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National

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards, an event related to combating campus sexual assault, on Tuesday. Activist and former candidate Lucy Flores says Biden touched her in 2014, in an encounter that
NPR
Politics & Policy

Former Nevada candidate accuses Biden of unwanted touching, which he doesn’t ‘recall’

Lucy Flores writes in New York magazine about her "awkward" experience with Biden.

8 years ago

Smog fills Utah's Salt Lake Valley in January 2017. Winter weather in the area often traps air pollution that is bad for public health. (George Frey/Getty Images)
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Science

EPA panel considering guidelines that upend basic air pollution science

At a public meeting, multiple members of the committee said they do not agree that breathing air polluted with soot can lead to an early death.

8 years ago

In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, women members of Congress cheer after President Donald Trump acknowledges more women in Congress during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new survey finds acceptance of women in American politics and the workforce is at a record high. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Most see women equal to men in politics, new poll finds

An all-time high of 84 percent of Americans believe women are just as suited emotionally for politics as men, according to results from the General Social Survey.

8 years ago

Attorney General William Barr says he is working to prepare Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report to be released to the public, with redactions. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Redacted Mueller report to Congress by mid-April, AG Barr says

Barr says the report is nearly 400 pages long and "everyone will soon be able to read it on their own."

8 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a visit to Lake Okeechobee and Herbert Hoover Dike at Canal Point, Fla., Friday, March 29, 2019. Trump says he will close the nation's southern border, or large sections of it, next week if Mexico does not immediately stop illegal immigration. In a tweet, Trump ramped up his repeated threat to close the border by saying he will do it next week unless Mexico takes action. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump threatens to close border with Mexico next week

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to close America's southern border or large sections of it next week if Mexico does not halt illegal immigration "immediately."

8 years ago

The Social Security Administration is reviving a practice from a decade ago of sending letters out to employers when Social Security numbers don't match their records. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Community

Social Security revives ‘no match’ letters amid broader immigration crackdown

Immigration authorities said employers should look at these letters as evidence that their employees are undocumented.

8 years ago

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., listens as the Democrat-controlled panel pushed ahead with their oversight of the Trump administration at a hearing to examine to examine how the Russian government works to undermine its adversaries, especially the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Adam Schiff tells Trump and his toadies to take a hike

Anyone who's tempted to be cowed into believing that the Barr minimum of the Mueller report is somehow tantamount to total exoneration should watch Schiff deliver the goods.

8 years ago

A woman speaks on her phone while driving. Both drivers and walkers use cell data 4,000 percent more than they did in 2008, which means they aren't watching the roads (Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Why pedestrian deaths are at a 30-year high

Across the U.S., 6,227 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in 2018, the highest number in nearly 30 years.

8 years ago

A Border Patrol agent checks the names and documents of families who crossed the nearby U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. Immigration authorities say they expect the continuing surge of Central American families crossing the border to multiply in the coming months. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Immigration system at the ‘breaking point,’ Homeland Security official warns

A flood of migrant families arriving at the southern border is straining the U.S. immigration system. Authorities say daily apprehensions are at the highest in decades.

8 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in New York. (Frank Franklin II/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden criticizes ‘white man’s culture,’ role in Anita Hill hearing

Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned "a white man's culture" as he lashed out at violence against women and lamented his role in the Anita Hill hearing.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, takes a question from a member of the media as he arrives for a Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Dems cry foul as Trump calls for striking down ‘Obamacare’

The Trump administration has told a federal appeals court it wants the entire Affordable Care Act struck down, an outcome that could leave millions uninsured

8 years ago

In this March 14, 2019 file photo, Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court Building for his hearing in Chicago. Smollett is accused of lying to police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men on Jan. 29 in downtown Chicago. (Matt Marton/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Attorneys: Prosecutors drop charges against Jussie Smollett

The mayor and police chief blasted the decision and stood by the investigation that concluded Smollett staged a hoax.

8 years ago

Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stephanie Clifford, speaks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Sept. 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. Avenatti has been arrested on federal bank fraud and wire fraud charges.
NPR
Courts & Law

Attorney Michael Avenatti, sometime scourge to Trump, now faces federal charges

Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who attained national prominence as a legal antagonist of President Trump, has been arrested on federal bank fraud and wire fraud charges.

8 years ago

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, after attending morning services, in Washington, Sunday, March 24, 2019. Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy

Time for the Democrats to refocus

Just like John Gotti, nothing sticks to Donald Trump. That’s a shame, because anyone watching saw circumstances indicating that the Trump campaign had extensive ties to Russia

8 years ago

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Next steps and big unanswered questions as the nation moves into post-Mueller era

Special counsel Robert Mueller's work is done, but the Russia imbroglio likely has a few more encores before the curtain closes.

8 years ago

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