Politics & Government

Politics & Government

After delays the House plans to hold separate votes on aid for Israel and others

7:19am April 16, 2024

NPR's Michel Martin talks with GOP strategist Brendan Buck about House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to hold separate votes on Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan aid.

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The porches of the 1890s Allison Buildings, shown above in 1910, were later enclosed to provide more space for patient beds.

Could the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)?

6:30am April 16, 2024

by Greg Rosalsky

Sixty years ago, America began closing mental hospitals. A growing chorus is blaming that for the crisis of mentally ill folks living on our streets.

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Morning news brief

5:03am April 16, 2024

Iran says its attack against Israel was a success. The House plans to hold separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine. Supreme Court hears challenge to law used to prosecute Jan. 6 defendants.

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House to consider foreign aid while Senate trial on Mayorkas is set to start

5:03am April 16, 2024

The House plans to hold separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine after delays. The Senate will begin impeachment proceedings for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Speaker Mike Johnson announced plans Monday evening to put forward four separate bills to address foreign aid funding, including to Israel and Ukraine.

The House plans to hold separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine after delays

10:01pm April 15, 2024

Aid for Israel became more urgent after the weekend's attack, House Speaker Mike Johnson said. After months of delays, he is also putting forward a bill that provide additional aid to Ukraine.

Why Brazil was able to hold their former president accountable in election case

7:04pm April 15, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Omar Encarnacion about former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro being banned from running for office for eight years due to efforts to overturn Brazil's 2022 election.

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Supreme Court temporarily revives Idaho law banning gender affirming care for minors

6:27pm April 15, 2024

The law makes it a felony for doctors to medically treat gender dysphoria in minors. It will now go into effect except in the case of two anonymous plaintiffs who may continue to receive treatment.

Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Alabama's congressional districts, poses for a portrait on Government Street in Mobile, Ala., on April 1.

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In new congressional district, Black voters weigh what representation really means

5:16pm April 15, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

Alabama could soon have a U.S. House delegation that more closely matches its diversity after a redistricting lawsuit. For Black voters, the change has greater significance than who holds the seat.

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Former President Donald Trump appears with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection Monday at Manhattan criminal court. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial.

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Trump's criminal trial, a first for a former president, has begun in New York

5:07pm April 15, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Jury selection is underway for Donald Trump's hush-money trial — the first time in U.S. history a former president is being tried on criminal charges. A decision could come by summer.

One year after civil war erupted in Sudan, millions of people are in dire need of aid

4:49pm April 15, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

A year of war has had a devastating impact on Sudan. The country is suffering the worlds largest displacement crisis and in the grips of a humanitarian disaster, with no sign of a resolution in sight.

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