Politics & Government

Nicaragua's government clamps down on this year's Miss Universe pageant winner

9:59pm December 18, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Nicaragua's authoritarian government has a new target for possible exile — the winner of the Miss Universe pageant — after learning she had participated in protests as a college student in 2018.

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The removal of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., is on hold after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order.

A judge halted the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

8:18pm December 18, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

A group filed suit saying that the removal of the memorial was disturbing surrounding graves. A federal judge ordered workers to stop and scheduled a hearing for Wednesday.

A look back at Putin's year

4:43pm December 18, 2023

by Charles Maynes

2023 began on a tough note for Russian President Putin, with his war in Ukraine stagnating and criticism from the head of the Wagner group. Now, that man is dead and Ukraine may be running out of aid.

A photo of Summerfield town Council at a special meeting on Saturday, Dec. 16.

Town of Summerfield still faces lingering threat of de-annexation over controversial development

4:34pm December 18, 2023

by DJ Simmons

Summerfield officials held a special meeting Saturday to discuss the latest with a proposed development that sparked the general assembly's threat of de-annexation of town land.

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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen on border security and aid to Israel and Ukraine

6:54am December 18, 2023

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin asks Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland about the negotiations by Democrats and Republicans over border security and aid for Israel and Ukraine.

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President Biden reacts after hearing a loud bang as he leaves his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., on Sunday.

Car plows into parked SUV in Biden's motorcade outside Delaware campaign headquarters

9:10pm December 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

A car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Biden's motorcade. The president and first lady were not harmed.

Florida Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit on Nov. 4 in Kissimmee, Fla. The Republican Party of Florida suspended Ziegler and demanded his resignation during an emergency meeting on Sunday.

Florida GOP suspends chairman and demands his resignation amid rape investigation

6:14pm December 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

Ziegler is accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had a prior consensual sexual relationship, according to police records.

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Iowa caucuses roundtable

5:40pm December 17, 2023

With less than a month to the Iowa caucuses, NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters and pollster J. Ann Selzer about the state of the Republican presidential nominating contest.

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Politics chat: Negotiating aid to Ukraine and Israel; Trump campaigns in New Hampshire

7:53am December 17, 2023

A bipartisan group of senators negotiates on a framework for military aid to Ukraine and Israel coupled with funding for border security, and former president Donald Trump campaigns in New Hampshire.

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Trump's trials update

5:29pm December 16, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity.