Politics & Government

Politics & Government

The politics of McCarthy's impeachment inquiry into Biden

5:22pm September 17, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he's directing the House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Scott Detrow speaks with NPR's Deirdre Walsh and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks outside the UAW Local 900 headquarters across the street from the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. The union announced the start of a strike at three factories just after midnight on Friday.

How Shawn Fain, an unlikely and outspoken president, led the UAW to strike

9:42am September 17, 2023

by Don Gonyea

The former union electrician was an underdog in recent UAW leadership elections, but with a tough love approach to auto companies in negotiations, he narrowly won. Now he's taking the union on strike.

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Texas Senate overturns Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment by the state House

8:24am September 17, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached by the state House in May, but yesterday the state Senate voted to acquit.

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Politics chat: Impeachment vote in Texas; House impeachment inquiry into Biden

7:54am September 17, 2023

Impeachment has been driving the political agenda everywhere from Austin to Washington, D.C.

Biden is meeting with leaders from Israel, Brazil, Ukraine and the "Stans" this week

5:00am September 17, 2023

President Biden will hold a series of talks with world leaders this week around UN meetings — including a first-ever summit with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

The National Museum of American History has some impeachment buttons from the Nixon years in their collection.

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Past impeachments, products of their times, often produced unintended consequences

4:58am September 17, 2023

by Ron Elving

Previous instances of presidential impeachment have each had contexts unique to their own political moments. These considerations have mattered as much as the alleged "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Ken Paxton listens to closing arguments Friday in his impeachment trial in the Texas Senate Chamber in Austin.

Texas Senate acquits state Attorney General Ken Paxton in impeachment trial

8:16pm September 16, 2023

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Paxton, who has been suspended, faced 16 articles of impeachment tied to allegations that he abused his office to protect a political donor. The Senate vote reinstates Paxton as attorney general.

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks outside his Capitol office on Tuesday.

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Republicans run a big risk with impeachment

1:10pm September 16, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

So far there's been no evidence that President Biden benefited financially from his son's business dealings. And as prior impeachments have shown, Republicans risk a backlash from perceived overreach.

Hillary Rodham Clinton on stage in Las Vegas

'Wait Wait' for September 16, 2023: With Not My Job guest Hillary Rodham Clinton

11:59am September 16, 2023

This week, we're joined by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who joins us to talk about the Clinton Global Initiative and Pete Davidson. She may be part of one CGI, but what does she know about CGI'd movies?

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Week in politics: Biden on the UAW strike; what's behind the impeachment inquiry

8:04am September 16, 2023

President Biden urged automakers to give more of their profits to workers as the UAW went on strike. Plus, why House Republicans announced an impeachment inquiry.

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