Politics

Georgia's President wants the world to remember the countries near Ukraine during war

7:24pm April 28, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, about the role of women leaders in peace and security and her country's role in the world right now.

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Sage Steele, an ESPN veteran anchor, has filed suit against ESPN and Disney over claims of violating her right to free speech and breaching her employee contract.

Anchor Sage Steele is suing ESPN over free speech claims

6:35pm April 28, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Steele's lawyers accuse ESPN and Disney of violating her First Amendment rights and breaching her contract after she made comments on a podcast last September.

What an election in Slovenia could mean for Europe

5:05pm April 28, 2022

Slovenia voted last weekend to oust Janez Jansa as their Prime Minister. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Judy Dempsey of Carnegie Europe on how that election reflects on European politics.

Giuliani is still under investigation a year after the FBI raided his home and office

5:05pm April 28, 2022

by Ilya Marritz

It's been one year since the FBI raided Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan home and office. He has not been charged with any crimes, but investigators are looking at his activities in Ukraine.

California is considering safe injection centers to help alleviate overdose crisis

5:05pm April 28, 2022

by Lesley McClurg

California lawmakers are debating whether safe injection centers will help combat the overdose crisis. A new bill would establish facilities for drug use under the supervision of a health care worker.

Firefighters try to put out a fire following an explosion in Kyiv on Thursday, the same day of a visit by the head of the United Nations.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 28)

4:54pm April 28, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

One year after the FBI raid on Rudy Giuliani's home and office, he still under investigation. Agents are looking to see if there is evidence that Giuliani had lobbied illegally on behalf of parties in Ukraine. He has not been charged.

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Last year the FBI raided Giuliani's home. A year later he's still under investigation

3:40pm April 28, 2022

One year after the raid on Rudy Giuliani's home and office, we look at his career from prosecutor, to mayor, to Donald Trump's lawyer, to target of an investigation by the office he used to lead.

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Jerome Adams, who served as Trump's U.S. surgeon general, says he hopes that coming out of the pandemic, people can have a healthier respect for the scientific process.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams calls for masking 'compassion'

3:19pm April 28, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The U.S. needs to ensure everyone has an equitable chance to protect themselves, and if people don't have that opportunity, they need to be able to rely on others to be compassionate, he says.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

DHS Secretary Mayorkas faces a partisan divide over Title 42 in Capitol Hill hearings

12:50pm April 28, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, where he's facing another heated round of questioning on Title 42.

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A mourner attends the funeral of a family of three in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Friday.

Canada's House backs a motion recognizing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide

12:33pm April 28, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The non-binding declaration doesn't require the Canadian government to take any action — but the lawmaker who proposed it says she hopes it will have that effect.