Politics

Kavanaugh Set To Begin His Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee

4:30pm September 03, 2018

As confirmation hearings begin this week for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Republican strategist Ron Bonjean about President Trump's latest Supreme Court nominee.

Queue Listen Now

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks onstage at The Human Rights Campaign 2018 Los Angeles Gala Dinner at JW Marriott Los Angeles earlier this year. She's running this year for Senate, aiming to be just the second LGBTQ person elected to that body.

Politics & Government

Rise Of LGBTQ Candidates Could Usher In A 'Rainbow Wave' In 2018

3:11pm September 03, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

There were a record 430 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender candidates this year running for office at every level of government, almost entirely on the Democratic side.

McCain's Final Farewell

9:55am September 03, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

John McCain's burial at the U.S. Naval Academy on Sunday brought to a close several days of ceremonies honoring the late senator from Arizona.

Queue Listen Now

Solomon Wisenberg On His Time Working With Kavanaugh

7:30am September 03, 2018

David Greene talks to Solomon Wisenberg about his time working with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on the Whitewater and Lewinsky investigations.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Massachusetts Primary Highlights Democratic Differences

7:30am September 03, 2018

by Anthony Brooks

A Democratic primary in Massachusetts is laying bare fissures of age, gender and race within the party.

Queue Listen Now

News Brief: Kavanaugh Confirmation Preview, U.S. Pakistan Aid, Myanmar Journalists

7:30am September 03, 2018

We preview Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing this week. Also, the U.S. says it's cutting military aid to Pakistan and a Myanmar court has sentenced two Reuters journalists to years in prison.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

The Week Ahead In Washington

7:07am September 03, 2018

by Tamara Keith

We look at the busy agenda ahead for congressional lawmakers as they return from an August recess, which includes Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.

Queue Listen Now

Despite the political uncertainties, insurance companies have started to learn how to make a profit on the plans they offer through the Affordable Care Act.

Analysts Predict Health Care Marketplace Premiums Will Stabilize In 2019

5:06am September 03, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

In signs the health care market may be maturing, an analysis of insurance filings shows premiums will rise less than 4 percent on average and companies plan to market more policies in more places.

Queue Listen Now

Monica Lewinsky leaves her family's home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, May 26, 1998.

Excerpt: 'Monica' From Ken Starr's Forthcoming Memoir 'Contempt'

9:27am September 02, 2018

Ken Starr offers his first detailed public reflections of the independent counsel probe of President Clinton, 20 years later. Here you can read the first published excerpt — a chapter titled "Monica."

Politics & Government

Sunday Politics: McCain, NAFTA

7:43am September 02, 2018

by Mara Liasson

Washington political leaders are honoring John McCain this weekend as a man of conservative principle and bipartisan respect. Next week they return to battling over hot buttons like NAFTA.