Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Treasury Secretary Yellen is confident U.S. climate goals will move forward

7:42am November 03, 2021

NPR's Noel King speaks to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about the U.S. climate goals announced at the COP26 conference. She's been asking bankers and asset managers to act on climate change.

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Biden has to make good on pledges he made at the U.N. climate summit

6:41am November 03, 2021

The president is back from Scotland, where he urged other leaders to do more to curb climate change. He's returning to a fight among Democrats over legislation that includes his own climate measures.

News brief: Virginia election, vaccines for kids, Supreme Court gun case

6:40am November 03, 2021

The GOP wins the governor's mansion in Virginia. Kids ages 5-11 can now get shots to protect them from COVID-19. The Supreme Court hears the first major gun rights case in more than a decade.

Virginia's gubernatorial election pits Republican Glenn Youngkin (left) against former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat.

Republican Glenn Youngkin is leading in Virginia governor race. Here's the latest

11:34pm November 02, 2021

Tuesday's most-watched race is the governor election in Virginia because of what it bodes for 2022 national politics. Will Democrats hold on to control of the state or can Republicans pull out a win?

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Burlington mayor defeated and other results from Tuesday's municipal elections

11:15pm November 02, 2021

by Paul Garber

Most cities and towns across North Carolina held their elections Tuesday.

Democrat Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president, won in a landslide victory on Tuesday to become New York City's second Black mayor.

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Eric Adams elected as New York City's second Black mayor

11:14pm November 02, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Adams' job now is to lead the city out of the effects of the pandemic, historic job losses, skyrocketing housing prices, and a broke transportation system.

Michelle Wu speaks after voting in Boston on Tuesday.

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Michelle Wu is Boston's first female and first person of color elected mayor

11:03pm November 02, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Wu's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan. She defeated fellow Democratic City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, a self-described first-generation Arab-Polish American.

Competing lawn signs are placed outside of a polling place on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Minneapolis. Voters there are deciding whether to replace the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The election comes more than a year afte

Minneapolis voters reject a measure to replace the city's police department

10:56pm November 02, 2021

by Martin Kaste

The failed ballot measure proposed a new Department of Public Safety that would emphasize a public health approach to policing.

Bottles of medicine ride on a belt at the Express Scripts mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J., in 2018. Democratic lawmakers have reached a deal to lower prescription drug prices for seniors.

Democrats' deal on prescription drugs would lower costs for seniors

7:45pm November 02, 2021

by Alana Wise

Democrats agreed to a significant — but slimmed down — proposal to help lower prescription drug prices, bringing aboard notable holdouts on the measure, including Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

What Biden said about U.S. climate agenda as he wraps up at Glasgow summit

6:00pm November 02, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden is wrapping his time at the climate summit in Glasgow. Now he'll come back to face lawmakers in his own party who have balked at the scope of his proposals, including those on climate.

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