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2085 episodes transcribedA near-ban on abortion in Texas was designed to be hard to challenge in court, but in a hearing on Monday, many of the Supreme Court's conservative ju...
President Biden continues his travel this week in Scotland, where he is attending the United Nations climate conference, COP26. Despite trouble passin...
President Biden touted a new framework for the infrastructure package Democrats have been trying to deliver. The package dropped from $3.5 trillion to...
The Supreme Court has already ruled that an individual has the right to bear arms in their own home, but next week it will hear arguments about whethe...
The labor market shifted dramatically during the pandemic, and as employers once again begin to hire, many black and brown Americans are finding it di...
TikTok and Snapchat appeared for the first time before Congress alongside YouTube to answer questions about how safe their platforms are for young peo...
Thousands of leaked documents from Facebook were viewed by more news organizations over the weekend including NPR. The internal sources show the compa...
The off-year election is the first test of how people are feeling ahead of a consequential midterm season for the Biden administration. And will the J...
The White House continues to negotiate with Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona over the president's social programs...
Another high-profile voting rights push has failed because it did not attract enough Republican support to reach the de facto 60-vote threshold needed...
School boards are the latest frontier in the culture wars, as incensed community members and right-wing activists protest mask mandates and anti-racis...
The Biden administration announced that the U.S. will admit vaccinated foreign travelers beginning November 8th. Also: the latest on vaccination boost...
The two senators who are forcing more negotiations over the Biden administration's multi-trillion dollar climate and social programs bill appear to ha...
The Supreme Court heard arguments for and against reinstating the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber. President Biden him...
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg tells NPR that the Biden administration is focused on resolving supply chain issues in time of the holiday...
Young voters broke for Joe Biden in 2020, but are shirking party affiliations in greater numbers than older generations. And it remains to be seen how...
The TV show Impeachment: American Crime Story dramatizes Bill Clinton's impeachment through the stories of three women at the heart of the proceedings...
Congress reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling enough to cover the government's spending for a few more months. Anemic job growth persists. Former...
Tens of thousands of Afghans have been brought to the United States but most have not yet been resettled in communities. The process is complex, with...
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham was part of the Trump administration from the beginning and, in a conversation with Tamara Keith,...
