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In this Jan. 21, 2019, photo, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks to members of the media at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington. The 2020 presidential election already includes more than a half-dozen Democrats whose identities reflect the nation’s growing diversity, as well as embody the coalition that helped Barack Obama first seize the White House in 2008. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Which Democrats are running in 2020 — and which still might

This could be one of the largest Democratic presidential fields in history.

7 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at an Oakland, Calif., campaign rally this week. Harris says she backs a single-payer health system, but she hasn't yet offered details on how she would finance that plan. (Mason Trinca/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Several Democrats eyeing a presidential run embrace ‘Medicare-for-all’

"Medicare-for-all," once widely considered a fringe proposal for providing health care in the U.S., is getting more popular.

7 years ago

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's new book, Let Me Finish: Trump, the Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey, and the Power of In-Your-Face Politics, details his history with New Jersey politics and thoughts on the Trump administration. (Elias Williams for NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Chris Christie: There is no one with more influence over Trump than Jared Kushner

Chris Christie made headlines in early 2016 when he dropped out of the presidential race and subsequently became the first major Republican to endorse Donald Trump.

7 years ago

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned Congress on Tuesday that he expects foreign nations to try new techniques of interference in the 2020 elections. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Spy boss Coats warns Russia, others plot new interference techniques for 2020

Russia and other foreign actors will try new techniques to interfere in the 2020 elections, building off the tactics they used in the 2016 and 2018 campaigns.

7 years ago

Roger Stone, a confidant of President Trump, walks out of the federal courthouse following a hearing Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Stone's next court date is in Washington. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Roger Stone pleads not guilty in D.C. federal court following Florida arrest

Stone was arrested Friday in South Florida but the grand jury that indicted him operates in the nation's capital, so he could eventually face trial in Washington.

7 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by from left, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., and others, signs a deal to reopen the government on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. he measure now goes to the White House for President Donald Trump to sign.  (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Pelosi invites Trump to give State of the Union on Feb. 5

The formal letter Monday suggests Trump will reschedule the speech after it was postponed because of the partial government shutdown.

7 years ago

Attorney General nominee William Barr departs after a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & Policy

Trump AG pick says he’s discussed Mueller probe with Pence

President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, William Barr, says VP Mike Pence is among the officials with whom he's discussed the special counsel's Russia investigation

7 years ago

Letters wait in bins for sorting at the main post office in Omaha, Neb. The price of a Forever stamp has increased by 10 percent as the U.S. Postal Service contends with billions of dollars in annual losses. (Nati Harnik/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Mailing just got more expensive: Forever stamps see biggest price increase ever

The price of a first-class forever stamp went up a nickel Sunday, from 50 cents to 55 cents.

7 years ago

Al Capone (left) is photographed at a football game in Chicago on Jan. 19, 1931. Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, stands outside of the federal courthouse following a hearing, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Courts & Law

Treat Roger Stone like Al Capone

Roger Stone is just another entitled rich guy who’s too weak to take the heat. 

7 years ago

Federal employees wait in line at World Central Kitchen, a food bank and food distribution center established by celebrity chef José Andrés. The federal government is back open, but it could be several days before workers receive missed paycheck
NPR
Politics & Policy

Federal employees return to work, but fears of another shutdown loom

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees across the country are returning to work after being furloughed for more than a month

7 years ago

The drugs clonazepam and diazepam are both benzodiazepines; they're better known by the brand names Klonopin and Valium. The drug class also includes Ativan, Librium and Halcion. (Bloomberg/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Steep climb in benzodiazepine prescribing by primary care doctors

The percentage of outpatient medical visits that led to a benzodiazepine prescription doubled from 2003 to 2015, according to a study published Friday.

7 years ago

In this photo May 22, 2012 file photo, Charles Koch speaks in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kan. Hundreds of wealthy donors gathered by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch will be meeting this weekend of Jan. 26, 2019, for the first time since the influential conservative political network announced it won't spend any money on the 2020 presidential race. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)
Politics & Policy

Koch network gathers wealthy donors after 2020 Trump snub

Hundreds of wealthy donors gathered Charles Koch are meeting this weekend after his political network said it won't support Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.

7 years ago

Caissie Levy performs as Elsa in the stage adaptation of Frozen, which opened on Broadway in 2018 (Deen van Meer/Disney Theatrical Productions)
NPR
Community

For many with disabilities, ‘Let It Go’ is an anthem for acceptance

Disney's Frozen remains one of the greatest box-office successes in history. But in terms of impact and influence, it is perhaps most loved for one of its breakout songs.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 10, 2019 file photo Cheryl Monroe, (right), a Food and Drug Administration employee, and Bertrice Sanders, a Social Security Administration employee, rally to call for an end to the partial government shutdown in Detroit. The government shutdown left an especially painful toll for African-Americans who make up nearly 20 percent of the federal workforce and historically have been on the low end of the government pay scale. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo, file)
Community

Black workers had long history with fed jobs before shutdown

The shutdown left a painful toll for African-Americans who make up nearly 20 percent of the federal workforce and historically have been on the low end of the pay scale.

7 years ago

President Trump walks through the colonnade of the White House on arrival to announce a deal to temporarily reopen the government Friday. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

7 takeaways from the longest shutdown in U.S. history

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is finally over. And there are no two ways about it — Trump caved.

7 years ago

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