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President Biden announced his intention to nominate Bridget Brink as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. The career foreign service officer has served as ambassador to Slovakia since 2019.

Biden plans to nominate Bridget Brink as the next ambassador to Ukraine. Who is she?

2:22pm April 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Brink has served as the U.S. ambassador to Slovakia since 2019. She has more than two decades of experience in the Foreign Service, including stints in Georgia and Uzbekistan.

Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., speaks during a news conference about infrastructure outside the U.S. Capitol on May 12, 2021.

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Redistricting and Democrats' stalled agenda put this blue Arizona House seat in play

2:21pm April 25, 2022

A redrawn Phoenix-area district represented by Rep. Greg Stanton is ground zero for the kind of race Democrats need to win in order to keep control of the House.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken, pictured in Washington, D.C., on Friday, traveled to Ukraine and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday.

The U.S. promises to gradually reopen its embassy in Ukraine

11:41pm April 24, 2022

Signaling renewed support for Ukraine, the U.S. says it will slowly return diplomats back to the Ukrainian capital. It also promised new military aid for the besieged country.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 3, 2021.

Audio reveals Kevin McCarthy planned to urge Trump to resign after Capitol riot

6:53pm April 24, 2022

by Ayana Archie

In the recorded conversation, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he didn't believe Donald Trump would voluntarily step down.

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Political donations by cryptocurrency are on the rise

9:37am April 24, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Washington Post reporter Tory Newmyer about cryptocurrency advocates donating to candidates in the midterm elections.

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Politics Chat: More details about the insurrection emerge

7:41am April 24, 2022

Details about high-ranking Republicans and the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol continue to emerge.

Ukrainian refugees wait in a bus stop near the Mexico border in early April. The arrival of hundreds of Ukrainians at the border since the war began has added more pressure on the Biden administration to lift Title 42.

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What to know about Title 42, the Trump-era policy now central to the border debate

5:00am April 24, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

A decades-old public health order is back in the spotlight as it's set to expire next month — a move that is long-overdue for immigration advocates. Here are some Title 42 basics, and some history.

Then Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is seen at a news conference with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in 2018. A longtime senator known for working across party lines, Hatch died Saturday at age 88.

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Orrin Hatch, longtime Republican Utah senator, dies at 88

9:55pm April 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history, was known for working across party lines.

Mayoral contenders Pamela Moses (second left) and Lemichael Wilson attend a May Day Rally outside City Hall, May 1, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. Prosecutors will no longer pursue illegal voter registration charges against Moses, a district attorney said Friday

A woman charged with illegal voter registration won't be prosecuted in 2nd trial

12:31pm April 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

Pamela Moses was convicted of registering to vote illegally in Memphis, Tenn., in 2019 and was sentenced to six years in prison. She has said she was unaware that she was ineligible to vote.

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Week in Politics: Some Democrats question plans to lift immigration restrictions

11:28am April 23, 2022

Even Democrats from non-border states are beginning to question President Biden's plans to lift pandemic-era immigration restrictions. And year-old audio from a Republican leader makes waves.

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