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Week in politics: Biden is feeling the pressure to end the war in Ukraine

9:26am March 12, 2022

by Ron Elving

We look at the Biden administration response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the potential economic and political fallout of the U.S. cutting off Russian energy imports.

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House Democrats know midterms will be a tough race

8:54am March 12, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

House Democrats are in Philadelphia on a retreat. We'll look at how lawmakers up for re-election are navigating their relationship with an unpopular president, who is also head of their party.

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With Biden's help, House Democrats are working to win over voters ahead of midterms

10:10pm March 11, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

President Biden traveled to Philadelphia to pump up lawmakers who are on the ballot this fall and are already getting an earful from constituents about higher costs for gas and groceries.

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An explosion is seen in an apartment building after a Russian army tank fired in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Friday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 11)

8:53pm March 11, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

A picture taken in Moscow in March 2018 shows the Russian language version of Facebook's "about" page, featuring the face of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Russia plans to limit Instagram and could label Meta an extremist group

7:56pm March 11, 2022

by Shannon Bond

Russia's top prosecutor called for Facebook and Instagram's parent company to be labeled an extremist group after Meta said it would permit some calls for violence against "Russian invaders."

Demonstrators hold signs in support of transgender youth and rights in response to recent proposed legal action against parents seeking gender affirming healthcare for their children to be charged as child abuse at the Rally for Trans Youth at the Texas S

A Texas judge blocks the state from investigating parents of transgender youth

7:47pm March 11, 2022

by Julián Aguilar

The judge halted the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to launch "child abuse" investigations against parents getting gender-affirming care for their transgender children.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent processes a group of migrants in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Democratic lawmakers and immigrant advocates are urging President Biden to end Title 42 border restrictions.

Pressure to end pandemic restrictions mounts as Ukrainians reach the U.S. border

7:02pm March 11, 2022

by Joel Rose

One Ukrainian family was allowed to enter the U.S. after being denied entry under border restrictions known as Title 42. The Biden administration faces renewed pressure to end the Trump-era policy.

Flanked by US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (L) and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, Attorney General Merrick Garland convenes a Justice Department component heads meeting at the Justice Department on March 10. Garland was prompted by an NPR

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Justice Department ends limiting compassionate release in plea deals after NPR story

5:23pm March 11, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department is directing prosecutors to stop limiting peoples' rights to seek compassionate release from prison in plea deals, a practice that advocates called cruel.

Trump is campaigning against Republicans he dislikes for fall's midterm elections

5:19pm March 11, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

As primary campaigns for the 2022 elections heat up, former President Trump is campaigning against people in the GOP who have crossed him, such as those who voted to impeach him.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, and the panel's vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., testify before the House Rules Committee on Dec. 14, 2021. Their panel is looking into who funded t

New clues emerge about the money that might have helped fund the Jan. 6 insurrection

4:54pm March 11, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

Recent legal moves by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol offer some clues on how it's following the money.

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