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Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department on Aug. 2, 2022, as Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on.

Politics & Government

As she leaves DOJ, associate AG recalls the cases that will 'stick with me forever'

5:23am January 31, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Vanita Gupta has been the first woman of color to serve as associate attorney general. It's a job with a huge portfolio that ranges from civil rights to immigration to abortion.

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A stoplight is seen in front of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The government has begun to inform workers of an impending shutdown that could see millions of federal employees and military personnel sent home or working without pay.

D.C. has a lot of federal workers. A government shutdown would have big impacts

7:00am September 30, 2023

by Margaret Barthel

The Washington, D.C., region is home to about 400,000 federal employees, plus members of the military and government contractors. In a government shutdown, they face no pay and lots of uncertainty.

Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Sept. 30, meaning many federal government services will halt until funding resumes.

Politics & Government

What closes and what keeps running in a federal government shutdown

11:01am September 29, 2023

A government shutdown is looming but not every federal office will close completely. Some critical services will continue as employees work without pay.

The largest portion of a new White House funding request is for $22.4 billion in COVID-19 funding, money that would go toward stockpiling vaccines and tests, as well as to research and development and the global vaccine response.

Politics & Government

White House asks for $47 billion for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox and disasters

12:34pm September 02, 2022

by Tamara Keith

The administration hopes the funding request will become part of an upcoming short-term spending bill aimed at funding the federal government beyond Sept. 30.

A chart showing that people of color are underrepresented as a whole at the top rank of the Census Bureau's career civil servants.

The federal agency that measures racial diversity is led mostly by white people

6:37am December 14, 2021

by Hansi Lo Wang

While the Census Bureau's set to have its first director who's Latinx, an NPR analysis finds people of color are underrepresented in the top rank of civil servants at the country's main data producer.

Health & Safety

NC Gets Approval To Extend Pandemic Food Assistance Program

4:00pm June 03, 2021

by Keri Brown

Health & Safety

Federally Supported Community Vaccination Center Coming To Greensboro

5:01pm February 26, 2021

by David Ford

The Biden administration is partnering with the state of North Carolina to host a major COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center (CVC) in Guilford County capable of administering roughly 21,000 doses

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Demonstrators march near the White House on Thursday, protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

No Names, No Insignias: Democrats Call For Anonymous Policing Of Protests To End

9:33pm June 04, 2020

by David Welna

Armed operatives clad in riot gear with no identification have shown up on the streets of Washington, D.C., during recent protests. Democratic lawmakers want their identities known.

Cliven Bundy listens to other speakers before giving the keynote address to the state convention of the Independent American Party of Nevada, in February 2018.

National

Cliven Bundy Armed Standoff Case Going Back To Court

6:13am May 29, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday will hear the government's appeal for a retrial in the case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.

William Perry Pendley's temporary appointment at the Burea of Land Management was recently extended for the fifth time since taking over the agency last summer.

National

Lawsuit Seeks Removal Of Trump Lands Appointees

4:10pm May 11, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

In a lawsuit filed Monday, conservationists allege the Trump administration's unprecedented use of non-confirmed directors at the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management violates law.