that he would run for the third time since 1988.

6 years ago

Former vice president Joe Biden looks out the car window as he leaves after speaking at a rally in support of striking Stop & Shop workers in Boston, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Michael Dwyer/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Joe Biden’s Washington experience: Asset or albatross?

Joe Biden is reportedly poised to enter the presidential race Thursday, which is a good thing, if only because we can finally retire the tired pun that Joe is Biden his time.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a National African American History Month reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Fact check: Trump, AG spread untruths on Mueller report

Trump is still distorting the truth about the Russia investigation , claiming exoneration from a special counsel's report that he is also assailing as hopelessly biased.

6 years ago

Sri Lankan firefighters stand in the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Witnesses are reporting two explosions have hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing casualties among worshippers. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)
Community

Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

More than 200c people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital.

6 years ago

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski (left), former deputy national security adviser designate Kathleen Troia
NPR
Politics & Policy

Meet the people in Trump’s orbit who the Mueller report says ignored his orders

Here is a list of those who acted as essentially legal guardrails for the president and may have also kept themselves out of legal peril.

6 years ago

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday, April 19, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

U.S. House Democrats say squabbles are healthy sign as they move past 100 days

Democrats debate how far to move toward the left after 100 days back in charge of the U.S. House.

6 years ago

The photos of five people slain in the Capital Gazette newsroom adorn candles at a vigil in June. The attack was mentioned in the analysis of Reporters Without Borders' annual World Press Freedom Index. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
NPR
Community

The U.S. now ranks as a ‘problematic’ place for journalists

The United States has become a less safe place for journalists, and the threats they face are becoming the standard, according to a new report.

6 years ago

Some detainees at the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas, went on a hunger strike last year. There have been at least six hunger strikes at detention centers in the first three months of 2019 alone. (Eric Gay/AP)
NPR
Health

Hunger strikes at ICE detention centers spread as parole, bond are denied

It was at least the sixth hunger strike at a detention center in the first three months of 2019 alone.

6 years ago

U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in New York. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House subpoena for Mueller report escalates investigation

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Friday for Mueller's report as Congress escalates its investigation of President Trump.

6 years ago

Former vice president Joe Biden talks with officials after speaking at a rally in support of striking Stop & Shop workers in Boston, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Michael Dwyer/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden expected to launch presidential campaign next week

The specific launch date and location is unclear. Biden is likely to quickly make visits to early-voting states.

6 years ago

In this March 24, 2019, file photo, Special Counsel Robert Mueller walks past the White House after attending services at St. John's Episcopal Church, in Washington. (Cliff Owen/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Full text of Mueller’s questions and Trump’s answers

Mueller's team writes that it tried to interview the president for more than a year before Trump submitted written testimony in response to questions.

6 years ago

Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill on Dec. 14, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Highlights from the Mueller report, annotated

Read notable excerpts from the redacted report, annotated by NPR reporters and editors, below. We’ll be updating this analysis throughout the day as we read the report.

6 years ago

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report as U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (right) and U.S. Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O'Callaghan listen at the Department of Justice Thursday in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Mueller report: Team couldn’t rule out obstruction … or firmly establish it

Mueller detailed 10 "episodes" involving actions by Trump that might have constituted obstruction of justice, Attorney General William Barr said.

6 years ago

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

DOJ releases Mueller report on investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election

Barr said that no one outside the Justice Department has seen the unredacted Mueller report.

6 years ago

A student leaves Columbine High School late Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Littleton, Colo. Following a lockdown at Columbine High School and other Denver area schools, authorities say they are looking for a woman suspected of making threats. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Young woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine is found dead

Denver-area schools will be closed Wednesday as authorities search for a young Florida woman who flew to the city and bought a gun after becoming "infatuated" with Columbine.

6 years ago

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