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Miss New York Nina Davuluri, center, reacts after being named Miss America 2014 pageant as Miss California Crystal Lee, left, and Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan celebrate with her, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, in Atlantic City, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Radio Times

Miss America controversy

The Miss America pageant has been a tradition in American culture for 96 years. The annual competition has evolved into a scholarship pro ...

9 years ago

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Britain's Prince Harry, right, interviews former U.S. President Barack Obama
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Year-end trifecta: Churchill, Trump, Obama

Let's ring out the old year by cleaning out the cupboard.

9 years ago

Miss New York Nina Davuluri, reacts after being named Miss America 2014 pageant as Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan celebrate with her. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Carriage Company ends; Miss America controversy

The Miss America pageant has been a tradition in American culture for 96 years. The annual competition has evolved into a scholarship pro ...

Air Date: December 29, 2017

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Like several of his GOP colleagues in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Bucks, is trying to maintain some distance from President Donald Trump. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Bipartisan alternative education bill has Philly-region sponsors

The U.S. House GOP is moving forward with a highly partisan proposal that would revamp federal student loan programs. Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick opposes the plan.

9 years ago

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 President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, smiles as he finishes speaking in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
NPR
Money

The tax law’s new way of measuring inflation could take a toll on taxpayers

The use of the chained consumer price index to determine when to adjust tax brackets and eligibility for deductions, is expected to push more people into higher tax brackets.

9 years ago

NPR
Community

The delicate and draining task of tending to America’s fallen troops

It's part of war the public rarely sees.

9 years ago

Kelley Mui helps a client sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act on Dec. 15 at the Midwest Asian Health Association in Chicago.
NPR
Health

Robust health insurance sign-ups surprise supporters and opponents

Not only was the sign-up period reduced by half, but the White House dramatically cut funding for advertising and enrollment aid. Still, it was 96 percent of last years total.

9 years ago

FILE - In this Monday, March 31, 2014 file photo, SEIU-UHW worker Kathy Santana, left, assists Ruben Torres, 27, during a health care enrollment event at the SEIU-UHW office in Commerce, Calif.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump loses again: Americans flock to ‘dead’ Obamacare

Obamacare enrollment stats are a reminder that an historically unpopular president and a manifestly unpopular party cannot simply compel Americans to behave like sheep.

9 years ago

In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, protesters face off with police in downtown Washington. A jury has acquitted six people on multiple charges of rioting and destruction of property connected to violent protests during President Donald trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. (Mark Tenally/AP, file)
Courts & Law

Jury acquits all 6 defendants in first inauguration trial

The case could have major implications for the government's strategy for prosecuting more than 150 others charged for their actions that day.

9 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a news conference at the Department of Justice last week, highlighting his department's fight to reduce violent crime. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

2017 U.S. crime rates expected to show drop-off

The biggest drop is projected in the murder rate, which the report estimates will decline by 5.6 percent.

9 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other lawmakers hold a news conference on Capitol Hill on Dec. 12. House Republicans are pushing toward a stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through mid-January. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Congress scrambles to keep government running before Friday deadline

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill early Thursday morning that would push a deadline to fund the government back, from midnight on Friday to Jan. 19.

9 years ago

NPR
Courts & Law

Judge declares mistrial in conspiracy case against Bundys

A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case against rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and another self-styled militiaman.

9 years ago

President Donald Trump, with, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks about the passage of the tax bill on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump celebrates legislative win after Congress passes $1.5 trillion tax cut bill

Congressional Republicans delivered on their first major legislative accomplishment of the Trump era on Wednesday, when the House voted 224-201 to pass the tax package.

9 years ago

From l-r., Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Mich., meet with reporters to announce the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate approves landmark tax overhaul, bill returns to house

Republicans in Congress approved a sweeping and controversial $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, with the Senate voting early Wednesday along straight party lines to move the measure

9 years ago

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), speaks about the Republican tax reform legislation currently before Congress, during his weekly briefing on Capitol Hill December 14. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Charts: See how much of GOP tax cuts will go to the middle class

The average household would get a tax cut of $1,610 in 2018, a bump of about 2.2 percent in that average household's income, according to a report released Monday.

9 years ago

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