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1957 episodes transcribedAstraZeneca'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...
The Supreme Court seems poised to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona, setting the stage for Republican legislatures to try to make it more difficul...
President Biden announced yesterday an accelerated vaccination timeline in the United States, but some states are already moving to fully reopen—a mov...
FBI Director Christopher Wray defended his department saying it warned law enforcement ahead of the insurrection at the capitol. He also emphasized t...
The former president's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference is confirmation that Donald Trump won't go quietly into retirement—loyal...
President Biden hasn't reinstated family separation policies, but his choice to keep migrant children in a shelter facility has drawn criticism from a...
Many young progressive groups were openly hostile to Joe Biden's primary campaign, but they rallied to support him once he secured the nomination. Now...
