Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Week in politics: Speaker nominee drops out; Biden asks Congress for military aid

8:32am October 21, 2023

Another Republican nominee for speaker of the House of Representatives dropped out. And President Biden tries to galvanize support for aid for two wars.

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Biden admin says getting Americans out of Gaza is a key focus, but timeline is unclear

7:22pm October 20, 2023

NPR's Asma Khalid talks with John Kirby, spokesman with the White House National Security Council, about what the U.S. can do now, as the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to unravel.

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Walt Nauta (left), an aide to former President Donald Trump, arrives with defense attorney Stanley Woodward for a July hearing in federal court in Fort Pierce, Fla.

Judge says Trump aide can keep his lawyer in Mar-a-Lago documents case

6:26pm October 20, 2023

by Greg Allen

Stanley Woodward represents aide Walt Nauta and once represented another Trump employee who is now cooperating with the government. Federal prosecutors had argued there was a conflict of interest.

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan has dropped his bid to become speaker of the House

6:04pm October 20, 2023

Republicans met behind closed doors and took a secret ballot to see if lawmakers wanted Jim Jordan to stay in the race for speaker of the House. They did not, and Jordan dropped out.

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Egypt's role as war continues in the Gaza Strip

5:29pm October 20, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

Egypt is a key player in any attempts to resolve the war between Israel and Hamas. Its leaders worry Israel is trying to force refugees into the Sinai.

Brazil's president faces increasing pressure to nominate a Black female justice

5:06pm October 20, 2023

by Julia Carneiro

Brazil has a substantial Black population and is a country where over half of the population is also female, but it has never had a Black female supreme court judge. Could all that be about to change?

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks to the media as he leaves a closed-door House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

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Jordan is no longer nominee for House speaker after a secret vote

3:32pm October 20, 2023

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, lost 25 Republican votes in his third failed bid to become speaker of the House. Jordan could not quell the opposition to his candidacy.

Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer who worked with then-President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, appears in a hearing related to the Georgia election interference case on Oct. 10 in Atlanta.

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Lawyer Chesebro, who authored fake-elector memos, pleads guilty in Georgia case

3:23pm October 20, 2023

by NPR's Washington Desk

Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer who authored memos detailing how Republicans could send false slates of presidential electors to Congress, has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case.

President Biden used an Oval Office address to make the case that funding for Israel and Ukraine is in the national interest.

The White House is asking for almost $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and the border

3:10pm October 20, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

Congress declined to give the White House $24 billion in aid for Ukraine in late September. Now there's a much bigger request, which also includes money for Israel and other priorities.

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Local organizations to host town hall in Winston-Salem on issues impacting democracy and education

12:01pm October 20, 2023

by Amy Diaz

Winston-Salem residents will have a chance to share their thoughts on important state issues at a town hall next Thursday.