Politics & Government

A drug overdose rescue kit is pictured in Buffalo, N.Y. The Biden administration plans to increase access to clean needles, fentanyl test strips and naloxone to combat drug overdose deaths.

Drug overdose deaths are at a record high. Here's what the White House plans to do

1:23pm April 21, 2022

by Martha Bebinger

Harm reduction is one of four policies the Biden administration says must be immediately implemented in order to address the record high number of overdose deaths.

Rupert Murdoch speaks in San Francisco in 2011. Murdoch's media empire has included News Corp, Fox News, Fox Sports, 21st Century Fox, HarperCollins, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal.

In the Murdoch family succession battle, Fox News and democracy hang in the balance

1:12pm April 21, 2022

by Terry Gross

The new CNN+ docuseries The Murdochs looks inside the Fox media empire and the family's behind-the-scenes in-fighting. Journalist Jim Rutenberg says the real-life drama rivals HBO's Succession.

President Biden announced the U.S. would provide $800 million more in military support for Ukraine, and he plans to ask Congress for more funding to support Ukraine next week.

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Biden announces another $800 million to support Ukraine military

11:05am April 21, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The president says Russia's attacks on the Donbas region require different types of weapons and military support from the U.S. He also plans to ask Congress for more funding next week.

The White House has a strategy for reducing drug overdose deaths

8:06am April 21, 2022

Drug overdose deaths are at a record high — more than 100,000 in the latest single year. And the Biden administration has a plan to slow that epidemic by emphasizing harm reduction.

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News brief: Mariupol resistance, drug overdose deaths, mask mandate appeal

7:50am April 21, 2022

Russia says it controls most of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The White House has a plan to reduce drug overdose deaths. The Justice Department will appeal the mask ruling by a federal judge.

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Dr. Mehmet Oz takes part in a forum for Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidates in Camp Hill, Pa., on April 2. Oz recently got the endorsement of former President Donald Trump over his chief rival for the nomination, David McCormick.

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Trump's endorsement of Oz reframes the Pennsylvania GOP Senate contest

5:00am April 21, 2022

by Don Gonyea

For the state's open U.S. Senate seat, the two top Republican contenders are David McCormick and Mehmet Oz. And, as in so many GOP races this year, there's another major player — Donald Trump.

A person holds a mask while walking outdoors in Philadelphia in May 2021.

The DOJ will appeal the recent mask ruling by a federal judge

9:07pm April 20, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

This decision to appeal comes just two days after U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled against the federal mask mandate.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pauses while speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., on April 13. Yellen and other finance ministers walked out of a G20 session on Wednesday as Russian officials were speaking.

Janet Yellen and other finance ministers walk out of G20 meeting as Russia speaks

6:30pm April 20, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Yellen's counterparts from the U.K. and Canada joined the walkout to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

An attendant at a Sunoco gas station in Bloomfield, New Jersey, U.S., on Sunday, March 13, 2022.

Amid high gas prices, N.J. weighs lifting its self-service gas ban

6:11pm April 20, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

Gas station owners argue the move would help ease a labor shortage and bring prices down, but drivers and politicians are wary of changing the practice.

As Title 42 is set to be lifted by the Biden administration next month, more Democrats are expressing concern that the White House doesn't have enough of a plan to handle the fallout.

As Biden plans to lift Title 42, Democrats want details on how he'll address influx

5:00pm April 20, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Some key Senate Democrats and candidates have come out this week and expressed reservations about the Biden administration's decision to lift Title 42 by May 23.

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