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1943 episodes transcribedBoth parties agree that the country's infrastructure needs a face lift, and today President Biden revealed a $2 trillion plan to address the problem....
South Dakota's governor Kristi Noem is a Republican rising star who signed two executive orders on Monday that bar transgender girls and women from pa...
A new Georgia law has become the center of the debate over voting rights with President Biden calling it "Jim Crow in the 21st century." Republicans a...
Colorado is considering new gun control measures in the wake of this week's mass shooting in the state. But can those restrictions survive the scrutin...
In an hour-long briefing, Biden downplayed the role his election victory and messaging are playing in encouraging an influx of migrants to the border....
Fearing base backlash, Republican lawmakers are unlikely to support gun control measures popular among the American public. And limiting Democratic ma...
AstraZeneca's vaccine has not been authorized for use in the United States, but the nation has millions of doses in its stockpile. Now, the Biden admi...
The reasons the Biden administration is housing some migrant children in adult detention facilities are complicated. The number of migrants arriving a...
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews Lilliana Mason, associate professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, about her book Unci...
Civil rights groups have been meeting with the Biden administration about addressing the rise in violence toward Asian Americans. President Biden said...
FBI Director Christopher Wray sits down with NPR's Carrie Johnson for a wide-ranging interview about the role of the FBI, the mass shooting in Atlanta...
Thousands of children are coming to the United States in search of a better life, many crossing into the country illegally along the southern border....
Republican state lawmakers across the country, including in Iowa and Arizona, have introduced measures designed to make it harder to vote. Meanwhile,...
Infrastructure could be the next big focus, if an influx of children and teens at the U.S. souther border doesn't force action on immigration legislat...
Scott Detrow shares his reporting on the day, one year ago, that it felt like everything changed. And President Biden is dealing with an influx of peo...
In his first primetime address as president, Joe Biden said he believes the country can be more or less back to normal by Independence Day. But he cau...
Early in the pandemic, New York governor Andrew Cuomo rose to national prominence for his frank daily briefings. Now, Cuomo is accused of covering up...
There is no easy way to describe how big $1.9 trillion dollars is. It's only the latest round of recovery spending. Democrats say this package could f...
A new assessment commissioned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recommends a dramatic expansion of security measures at the U.S. Capitol. And Republican s...
Despite a strong jobs report last month, the economy is still really struggling. That means there's a lot of energy behind Democrats' COVID relief pac...
