Politics & Government

Protestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police

4:56pm April 30, 2024

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, who is reporting from the University of Texas at Austin, where over 100 pro-Palestinian activists have been arrested.

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Restaurant prices rose 4.2% over the last year. But Americans continue to dine out regularly.

Wages, employment, inflation are up, causing headaches for the Fed

4:27pm April 30, 2024

by Scott Horsley

The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week — and possibly for months to come — as policymakers try to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. economy.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson are seen here attending a congressional tribute in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol for retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett Jr. on April 29.

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House Democratic leaders say they would help save Speaker Johnson's job

11:59am April 30, 2024

by Barbara Sprunt

Democrats have been telegraphing for weeks their willingness to help Mike Johnson — a Republican — keep his job as speaker if members of his own party trigger a vote to oust him.

How do you counter misinformation? Critical thinking is step one

6:30am April 30, 2024

by Greg Rosalsky

An economic perspective on misinformation

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The 2nd week of testimony is about to begin in Trump's N.Y. hush money trial

5:16am April 30, 2024

Prosecutors say former President Donald Trump conspired to alter the outcome of the 2016 election by paying hush money to bury negative stories, and then covered it up by falsifying business records.

A Palestinian man walks on building rubble in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 22.

A U.S. diplomat tells NPR why she resigned in protest over the policy in Gaza

5:01am April 30, 2024

As protests against the U.S. policy in Gaza unfold on college campuses across the country, the State Department is facing its own protests too.

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Voters take to the polls in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, during the 2022 Midterm Elections at Ladue City Hall in Ladue, Mo.

Abortion rights on the ballot may not be bad news for Republicans everywhere

5:01am April 30, 2024

by Jason Rosenbaum

More states than ever are gearing up to vote on abortion rights this fall, including Republican-led Missouri. There, voters could show the issue isn't a down-ballot Democratic dream everywhere.

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Scotland's first minister resigns

6:59pm April 29, 2024

by Willem Marx

Scotland's first minister Humza Yousef has stepped down after a series of political missteps, dealing the latest blow to his party's independence ambitions.

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The latest on the high-stakes negotiations happening in the Middle East

6:41pm April 29, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

The latest developments on the protracted truce talks between Israel and Hamas, with all eyes in Israel on the status of hostages held in Gaza.

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Cases about transgender people and their rights have been working their way through the court system for years. Here, people demonstrate in favor of trans rights in front of the Supreme Court in 2019.

Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance, says an appeals court

6:41pm April 29, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled in favor of transgender patients on Monday. The case was brought by Medicaid recipients in West Virginia and state employees in North Carolina.

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