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Politics & Government

News brief: Missile strike in Poland, explosions in Ukraine's capital, Trump 2024

6:47am November 16, 2022

NATO held an emergency meeting after a missile explosion in Poland. Russian missiles strikes hit Ukraine's capital Kyiv. And, former President Donald Trump announces he's running again in 2024.

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Donald Trump is officially running for president in 2024

5:01am November 16, 2022

Donald Trump, who tried to overthrow the 2020 presidential election results and inspired a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, announced Tuesday night that he has launched a 2024 presidential bid.

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Trump's White House bid comes as the GOP shapes its future after frustrating midterms

5:01am November 16, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Republican strategist Alice Stewart about Donald Trump's latest presidential run, and the future of the GOP.

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Is offshore wind the answer to a greener future in the U.S.?

5:01am November 16, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with engineer Amy Robertson of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory about the Biden administration's push to drastically increase U.S. offshore wind production.

Trump announces 2024 presidential run

1:24am November 16, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Former President Trump announced his new White House campaign Tuesday night at his Mar-a-Lago club and home in Palm Beach, Fla.

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Former President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. Trump announced he is once again running for president after being ousted in 2020 by President Joe Biden.

What lawmakers are saying about Trump's run for the presidency

11:18pm November 15, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Former President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election Tuesday night. Reaction from his fellow Republicans was mixed.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., talks to reporters, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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McCarthy nominated speaker in internal GOP vote but he faces conservative resistance

11:01pm November 15, 2022

House Republicans have nominated Kevin McCarthy to serve as Speaker of the House in the next Congress. It's the first step on McCarthy's path to presiding over the House chamber.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Donald Trump, who tried to overturn Biden's legitimate election, launches 2024 bid

10:39pm November 15, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Donald Trump is officially running again, trying to avenge his loss to Joe Biden, even as Trump still refuses to admit he lost. Trump's push to overturn the 2020 outcome helped spark an insurrection.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney instructs potential jurors during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury on, May 2, 2022, in Atlanta. McBurney overturned Georgia's ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, that it violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it was enacted and was therefore void.

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Judge overturns Georgia's ban on abortion around 6 weeks

6:27pm November 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

Judge Robert McBurney overturned Georgia's ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling that it violated precedent when it was enacted three years ago and was therefore void.

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Democrats win the Senate and Republicans close in on winning the House

6:21pm November 15, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Democrats have won the Senate, and Republicans continue to close in on winning the House. This raises questions about just what's next in Washington.

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