Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Undoing Trump Policies Will Take More Than Executive Orders By Biden

7:42am January 25, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Yale Professor of Law Cristina Rodriguez about President Biden's flurry of executive orders, and their limited ability to undo many Trump administration policies.

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Arizona Republicans Reprimand Prominent Members At Odds With Trump

6:45am January 25, 2021

by Matthew Casey

Over the weekend, Arizona Republicans voted to censure several prominent GOP members who have had differences with former President Trump — triggering a battle over the future of the state party.

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News Brief: Impeachment, COVID-19, NPR Probe: Black People Killed By Police

5:56am January 25, 2021

The House will deliver the Trump impeachment article to the Senate. New COVID-19 cases are down. NPR identifies the shooting deaths of 135 unarmed Black people by police over the past five years.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., seen here at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, said the upcoming impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump will be "fair" but "move at a relatively fast pace."

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House Poised To Transmit Article Of Impeachment Against Trump To Senate

5:00am January 25, 2021

by Barbara Sprunt

The trial itself will begin on Feb. 9, giving the Democratic House impeachment managers and Trump's defense team two weeks to file briefs and finalize their legal preparations.

Dallas Mayor On Vaccine Rollout Plans For Residents

5:35pm January 24, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson about the city's plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to residents, especially underserved and vulnerable communities.

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Sen. Mark Warner Makes Case For New Pandemic Relief Bill

4:52pm January 24, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mark Warner, a Democratic senator from Virginia, about President Biden's proposed coronavirus relief plan and efforts to get bipartisan support for it in Congress.

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President Biden is only the nation's second Catholic president, but his position on abortion rights is at odds with the church.

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Protests Erupt Across Russia Demanding Release Of Alexei Navalny

7:59am January 24, 2021

by Lucian Kim

Protestors marched in cities all over Russia in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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Undoing Trump Policies Will Take More Than Executive Orders By Biden

Arizona Republicans Reprimand Prominent Members At Odds With Trump

News Brief: Impeachment, COVID-19, NPR Probe: Black People Killed By Police

House Poised To Transmit Article Of Impeachment Against Trump To Senate

Dallas Mayor On Vaccine Rollout Plans For Residents

Sen. Mark Warner Makes Case For New Pandemic Relief Bill

Sen. Mitch McConnell's Post-Trump Posturing

Historian Discusses The Politics That Shape U.S. History In Schools

Biden Is Catholic. He Also Supports Abortion Rights. Here's What That Could Mean

Protests Erupt Across Russia Demanding Release Of Alexei Navalny