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1954 episodes transcribedBiden's remarks come after several days of unrest in cities, including the shooting deaths of two protesters in Wisconsin, allegedly by an armed white...
Protests continue after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake repeatedly in the back on Sunday. A young white man is said to have murdered two...
President Trump accepted the nomination for a second term onstage at the White House, in front of 1500 people — where the was little social distancing...
Mike Pence formally accepted the vice presidential nomination on the third night of the Republican National Convention. As racial justice protests con...
Melania Trump gave her Republican National Convention address from the Rose Garden of "the people's house." Campaign videographers were there as Donal...
President Trump and his allies portrayed Democrats as "radical" and decried "cancel culture." The first night of the Republican National Convention at...
President Trump and the Republican party will lay out their vision for Trump's re-election all week. The NPR Politics Podcast breaks down what to watc...
The head of the United States Postal Service testified before the Senate today about controversial changes that good governance watchdogs say undermin...
Joe Biden has accepted the Democratic party's presidential nomination. In his acceptance speech, closing out the convention's final night, he pledged...
Kamala Harris, in her speech on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, accepted the vice presidential nomination with a nod to her mot...
The Democratic National Convention's second night featured speeches from Colin Powell, Bill Clinton, Jill Biden, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — anothe...
Those were the dual messages of the first night of the Democratic convention from former Republican governor of Ohio John Kasich and progressive fireb...
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and others will speak at the mostly-virtual Democratic National Convention. And, will conventions ever be the same?Want more?...
If you're planning to vote this fall, you can probably mail in your ballot instead of voting in person. NPR's Life Kit put together this guide for how...
President Trump opposes funding for the U.S. postal service because he believes it will make voting by mail easier. Led by a major donor to the presid...
President Trump announced an executive action last weekend to grant an additional $400 in employment benefits after the White House and Congress faile...
Kamala Harris came out swinging, forceful in her critiques of President Trump at her first appearance on the campaign trail since Joe Biden selected h...
Who is Kamala Harris and why did Joe Biden select her to serve as his vice president and running mate? The NPR Politics team sits down to discuss the...
Who will win Arizona, Trump or Biden? How is the coronavirus being handled in the state? Who is to blame? NPR and Marist College held a virtual focus...
Coronavirus stimulus package negotiations are stuck at "no deal." Meanwhile, tens of millions of Americans remain jobless. Trump may accept the nomin...
