Politics & Government

Politics & Government

News brief: war crimes probe, COVID relief deal, Sri Lanka protests

7:30am April 05, 2022

Ukraine's president will address the U.N. Security Council. Senators reach a $10 billion deal on additional COVID funds. Protesters in Sri Lanka demand the president resign amid an economic crisis.

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Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, speaks to the press in the town of Bucha on the northwest edge of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday.

Ukraine president to speak at U.N. amid growing accusations of war crimes

6:08am April 05, 2022

by Dustin Jones

World leaders expressed outrage over reports of dead Ukrainian civilians — many of whom appear to have been executed — strewn about in Bucha, a city northwest of Kyiv.

How will new partisan redistricting maps affect this year's midterm elections?

5:11am April 05, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Michael Li, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, about the current redistricting cycle, which he calls "one of the most aggressive in the country's history."

Senators agree on another round of emergency pandemic funding

5:11am April 05, 2022

Senators have reached a deal on $10 billion for additional COVID aid. It's far less than what the Biden administration wanted, but it's what lawmakers could agree to.

Destruction in Bucha, Ukraine, on Monday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 4)

8:58pm April 04, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives for the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last month.

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Two more Republicans say they'll vote to confirm Jackson's Supreme Court nomination

7:38pm April 04, 2022

by Eric McDaniel

Sens. Murkowski and Romney said they'll vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson after the Judiciary Committee reached an 11-11 tie along party lines to advance her nomination to the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives for a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 29.

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Senators reach $10 billion deal on COVID funds

5:32pm April 04, 2022

by Susan Davis

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to expedite the vote to get the money approved by Congress before the Easter break.

US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, visits Gara de Nord railway station where infrastructure has been put in place to welcome and assist refugees coming from Ukraine, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 4th, 2022

U.S. ambassador to the UN calls for suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council

4:56pm April 04, 2022

by Scott Detrow

Linda Thomas-Greenfield told NPR's Michel Martin that Russia should be held to a higher standard as a permanent member of the Security Council, and vowed to hold the country accountable.

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Sen. Cory Booker says we are witnessing 'a Jackie Robinson moment for our nation'

4:23pm April 04, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, about the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a seat in the Supreme Court.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (left) and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic shake hands after a joint press conference in Belgrade in 2020. Both men won reelection over the weekend.

Pro-Putin leaders in Hungary and Serbia win reelection as Europe grapples with war

4:10pm April 04, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban easily sailed to victory against a coalition of political opponents from the left and right, while Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic won a second term.