Politics & Government

Putin's meeting with Kim Jong Un is about getting weapons and ammunition, experts say

5:12pm September 11, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee, the former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press, and Georgetown University's Angela Stent, about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin.

Biden ends Hanoi trip by making trade agreement with Vietnam

4:47pm September 11, 2023

by Jackie Northam

President Biden visits Vietnam as part of an effort to improve relations with the Asian nation. Trade between the two former enemies has soared in recent years.

President Biden is on his way home after a China-focused trip to Asia

4:47pm September 11, 2023

by Asma Khalid

President Biden is on his way back from Vietnam and India after a quick trip aimed at drawing closer to neighbors of China.

Queue Listen Now

In this image from U.S. Capitol Police video Joshua Abate, circled in green, Micah Coomer, circled in red, and Dodge Dale Hellonen, circled in blue, appear inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

Active-duty Marine gets probation and community service for storming Capitol with 2 unit members

1:02pm September 11, 2023

by Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

One of three active-duty Marines who stormed the U.S. Capitol together was sentenced on Monday to probation and 279 hours of community service — one hour for every Marine who was killed or wounded fighting in the Civil War.

Morning news brief

5:57am September 11, 2023

The death toll from the earthquake in Morocco surpasses 2,100 people. The FDA is poised to green light a new set of COVID boosters. President Biden is wrapping up his Asia trip with a stop in Vietnam.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

President Biden is wrapping up his Asia trip with a stop in Vietnam

5:10am September 11, 2023

President Biden has spent the last several days in Asia. He was at the G20 Summit in India, and is now wrapping up his trip to Vietnam.

President Biden speaks to the media after a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi on Sunday.

Biden denies improved ties with China's adversaries is meant to contain Beijing

11:28am September 10, 2023

by Washington Desk

The remarks came after the U.S. elevated relations with Vietnam to the level of a comprehensive strategic partner, the highest level of international partnership.

Politics & Government

How patient confidentiality works when politicians' doctors are asked to testify

8:02am September 10, 2023

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seemed to get a clean bill of health from the Capitol physician last week. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe ask Dr. Jacob Appel about whether such reports are trustworthy.

Politics & Government

Various legal strategies are being used by the 19 defendants in the Georgia case

8:02am September 10, 2023

19 defendants in Georgia in a major racketeering case are presenting challenges with a variety of legal strategies and court filings, as Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her office are discovering.

Politics & Government

Politics chat: Biden tries to counter China's influence in Asia

8:02am September 10, 2023

We look at President Biden's trip to India for the G-20 meeting, and then to Vietnam, where he has an opportunity to strengthen security and trade ties, trying to counter China's influence there.