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Ukrainian politician discusses Ukraine's relationship with the world

4:53pm January 27, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ukrainian politician Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze about Ukraine's relationship with the world, which she and many others are counting on as Russia threatens to invade.

Senate confirmation battle looms for Justice Breyer's replacement

4:45pm January 27, 2022

The eventual nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will need to face the Senate Judiciary Committee in order to be confirmed. Host Asma Khalid talks with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat on the committee, about what comes next.

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer formally announces his retirement at the White House on Thursday.

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Read Justice Breyer's remarks on retiring and his hope in the American 'experiment'

3:51pm January 27, 2022

by NPR Staff

In a White House remarks, Breyer seemed to acknowledge some of the challenges facing the country, quoting the Gettysburg address and professing hope in the future of American democracy.

L) CA Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger (R) Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Biden will get a chance to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. Here's what to expect

3:08pm January 27, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

With Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down, President Biden has his first nomination to the high court. He campaigned on picking a Black woman for the lifetime appointment.

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman arrives at Joe Biden's inauguration at the Capitol in January 2021.

Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman gives his first interview since Jan. 6

12:54pm January 27, 2022

by Harrison James

Goodman, widely seen as a hero for his bravery during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, praised other law enforcement officers for their restraint. "It could have easily been a bloodbath," he said.

Woman and her children circle the Penrose stairs of funding.

The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here's what else it did

12:34pm January 27, 2022

by Cory Turner

The monthly cash payments reached more than 61 million kids in December alone. Most low-income families spent the money on basic needs like food, clothing and utility bills.

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Biden was slow to move on Russia-Ukraine crisis, Rep. Malliotakis says

7:23am January 27, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York if the Biden administration is doing enough to prevent or limit Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Denise Freeman (center), a former Lincoln County Board of Education member and community activist, calls a plan to consolidate polling places in the rural Georgia county "unconscionable."

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A Georgia county set off a tense debate by planning to reduce polling sites

5:27am January 27, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

Concerns over Lincoln County's proposal suggest many election administration decisions will now be viewed through a lens of growing mistrust.

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Justice Stephen Breyer, photographed in 2015.

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Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire

9:51pm January 26, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

Behind the scenes, Breyer, 83, pushed and prodded his fellow justices for consensus. His decision gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court.

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens during his renomination hearing with the Senate Banking Committee on Jan. 11. The Fed is planning to become more aggressive in fighting inflation.

Game time: The Fed unveils a tougher plan to fight stubbornly high inflation

6:53pm January 26, 2022

by Scott Horsley

The Federal Reserve is preparing to raise interest rates sooner and — perhaps — more aggressively after inflation reached the highest in nearly 40 years.

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