Politics & Government

A look at the Democratic Republic of Congo's chaotic presidential vote

5:32pm December 21, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Polls have closed in the Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday. Widespread logistical problems and violence forced the country to extend presidential vote by a second day.

118th Congress to be the most unproductive in decades

5:23pm December 21, 2023

The House has voted 749 times this year, but passed just 27 bills that have become law. That makes this Congress the least productive in decades.

What the war in Gaza means politically for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

5:05pm December 21, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mairav Zonszein, the Senior Israel Analyst for the International Crisis Group, about what the war in Gaza means politically for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Oval Heating and A/C workers install a more efficient condensing gas boiler in a Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania home. New Department of Energy efficiency standards can only be met with these boilers or furnaces, which save customers about 15% on their gas utility bill.

Land of the free, home of the inefficient: appliance standards as culture war target

2:09pm December 21, 2023

by Jeff Brady

To meet climate goals, energy efficiency for dozens of appliances is getting renewed attention from the Biden administration.

New EU agreement would make it easier for countries to remove failed asylum-seekers

1:00pm December 21, 2023

by Rob Schmitz

The European Union agreed on a plan that will change how its 27 member countries process and relocate migrants.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday in Durham, N.H. He is at the center of a few key questions that the Supreme Court could take on during the 2024 presidential election.

Politics & Government

How the Supreme Court could play a pivotal role in the next election

10:03am December 21, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The high court already has agreed to consider two cases that relate to GOP front-runner Donald Trump, and a third may be on the way after a Colorado ruling that could take him off the primary ballot.

Former President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump at a campaign event in Iowa on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

What's next after Colorado? Here's where other challenges to Trump's candidacy stand

10:01am December 21, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

Lawsuits in more than a dozen states are looking to follow a Colorado court's lead in declaring former President Donald Trump ineligible for election in 2024 due to his role in the Jan. 6 attack.

A photo of Mayor Nancy Vaughan at a Greensboro City Council meeting.

Greensboro City Council approves an annexation rezoning of property despite neighbor concerns

5:10am December 21, 2023

by DJ Simmons

Greensboro City Council voted 8-1 to approve the annexation and rezoning of a property on Hickory Tree Lane while some neighbors voiced concern it could lead to a group home.

Politics & Government

A month out from the Iowa caucuses, a look at the state of the GOP presidential race

5:09am December 21, 2023

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican strategist Ryan Williams about the current state of the GOP presidential race and Nikki Haley's recent gains.

The U.S. freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of fugitive defense contractor Leonard Francis known as "Fat Leonard." Francis is at the center of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.

Who is 'Fat Leonard' and how did he end up as part of the Venezuelan prisoner swap?

9:45pm December 20, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

The infamous Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis is being extradited to the U.S. Here's everything you need to know about the bribery scandal that brought down dozens of Navy officials.