Politics & Government

Delta Variant Sparks Concerns About What's Next For U.S. Economic Recovery

7:44am July 27, 2021

NPR's Noel King talks to Heather Boushey, senior economic adviser to President Biden, about how the pandemic is impeding America's economic recovery, and how vaccinations will help.

News Brief: Jan. 6 Probe, Vaccine Mandates, Opioid Trial

6:37am July 27, 2021

A House select committee opens its probe into the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Vaccination mandates take shape across the U.S. A federal opioid trial in West Virginia goes to closing arguments.

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President Biden speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on July 21 after returning from a trip to Cincinnati.

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Pressure Is Building On Biden To Do More For Asylum-Seekers And Migrants

9:00pm July 26, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden, who spoke Monday to the nation's largest Latino civil rights group, is under pressure to make good on his promises to fix the immigration system.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that city workers will be required to be vaccinated or get tested weekly for COVID-19. De Blasio is seen here in Brooklyn on Sunday at a rally in support of Haiti.

New Vaccine Mandates Are Coming For Government Employees And Health Care Workers

7:14pm July 26, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

In quick succession, New York City, California and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced new, more stringent policies, and possible penalties, to push vaccination among their employees.

Supporters of former President Donald Trump flock to the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C. Officials who were speakers at that rally are under scrutiny over the riot at the U.S. Capitol later that day.

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A Lawsuit Against Jan. 6 Rally Speakers Forces DOJ To Consider Who's Legally Immune

7:05pm July 26, 2021

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department is considering whether the federal officials who spoke at a Trump rally ahead of the insurrection were acting within the scope of their jobs that day.

A protester holds an American flag on the lawn of the Michigan Capitol on April 30, 2020. Lawmakers in Shiawassee County are vowing to return $65,000 in bonuses they gave themselves using federal coronavirus relief funds.

A Group Of Michigan Lawmakers Used Coronavirus Relief Funds For $65,000 In Bonuses

6:10pm July 26, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

After public criticism and a determination from the county's top prosecutor that the payments to elected officials were illegal, the commissioners vowed to return their hazard payments.

Power Struggle In Tunisia Threatens The Country's Fragile Democracy

5:02pm July 26, 2021

by Ruth Sherlock

Tunisia's fragile democracy is put to the test as the president shuts down parliament — drawing praise from crowds in the streets but also accusations of an attempted coup.

Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed attends an NBC News panel discussion at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta in May of 2012. Reed is trying to make a political comeback by saying he's the mayoral candidate who can help lower Atlanta's rising crime rate.

Rise In Crime May Help Atlanta's Ex-Mayor's Campaign, Despite Cloud Of Corruption

11:56am July 26, 2021

by Emma Hurt

All over the country, a rise in crime is influencing messaging behind political runs. In Atlanta, Kasim Reed, a former two-term mayor, is running again saying that he can lower the city's crime rate.

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What Lessons Can Be Learned From The 9/11 Commission?

5:42am July 26, 2021

Michel Martin speaks with former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean about the roadblocks that he and other lawmakers faced in setting up the 9/11 Commission, which he chaired.

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Winston-Salem Councilwoman Wants Closed School Building For Community Center

11:02pm July 25, 2021

by Paul Garber

It's been six years since Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools closed the Hanes-Lowrance middle school building after it was found to be sitting on top of a plume of toxic waste.