Politics

McConnell says the Senate will pass the largest Ukraine aid package yet on Wednesday

1:20pm May 15, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The GOP leader spoke from Stockholm following a trip to Kyiv. He backed Sweden and Finland joining NATO and pushed back on more isolationist voices in his party.

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Politics chat: Biden addresses racism; GOP visits Ukraine; Penn. primary this week

8:36am May 15, 2022

by Tamara Keith

Lawmakers react to yesterday's mass shooting in Buffalo; a delegation of GOP senators makes a surprise trip to Ukraine; and Pennsylvania holds its primary this week.

Protesters hold up signs during an abortion rights demonstration Saturday in New York City.

Reproductive rights supporters rally across the country

5:40pm May 14, 2022

Thousands of reproductive rights supporters are gathering Saturday at rallies across the country in protest of the Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

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'Bans Off Our Bodies' protesters discuss personal experiences with abortion

5:04pm May 14, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with two women participating in the Bans Off Our Bodies rallies today: Abigail Sweinhart and Heidi Gordon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) shakes hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

McConnell heads to Kyiv and becomes the latest U.S. official to meet with Zelenskyy

2:26pm May 14, 2022

by Greg Myre

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the visit a signal of bipartisan support from the U.S. Congress. The meeting took place as Ukraine said it had forced Russian troops away from Kharkiv.

Protesters take part in the Women's March and Rally for Abortion Justice in Washington, D.C., last October.

As the future of Roe v. Wade hangs in limbo, what questions do you have for experts?

12:00pm May 14, 2022

by Brianna Scott

A leaked draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. NPR wants to know what questions you may have for experts about abortion access and reproductive rights.

A man holds a cross during an anti-abortion rally on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 24, 2011.

Roe draft is a reminder that religion's role in politics is older than the republic

8:39am May 14, 2022

by Ron Elving

The question arises: Since when did so much of our politics have to do with religion? And the answer is, since the beginning — and even before.

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Week in politics: The abortion debate could have a heavy sway on midterms

8:37am May 14, 2022

by Juana Summers

We look at how the fight over abortion access might turn out voters in the midterms. Also, how will the White House tackle the nation-wide shortage of baby formula?

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Texas Gov. Abbott's migration crackdown hasn't exactly gone as he planned

6:48pm May 13, 2022

by Joel Rose

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has been testing the limits of how much his state can do to curb unauthorized migration. But Abbott's sweeping crackdown hasn't always gone as planned.

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Elon Musk says he wants to see more details about the number of fake accounts on Twitter before his deal to buy the social media platform goes through. He's seen here last week, arriving for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Elon Musk says he's put the blockbuster Twitter deal on pause over fake accounts

6:34pm May 13, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he needs to make sure the fake accounts "do indeed represent less than 5%" of Twitter's users, as the company has estimated.

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