Politics & Government

Politics & Government

House Republicans will hold first impeachment hearing into President Biden next week

7:28am September 20, 2023

The House Oversight Committee is preparing to convene its first hearing on an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. There are some big differences between this inquiry and past impeachment cases.

Queue Listen Now

The Consumer Product Safety Commission's new album features some of its iconic mascots on the cover and seven safety-focused tracks.

A federal agency wants to give safety tips to young adults. So it's dropping an album

5:59am September 20, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The Consumer Product Safety Commission's album addresses the most common hazards among those 13-24, through a variety of genres. It's called We're Safety Now Haven't We, and you'll want to hear it.

Queue Listen Now

In this file image, then-President Donald Trump and then-former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speak during the first presidential debate on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Tired of the Republican primary, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump shifts focus to Biden

5:06am September 20, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

Former President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on President Biden in another sign his campaign is looking past the Republican primaries — and focusing more on the general election ahead.

Morning news brief

5:06am September 20, 2023

Attorney General Merrick Garland will appear before the House Judiciary Committee. The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady. The UAW strike may affect new and used car prices.

U.S. senators participate in a photo session at the U.S. Capitol on Seersucker Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. Senators wear seersucker clothing on Seersucker Thursday, an annual tradition that was initiated by former Senate Majority Leader Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) in 1996, to mark the National Seersucker Day.

Politics & Government

Breaking with tradition, U.S. senators may now wear pretty much whatever suits them

8:35pm September 19, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to men's fashion editor Derek Guy about Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer directing the chamber's sergeant-at-arms to no longer enforce the dress code of the Senate.

Queue Listen Now

Anti-affirmative action group sues West Point over considering race in admissions

4:50pm September 19, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Students for Fair Admission, the conservative group that won a Supreme Court ban on affirmative action programs, is suing West Point to eliminate all racial considerations in the academy's admissions.

Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in as another election cycle kicks off

4:50pm September 19, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Philadelphia pastor Carl Day about how he's feeling ahead of the 2024 presidential race and if he has any takeaways from the 2020 election.

The U.S.-Iran prisoner swap 'was the right deal to make,' deputy special envoy says

4:38pm September 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abram Paley, deputy special envoy for Iran, on the prisoner swap that allowed five Americans who'd been detained in Iran for years, to return to the U.S.

A photo of Summerfield Town Council at an emergency meeting on Sept. 18.

Summerfield Town Council approves resolution to reconsider major development

4:26pm September 19, 2023

by DJ Simmons

Summerfield town council approved reconsidering a development in hopes of slowing legislation that could turn over more than 900 acres of land to Guilford County.

Italy has no clear plan for 10,000 North African migrants who landed on resort island

4:12pm September 19, 2023

by Ruth Sherlock

Thousands of migrants from North Africa have landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Italy has no clear plan for what happens next to them.