Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Pro-Palestinian rallies spread across college campuses. Is it an issue for Biden?

7:21am April 25, 2024

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Margie Omero of the Democratic polling firm GBAO about whether Gaza solidarity protests on U.S. college campuses pose a political problem for President Biden.

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Supreme Court to hear historic arguments on Trump's immunity claim

7:21am April 25, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys claim he has immunity from criminal charges over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump is making a broad argument for immunity.

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Morning news brief

5:18am April 25, 2024

Grand jury in Arizona indicts 18 allies of ex-President Trump. Supreme Court to hear Trump's claim he's immune from criminal prosecution. Secretary of State Blinken meets with top Chinese officials.

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Arizona becomes the 4th state to charge Trump allies in a fake elector scheme

5:18am April 25, 2024

by Wayne Schutsky

An Arizona grand jury has indicted 11 Republicans who submitted documentation falsely claiming former President Donald Trump, not President Biden, won the state's popular vote in 2020.

Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks during a forum on Nov. 14, 2022. Meadows has been indicted in Arizona for his alleged efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power.

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Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

10:32pm April 24, 2024

by Wayne Schutsky

A grand jury in Arizona has indicted a slew of Trump allies for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. Arizona is now the fourth state where "fake electors" face charges.

The Biden administration is establishing new standards for how much time each day a nursing home resident gets direct care from a nurse or an aide.

Most nursing homes don't have enough staff to meet the federal government's new rules

7:22pm April 24, 2024

by Jordan Rau

The new rules mean 4 out of 5 nursing homes will need more aides and nurses. Unions hailed the change, but advocates say it's not enough care, while nursing home owners say it's an "impossible task."

Jim Hoft, owner of the Gateway Pundit, at the White House in 2019. The website has been hit with defamation lawsuits related to 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories it is accused of spreading.

Gateway Pundit files for bankruptcy after election conspiracy defamation lawsuits

7:04pm April 24, 2024

by Huo Jingnan

The influential website faced multiple defamation suits over conspiracy theories about 2020 election fraud that it's accused of promoting.

Manuel Vazquez, owner of Coya's artisan ice cream, poses for a photo as he carries a tray of ice pops in the kitchen of his shop in Fort Myers, Florida, U.S., February 26, 2024.

In Florida, an exodus of people fleeing rising anti-immigrant sentiment

6:00pm April 24, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

Nearly a year ago, Florida passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the country. It's caused an exodus in some communities. Those who stayed behind say it's made life terrifying.

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Biden gives TikTok a year to find a buyer or be banned

5:03pm April 24, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

President Biden signed a law Wednesday that gives TikTok a year to find a buyer, or be banned nationwide. TikTok says it's planning to take the Biden administration to court to stop it.

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What to watch for at the Supreme Court presidential immunity arguments

5:03pm April 24, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with University of Texas Law professor Lee Kovarsky ahead of the Supreme Court looking at the federal election interference case against former president Donald Trump.

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