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The midterm elections will show if Trump is still a 'kingmaker'

1:32pm April 14, 2022

by Terry Gross

NYT's Shane Goldmacher says Trump doles out endorsements to Republican candidates to elevate allies, punish enemies and make the 'Big Lie', that the 2020 election was stolen, into a party litmus test.

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This week Vice President Harris announced new actions the Biden administration is taking to help people in the United States struggling with medical debt.

What the White House's actions on medical debt could mean for consumers

12:01pm April 14, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Biden administration announced new measures to ease the financial burden of high medical bills. Here's how the measures can help and what's still missing to protect patients.

Foreign policy expert Emma Ashford says sanctions are effective for inflicting economic pain on a country, but leadership are often good at insulating themselves from the impact.

Where do sanctions on Russia go from here? A foreign policy expert weighs in

9:26am April 14, 2022

Despite heavy sanctions, Russia has not slowed down its invasion of Ukraine. Some are left wondering just how much sanctions can achieve.

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New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican, concedes the race to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Nov. 12, 2021 — 10 days after Election Day.

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After 2020, a candidate conceding an election is no longer a sure thing

5:00am April 14, 2022

by Miles Parks

Before former President Donald Trump's baseless assault on the U.S. voting system, candidate concessions were taken for granted. No more.

Caucusgoers are seen here in Carpenter, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 2020. If the Democratic National Convention revamps the presidential nominating process, Iowa could lose its "first in the nation" status.

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Iowa and New Hampshire are not guaranteed to be first contests for Democrats in 2024

10:14pm April 13, 2022

by Juana Summers

The Democratic National Committee approved a resolution that will likely upend the party's traditional presidential primary calendar.

Gov. Abbott's order for truck inspections is all an unnecessary PR stunt, critics say

5:29pm April 13, 2022

Commercial trucks have been spending hours or days waiting to enter Texas from Mexico. Gov. Abbott ordered inspections of all trucks, saying it's needed to combat drug smuggling and human trafficking.

An Ukrainian man stands among the ruins at a residential area damaged by shelling in Lysychansk, Ukraine, on Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 13)

4:57pm April 13, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

An elections board in a North Carolina county has removed former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows from its list of registered voters after documents showed he lived in Virginia and voted in the 2021 election in that state.

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After voting in Virginia, Mark Meadows is removed as a North Carolina registered voter

4:08pm April 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The former White House chief of staff faces a probe over an allegation that he never resided at the address he put on his voter registration ahead of the 2020 election.

A view of The Crossing apartment building in Washington, D.C.'s Navy Yard neighborhood on April 8. The building, which was raided by the FBI on April 6, is the home of two men accused of posing as federal law enforcement employees and ingratiating themsel

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Two men accused of impersonating federal officers will be released to await trial

11:52am April 13, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

Both are ordered to stay with their fathers in Virginia. Prosecutors have suggested they posed a national security threat and may have compromised Secret Service agents.

Republican candidates like Tom Barrett are putting inflation, including high gas prices, at the center of their midterm messages. Barrett is challenging Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in Michigan's 7th Congressional District.

Inflation adds to voters' frustrations in a key congressional district

11:49am April 13, 2022

by Asma Khalid

President Biden's popularity has crumbled since he first took office. A trip to Michigan's 7th Congressional District — one of the most competitive in the country — is a window into why.

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