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2086 episodes transcribedDocuments were at the heart of Washington news this week. A Supreme Court investigation into who leaked a draft opinion of the decision overturning Ro...
The Payroll Protection Program was enacted during the pandemic to provide financial assistance to businesses that were closed, or operating at a reduc...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress the United States would reach the statutory debt limit — commonly known as the debt ceiling — on Jan....
In Washington, D.C., members of the Proud Boys are on trial related to their alleged actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Cap...
The world faces key deadlines for climate action in coming decades. But most of us are more focused on the short term — today, tomorrow, maybe next ye...
With a narrow majority in the House, Republicans will need to find ways to work with Democrats — who still control the Senate and the White House. Wha...
After President Biden announced a second set of classified documents had been improperly stored at his Wilmington, Del., residence, Attorney General M...
Both the president and his predecessor are facing investigations from the Department of Justice over the potential mishandling of classified documents...
The Democratic National Committee announced South Carolina would supplant Iowa and New Hampshire as the first state in the party's 2024 nominating con...
President Biden heads to Mexico City this week for two days of meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manue...
After 15 rounds of balloting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected Speaker of the House. The series of votes were contentious at times, and McCa...
The California Republican was able to win over some of his detractors today as balloting for the Speaker of the House entered a fourth day. However, n...
After more votes, the House of Representatives is no closer to electing a new Speaker. Republicans voted for other candidates as more House members of...
Following three more votes on Wednesday, Republicans in the House remain divided on who should be the chamber's speaker. Support for Rep. Kevin McCart...
The 118th Congress began its work today, and the first order of business for the House was to select a new speaker. However, after multiple rounds of...
In this episode of Code Switch, NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports on the effort by Republican officials in Louisiana to change how Black people are counted...
The NPR Politics crew shares the things that they just can't let go of this year, politics and otherwise.This episode: political correspondent Susan D...
Affirmative action, indigenous rights and election integrity could all be radically reshaped by the far-right court this term, as Chief Justice John R...
A huge number of voters indicated that the economy was their top concern in the midterm election — something that likely helped Republicans take contr...
The U.S. has dispatched billions in military aid to Ukraine to support its territorial defense after Russia invaded at the beginning of the year and j...
