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President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan applaud.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump’s acoustic demagoguery stokes our state of disunion

The biggest thigh-slapper of last night's State of the Union was Trump's apparent belief that unplugging his vocal amplifier would somehow soften his demagoguery.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Trump State of the Union unites on infrastructure, divides on immigration

President Trump's State of the Union united Democrats and Republicans on infrastructure, but immigration proposal is doing the opposite.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump delivering his first State of the Union address, January 30, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Trump calls for optimism in spite of warnings of danger in State of the Union

Trump addressed the nation with tensions running high on Capitol Hill.

8 years ago

A U.S. Army soldier unloads a shipment of water provided by FEMA as a resident walks past in San Isidro, Puerto Rico
NPR
Politics & Policy

FEMA to end food and water aid for Puerto Rico

The decision to end the delivery of aid is part of the agency's broader plan to transition away from the emergency response phase of its work on the island.

8 years ago

The Upper Tularik Floodplain in the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska is the site of a fight over a proposed mining project has dragged on for years.
NPR
Politics & Policy

In reversal, EPA suspends Alaska mining proposal to preserve watershed protections

EPA said it was suspending its effort to withdraw proposed protections for a southwest Alaska watershed to make room for a new mine.

8 years ago

The entire USA Gymnastics board will resign, the group says. Rachael Denhollander (center) listens as Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse over decades of his involvement with the program.
NPR
Courts & Law

USOC Tells USA Gymnastics’ Board To Resign Within 6 Days

USA Gymnastics' board must resign, the U.S. Olympic Committee says, or it will lose its certification as a national governing body

8 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller at the Capitol in June. The New York Times reports President Trump intended to fire him that month but was dissuaded by White House Counsel Don McGahn.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump intended to fire Special Counsel Mueller in June, ‘New York Times’ says

White House counsel Don McGahn refused and threatened to quit himself if the president went ahead, according to an explosive report in The New York Times.

8 years ago

Yesenia Aguilar of Reading, Pa. holds her one year old daughter Denalli Urdaneta at an immigration rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018.  (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump plan offers citizenship path to 1.8 million immigrants

Democrats said they were heartened Thursday by Trump's support, while Republicans were more cautious.

8 years ago

Capitol Hill is seen against a blue sky Saturday, the first day of the partial government shutdown (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump hints at ‘nuclear option’ as partial shutdown enters second day

Republicans could theoretically vote to change laws to require just a simple 51-vote majority to pass a spending bill, as they did to get Neil Gorsuch confirmed.

8 years ago

Protesters outside the courthouse where 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges were hearing Hawaii's challenge last month to the Trump administration's latest travel ban. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court to hear latest challenge to Trump’s travel ban

Almost a year after Trump tried to bar travelers from entering the US, the Supreme Court announced that will consider a legal challenge to the third version of that ban.

8 years ago

Christine Caria in her home, holding a picture of her as a child in Lake Tahoe. It's her
NPR
Community

Victims of Las Vegas shooting: We need more help

In Las Vegas so many more lives were affected and the fund has raised just upward of $22 million.

8 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference Saturday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Schumer, White House respond to shutdown by pointing fingers

The federal government is now in a partial shutdown after Congress failed to pass a stopgap measure to keep funding going ahead of a midnight deadline.

8 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., answers questions Thursday on the possibility of a government shutdown. After receiving assurances from Ryan, a key group of conservative House Republicans said they would support a short-term-funding bill.
NPR
Politics & Policy

House Passes Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown, But Senate Prospects Uncertain

Republicans need 60 votes in the Senate to proceed on the four-week continuing resolution, which would extend funding only until Feb. 16.

8 years ago

Shown is an exterior view of the Apple Park Visitor Center during its grand opening Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in Cupertino, Calif. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Money

Apple to build 2nd campus, hire 20,000 in $350B pledge

Cities from across the U.S. will likely be offering Apple tax breaks and other incentives in an attempt to persuade the company to build its second campus in their towns.

8 years ago

University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein, 19, was killed last week in his California home town. Police Friday arrested a suspect in the slaying. (Orange County Sheriff's Department via AP)
Community

Suspect charged with murder in Penn student’s killing

A former high school classmate of a University of Pennsylvania student found stabbed and buried in a California park was charged Wednesday with murder.

8 years ago

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