Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Migrants crossing the border illegally has slowed, but there are still issues

7:29am June 05, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas, who represents the 16th Congressional District in El Paso, about U.S.- Mexico border concerns and immigration reform.

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Morning news brief

6:12am June 05, 2023

A signaling error appears to have caused a train crash in India. Hundreds of journalists at Gannett newspapers set to strike. The far right has torn apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud.

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3 more GOP presidential candidates are expected to enter the race this week

5:09am June 05, 2023

As former Vice President Mike Pence and other Republicans are set to launch presidential campaigns, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with conservative commentator Al Cardenas about the GOP field.

A closer look at the Mountain Valley Pipeline greenlit in debt ceiling deal

5:18pm June 04, 2023

by Dave Mistich

The debt ceiling deal passed by Congress fast tracks the long-stalled and controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline that stretches across West Virginia and into Virginia.

"Meet The Press" moderator Chuck Todd speaks on SiriusXM's Author Confidential on December 3, 2014 in Washington, DC.

Chuck Todd, host and moderator of NBC's 'Meet the Press', will step down

11:57am June 04, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Todd has hosted the show since 2014. NBC's chief White House correspondent, Kristen Welker, will become the show's new host.

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It's been a busy week in Iowa for Republican presidential hopefuls

9:39am June 04, 2023

What a busy week of campaign events in Iowa means for the field of candidates vying for the Republican presidential nomination.

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The Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, has for years operated as a bipartisan success story in election administration. But since early 2022, the far right has targeted ERIC, fracturing a partnership that had 32 member states at its height. Eight states where Republicans oversee voting have so far pulled out.

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How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud

8:26am June 04, 2023

by Miles Parks

A right-wing campaign has targeted a once-obscure voting partnership called ERIC. Eight Republican states have now pulled out, giving the election denial movement a big win — and a blueprint for 2024.

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Politics chat: The winners and losers in the debt ceiling negotiations

7:49am June 04, 2023

With the US debt ceiling raised and a government default narrowly avoided, we look at who the political victors were in this fight.

What to expect in Biden's Oval Office address about the debt ceiling deal

1:05pm June 03, 2023

President Biden delivers the first Oval Office address of his presidency. It comes a day after Congress passed a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling, narrowly avoiding the deadline.

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Dr. Caitlin Bernard (center left) sits next to her attorneys during a May 25 hearing before the Indiana Medical Licensing Board in downtown Indianapolis.

Doctors rally to defend abortion provider Caitlin Bernard after she was censured

9:48am June 03, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

Hundreds of Indiana doctors across specialties say a decision by the state's Medical Licensing Board to reprimand Dr. Caitlin Bernard sets a dangerous precedent about what doctors can and can't say.

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