Politics & Government

Politics & Government

At Biden-Marcos meeting, China is expected to be at the top of the agenda

5:58am May 01, 2023

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says he aims to forge a stronger relationship with Washington, and China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea will be a major topic to discuss.

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Biden launches re-election

5:03pm April 30, 2023

This past week, President Joe Biden announced he is running for re-election, framing it as a battle for the soul of the country. But he also faces a number of challenges ahead of the election.

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Politics chat: Biden jokes about his age at White House Correspondents' Dinner

7:57am April 30, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

President Biden pokes fun at Republicans, and himself, during the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

A former teen farm worker on new bills that threaten to weaken child-labor laws

7:57am April 30, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former teen farm worker and immigrant rights advocate Maria Lopez Gonzalez about new bills that would weaken current child-labor laws.

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Week in politics: Developments in gerrymandering cases; McCarthy's debt ceiling win

7:58am April 29, 2023

We look at what North Carolina Supreme Court's reversal on a GOP voting map means for gerrymandering cases in other states, as well as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's win on the debt ceiling bill.

Biofire founder Kai Kloepfer says his goal in creating this 9mm smart gun is to "have an incremental positive impact on sort of the uniquely American challenge of gun deaths."

The first smart gun with facial and fingerprint recognition is now for sale

7:29am April 29, 2023

by Ryan Lucas

Smart guns have mainly been the stuff of movies. In the real world, technological and political challenges have meant the high-tech devices haven't become a reality. That may be about to change.

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The introduction of the women's peace petition, which began in 1923 in Wales.

A forgotten peace petition started after WWI has resurfaced and is inspiring hope

6:00am April 29, 2023

by Megan Lim

A women's petition for peace written after World War I was signed by nearly three-quarters of all the women in Wales. It was then forgotten for nearly a century.

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Noah Reich, left, and David Maldonado, the Los Angeles co-founders of Classroom of Compassion, put up a memorial Nov. 22, 2022, with photographs of the five victims of a weekend mass shooting at a nearby gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre

3:09am April 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

The new laws are aimed at quelling rising suicides and youth violence, preventing mass shootings and opening avenues for gun violence victims to sue the long-protected firearm industry.

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

President Biden commutes the sentences of 31 people convicted of drug crimes

1:11am April 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

The move came as the White House announced policy actions across 20 agencies meant to improve the criminal justice system, which disproportionately affects Black and other non-white communities.

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, stands in protest as demonstrators are arrested in the House gallery, Monday, April 24, 2023, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont.

Montana is the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

9:20pm April 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill on Friday, a piece of legislation that exiled transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr told fellow lawmakers would leave "blood" on their hands.