Politics & Government

America Marks Beginning Of Withdrawal Of Troops From Afghanistan

8:00am May 01, 2021

by Tom Bowman

Under an agreement made by the Trump administration, today was supposed to be the deadline for the US to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. But the Biden administration is taking more time.

A worker passes a Dominion Voting Systems ballot scanner during Georgia's runoff Senate elections in January in Gwinnett County outside Atlanta. Former President Donald Trump and his allies spread falsehoods about the company's role in the 2020 election,

Newsmax Issues Retraction And Apology To Dominion Employee Over Election Stories

8:24pm April 30, 2021

by Bente Birkeland

Voting machine engineer Eric Coomer was falsely accused of rigging the election against former President Donald Trump by the conservative cable network. He faced death threats and has been in hiding.

Funeral pyres burn in a disused granite quarry repurposed to cremate the dead due to COVID-19 on Friday in Bengaluru, India. The U.S. is set to impose new travel restrictions against travelers from the country.

U.S. Will Impose New Ban On Travel From India As Coronavirus Rages

6:11pm April 30, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The travel ban is being imposed due to "extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating" in India, the White House says.

West Virginia Governor Discusses His $100 Offer To Young People Who Get Vaccinated

5:47pm April 30, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Republican Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia about his plan offering $100 savings bonds to people between the ages of 16 and 35 who get a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Forsyth County Considers Change In Jail's Health Care Provider

4:43pm April 30, 2021

by Keri Brown

Commuters watch a TV with images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Biden at a Seoul, South Korea, rail station in March.

White House Says It Is Open to Diplomacy With North Korea

3:48pm April 30, 2021

by Alana Wise

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the United States still hopes to see complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but that diplomatic talks could boost security in the region.

Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase speaks at a GOP event in King William County. Chase, one of seven Republicans running for governor, has criticized the party-run nominating convention process.

Politics & Government

For Virginia Republicans, Running Their Own Election Hasn't Gone Smoothly

2:41pm April 30, 2021

by Ben Paviour

For months, Republicans have cast doubt on the 2020 presidential election. Now GOP candidates for Virginia governor take issue with their own party-run nominating convention.

President Biden says America has "to deal with" the aftereffects of slavery and Jim Crow laws.

Politics & Government

Biden Responds To Sen. Tim Scott: 'I Don't Think The American People Are Racist'

2:05pm April 30, 2021

by Brian Naylor

In an interview with NBC, the president addressed a critique by the South Carolina senator by saying the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow continues to leave Black Americans "behind the eight ball."

An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla., on Oct. 26, 2020. The Florida Legislature on Thursday approved a bill that would alter how residents can vote by mail.

Florida Legislature OKs Bill That Limits Voting By Mail, Ballot Drop Boxes

9:59am April 30, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

It's the latest Republican-led effort to alter state voting rules following record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election. Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the measure into law.

Isabel Wilkerson speaks at TEDWomen 2017 — Bridges, November 1-3, 2017, Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo: Stacie McChesney / TED

Politics & Government

Isabel Wilkerson: How Did The Great Migration Change The Course Of Human History?

8:19am April 30, 2021

During the Great Migration, almost six million Black Americans moved across the U.S., changing the course of American history. Isabel Wilkerson shares what we can learn from these migration stories.

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