Politics & Government

News brief: voting rights, high-filtration masks, U.S.-Russia talks

6:41am January 13, 2022

Democrats look for a way forward on voting rights. Health officials say wearing an effective mask is more important than ever. Russia and NATO go into the third and final round of talks on Ukraine.

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, sits in a car as he leaves Parliament after attending the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in London, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

U.K. ministers are closing ranks around Boris Johnson amid calls for his resignation

6:13am January 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of the prime minister's Downing Street office and residence in May 2020.

Abortion rights jump to a top priority for Democrats in a new poll

4:02am January 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The number of Democrats citing abortion rights as a top priority for the federal government to address jumped from less than 1% in 2021 to 13% in a new poll.

The Jan. 6 select committee has requested testimony from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

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The top House Republican won't comply with Jan. 6 panel request to voluntarily testify

9:42pm January 12, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

Among its questions, the committee is probing any conversations Kevin McCarthy had with former President Donald Trump on the day of the Capitol attack.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Senate Democrats are trying to advance voting rights legislation, which would require changing Senate rules to pass.

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Democrats plan a procedural maneuver to open Senate debate on voting rights bills

8:02pm January 12, 2022

by Caitlyn Kim

In a memo obtained by NPR, Senate Democrats say they've found a way to start debate on voting rights legislation. However, they still don't have a way forward for an actual floor vote.

Jan. 6 panel asks GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to voluntarily share information

6:07pm January 12, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack is asking House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to voluntarily provide information on conversations he had with former President Trump that day.

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What Trump told NPR about the Republican party before he hung up

5:43pm January 12, 2022

by Mara Liasson

Former President Trump cut his NPR interview off abruptly when pressed about his election lies. Trump revealed a clear rift some Republican senators who have confirmed the truth that Biden won.

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Military vehicles and tanks of Poland, Italy, Canada and United States roll during the NATO military exercises ''Namejs 2021'' at a training ground in Kadaga, Latvia, Sept. 13, 2021.

No breakthrough in Ukraine meeting, but NATO and Russia might talk more

5:31pm January 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Russia's delegation remained open to the prospect of future discussions after having its main positions rebuffed by NATO and the U.S.

Former President Donald Trump at a rally in Phoenix, Ariz., on July 24, 2021.

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Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short

5:21pm January 12, 2022

The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.

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Internal GOP conflicts about 2020 election surface as party fights new voting laws

5:10pm January 12, 2022

by Kelsey Snell

Republicans are accusing Democrats of a power grab as they try to pass federal voting legislation. The GOP is also still struggling with former President Trump's ongoing lies about the 2020 election.

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