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Politics

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Arts & Entertainment

Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series

The former president won the best narrator award at Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.”

4 years ago

People form a line outside of a building.
Politics & Policy

Chile votes on proposed constitution with big changes

Chileans are voting in a plebiscite to decide whether to adopt a far-reaching new constitution that would fundamentally change the South American country.

4 years ago

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk out from Independence Hall lit with red and blue lights.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Why one of the ‘most important speeches’ of Biden’s presidency took place in Philadelphia

The 46th president praised Independence Hall as a symbol of his subject matter: the “fundamentals” of U.S. democracy.

4 years ago

Retired New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Courts & Law

Ex-NYPD officer sentenced to record 10 years for Jan. 6 riot

Thomas Webster’s prison sentence is the longest so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their conduct during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

4 years ago

File photo: Doug Mastriano, speaks at an event on July 1, 2022, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)
Courts & Law

Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee over deposition authority

The lawsuit filed contends that the committee lacks House Republican appointees, and doesn't comply with House rules for conducting a compelled deposition of witnesses.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

President Biden's plan to provide relief to borrowers of federal student loans has been met with celebration and condemnation. Too far, too little, overreaching and unfair?

Air Date: August 31, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:31
President Joe Biden walks across a green lawn.
Politics & Policy

President Biden to deliver prime-time speech in Philadelphia on ‘battle’ for democracy

The speech will be delivered Thursday outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the White House said.

4 years ago

File photo: Doug Mastriano, speaks at an event on July 1, 2022, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)
Politics & Policy

Pa. gov. candidate Doug Mastriano wore Confederate uniform for faculty photo

Reuters said Friday that Mastriano was in the uniform in a 2013-14 portrait for the Department of Military Strategy, Plans and Operations, where he worked until he retired.

4 years ago

President Richard Nixon talks with correspondent Dan Rather before an interview at the White House in Washington, Jan. 2, 1972. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Bonus Interview: Dan Rather on ‘What Unites Us’

In his 2017 book, Dan Rather asks, “when did we accept a can’t-do spirit from so many of our national leaders?” We revisit our interview from the Radio Times archive.

Air Date: August 27, 2022 6:00 am

Listen 49:31
People walk around destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Six months of war in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine rages on, but the country's people are showing resiliency and fighting back in a way unpredicted by some. We discuss the past 6 months of Russia's invasion.

Air Date: August 26, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:31
File photo: An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is pictured, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Courts & Law

Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Trump search

The judge said the department must file its redacted version by noon Friday.

4 years ago

File photo: President Joe Biden walks on the beach with daughter Ashley Biden, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Courts & Law

2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden’s daughter’s diary

Project Veritas has not been charged with any crime. The group says its activities were newsgathering and were ethical and legal.

4 years ago

Councilmember Allan Domb is the first of many expected to resign ahead of Philadelphia's mayoral race. (Jared Piper / City Council)
Radio Times

Regional Roundup: August 22, 2022

Reimagining the infamously dangerous Roosevelt Boulevard. Plus, what's going on with hurricane season? And, we start with an update on the shake ups in city council.

Air Date: August 22, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
People hold signs in a crowd supporting abortion rights on an overcast day. The American flag is visible in the background.
Politics & Policy

Suburban voters are key for Doug Mastriano. His abortion views seem to be turning them off

In statewide Pennsylvania races, candidates need support from suburban women. Doug Mastriano’s extreme abortion views may be turning them off.

4 years ago

Sen. Lindsey Graham sits in a chair and appears to wave to an audience.
Courts & Law

Court puts on hold Graham’s testimony in Ga. election probe

A federal appeals court has agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury.

4 years ago

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