Politics & Government

President Biden has set an ambitious goal of ending hunger in America by 2030

4:56pm September 27, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

For the first time in 50 years, the White House will host a conference on hunger. On the agenda: ideas like expanding school lunch programs and updating nutrition labels.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sees a path to bring down inflation

4:24pm September 27, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about the Biden Administration's plans to help the economy absorb supply shocks, which economists think will become more frequent.

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Jan. 6 panel postpones its latest hearing because of Hurricane Ian

4:02pm September 27, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The hearing, when rescheduled, could conclude its presentations of investigative findings before a final report due later this year.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are still working to pass legislation to fund federal agencies and avoid a potential government shutdown.

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A government funding bill is introduced as Congress races to avoid an Oct. 1 shutdown

3:06pm September 27, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The stopgap bill keeps federal agencies funded at current levels through mid-December. But a fight over reforming the permitting process for energy projects is bumping against a Friday deadline.

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, is seen on a screen during a House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol in June.

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In a big Jan. 6 case, Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy

2:55pm September 27, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

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The White House is proposing pilot programs for Medicare to cover medically tailored meals — like the ones in this file photo — as well as nutrition and obesity counselling.

Why the White House wants to put nutrition labels on the front of food packages

2:49pm September 27, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The Biden administration unveiled its plan to end hunger and diet-related diseases in eight years — 40 pages of ideas to make nutritious food easier to get in America.

In this 2020 file photo, an election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla. Florida is one of about half of U.S. states that have ballot curing provisions.

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Voting explainer: In many states, there's a process to fix an error with your ballot

10:10am September 27, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

Ballot rejections are often the result of relatively minor voter errors. That's why about half of states have a process in place to help voters fix their mail ballots if they do make a mistake.

The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Capitol Dome

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This congressional staff became the first in U.S. history to form a union

10:08am September 27, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

The Congressional Workers Union announced Monday that the office of Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., has won their union election — the first one to do so on the Hill.

Social media company Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The Facebook parent company says it has removed a Russian network pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a Chinese network targeting the U.S. midterm elections.

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Facebook takes down Russian network impersonating European news outlets

8:15am September 27, 2022

by Shannon Bond

Meta says it has disrupted a large Russian network of fake accounts pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a separate Chinese campaign targeting the U.S. midterm elections.

A grand jury in Georgia is expected to hear from ex-Trump official Meadows

7:27am September 27, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is set to testify Tuesday before a grand jury in Fulton County regarding efforts to try to overturn the state's 2020 election.

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