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House lawmakers hold hearings into the baby formula shortage

5:11am May 26, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rep. Rosa DeLauro about a House panel hearing that questioned why it took the FDA four months to issue warnings about baby formula that didn't meet safety requirements.

Texas lawmakers have removed gun restrictions in recent years

5:11am May 26, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Travis Clardy, a Republican state lawmaker in Texas, about this week's school shooting in Uvalde, and the state's gun laws.

Social justice group examines how deeply the far-right has penetrated state politics

5:11am May 26, 2022

The results of a study released this month find that at least one in five Republican state legislators across the country are affiliated with far-right groups on Facebook.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Ct., speaks on a phone with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Wednesday morning, May 25, 2022 on Capitol Hill. Murphy, on the Senate floor on Tuesday demanded that lawmakers accomplish what they failed to do after 20 children and six educato

Sen. Murphy tries to get talks going on limited gun measures after Texas shooting

6:03pm May 25, 2022

by Kelsey Snell

Even as some lawmakers say it's "nuts" not to take action, any measure faces exceedingly slim odds of passing in the 50-50 Senate.

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2 House subcommittees are trying to get answers about the baby formula shortage

5:14pm May 25, 2022

by Sydney Lupkin

Two House subcommittees are holding hearings on the baby formula crisis. One will focus on the Food and Drug Administration and the formula makers. The other will look at the effects of the shortage.

A man walks past a damaged building after a strike in Kramatorsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, on Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 25)

4:55pm May 25, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

It's unclear whether the U.S. and Iran will return to the 2015 nuclear deal

4:49pm May 25, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

The Biden administration came to office promising to revive a nuclear deal with Iran, but for months officials have said time is running out. The top negotiator is briefing Congress on the stalemate.

Sen. Murphy says the chances for compromise on gun control are less than 50/50

4:39pm May 25, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who represents the community of Sandy Hook. He has been trying to pass gun control legislation since 2012's elementary school shooting there.

Biden signs police reform executive order on 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's death

4:39pm May 25, 2022

by Martin Kaste

President Biden has marked the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by signing an executive order. It will set up some of the police reforms that stalled in Congress.

Soon after the Uvalde shooting, conspiracy theories took off among the far right

4:18pm May 25, 2022

by Odette Yousef

Rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories were rampant on right-wing social media before verifiable information came out about the gunman who took at least 21 lives at a Texas elementary school.

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