Politics & Government

Politics & Government

President Biden is replacing federal judges at a record-breaking pace

8:02am January 22, 2022

by Scott Simon

One area where President Biden has achieved success is getting his judicial appointees confirmed. Scott Simon talks with Hamilton College professor Gbemende Johnson about it.

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The website COVIDTests.gov allows people to order four at-home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail. Now there's a phone number, too.

There's now a phone line to order your free at-home COVID tests

7:40pm January 21, 2022

by Benjamin Swasey

The phone number — 1-800-232-0233 — follows the launch earlier this week of a federal website to order the tests.

In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, a voter fills out paperwork before casting a ballot the first day of early voting for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta.

Texas man faces federal charges for allegedly threatening Georgia election officials

5:55pm January 21, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

He allegedly wrote a graphic Craigslist post about killing three officials and harming law enforcement families. The case is the first brought by the Justice Department's election threats task force.

Florida's DeSantis proposes a voting map that cuts 2 majority Black voting districts

5:26pm January 21, 2022

by Valerie Crowder

Governor Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., has weighed into the redistricting fight in Florida by proposing his own controversial congressional redistricting maps that dilute minority voting power.

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People attend the March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The march, in its 49th year, comes as a Supreme Court decision on abortion rights could unravel Roe v. Wade.

Thousands gather for the March for Life protest, as Supreme Court weighs Roe v. Wade

4:47pm January 21, 2022

The annual march in Washington, D.C., occurs around the anniversary of the Roe decision. This year, as the Supreme Court considers overturning some of its protections, protesters say they feel hope.

President Biden speaks in October about the coronavirus pandemic and encouraged states and businesses to support vaccine mandates.

Federal court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers

4:47pm January 21, 2022

by Alana Wise

A federal judge in Texas has blocked President Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers nationwide. The requirement had been in place since November.

The 'Great Resignation' is giving workers more power, Labor Secretary Walsh says

4:27pm January 21, 2022

NPR'S Ailsa Chang talks with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh about the underlying causes of the "Great Resignation" and what he learned this past year from conversations with Americans across the country.

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ICE Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, David Marin and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Fugitive Operations team make an arrest at a home in Paramount, Calif., on March 1, 2020.

Biden's limits on ICE offered hope. But immigrant advocates say he's broken promises

12:45pm January 21, 2022

by Joel Rose

The Biden administration promised big changes on immigration enforcement, including limits on whom ICE should arrest and deport. But so far, advocates say the reality is falling short of the rhetoric.

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Children draw on top of a canceled check prop during a rally in favor of the child tax credit in front of the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Families are in distress after the first month without the expanded child tax credit

10:45am January 21, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

January is the first month since July 2021 that more than 36 million families in the U.S. did not receive money from the expanded child tax credit program. For some, the consequences are already dire.

Racial and ethnic disparities resurface with omicron surge

10:17am January 21, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

State officials say the surge of the omicron COVID-19 variant has led to the re-emergence of racial and ethnic disparities.