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Attendees cheer a speaker during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on Jan. 21 in Las Vegas.

Politics & Government

More Than Twice As Many Women Are Running For Congress In 2018 Compared To 2016

10:57am February 20, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Donald Trump is fueling many women's desire to run for office in 2018 — in the words of one analyst, he's "the gift that keeps on giving" to the resistance.

Karen McDougal, photographed in 2010, some four years after an alleged affair with Donald Trump.

Alleged Ex-Trump Paramour Says 'Catch And Kill' Practice Kept Her Quiet

11:23pm February 16, 2018

by Amy Held

Karen McDougal spoke to The New Yorker, in her first on-the-record remarks about an agreement she signed with the National Enquirer's parent company about the alleged 2006 affair.

Protesters marched in Washington, D.C., in September in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

National

2nd Federal Court Blocks Trump From Rescinding DACA

8:26pm February 13, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

A federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday that President Trump's decision to end protection of young immigrants from deportation was "arbitrary and capricious."

President Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, attracting the ninth-most number of viewers of such a speech since 1993.

Trump Claims His SOTU Had The Highest Ratings In History. It Didn't

11:18pm February 01, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Though the specific numbers he cites in his tweet are correct, Trump's audience on Tuesday night wasn't close to being the largest for a State of the Union.

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is the designated survivor for Tuesday's State of the Union address. He will be in a secure and undisclosed location.

Politics & Government

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Is 2018's 'Designated Survivor'

10:30pm January 30, 2018

by Miles Parks

Following the long-standing practice, the former Georgia governor will be in a secure and undisclosed location for Tuesday night's State of the Union.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told the Senate environment committee that he does not remember comments he made in 2016 about then-candidate Donald Trump.

EPA Chief Worried Trump Would Be 'Abusive To The Constitution'

5:12pm January 30, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

In comments to a Tulsa radio host in February 2016, then-Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said he feared President Trump would use executive orders unconstitutionally if he were elected.

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President Trump meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Trump Offers Apology For Retweeting Anti-Muslim Videos From British Far-Right Party

9:26am January 26, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

In an interview with Piers Morgan of Good Morning Britain, the president said he was unaware of who Britain First was when he shared three videos posted by the far-right party.

Hector Cantu, the comic strip author of Baldo, introduced the topic of immigration and the status of DREAMers in a strip. "You know, I'm always asking myself, if Baldo was real and his friends were real, what would they be facing right now?" he said.

National

For Comic Strip Authors In The Trump Era, 'No Art Should Live In A Vacuum'

6:29pm January 21, 2018

by Michel Martin

Politics is seeping into everything these days, even the funny pages. Syndicated cartoonists Francesco Marciuliano and Hector Cantu talk to NPR's Michel Martin about today's art imitating life.

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As Trump Enters Year Two In Office, Mueller Looking At Money Laundering

6:14pm January 17, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Russian influence in U.S. elections. While his probe's details are unknown, one focus may be links between President Trump and Russian money launderers.

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Victoria Falls sits on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Photos of beautiful scenes from Africa and Haiti have been flooding the Internet in response to President Trump's reported slur.

Are Photos Of 'Beautiful' Africa The Best Response To Trump's Vulgar Slur?

3:21pm January 17, 2018

by Joanne Lu

The online backlash to the president's alleged insult was a wave of photos highlighting the positive side of places he mentioned. Now there is a backlash to the backlash.