Politics

French videogame giant Ubisoft's Montreal office is seen on July 18, 2020 in Quebec, Canada.

How subsidies helped Montreal become "the Hollywood of video games"

6:31am January 04, 2022

by Corey Bridges

For decades, Montreal has used generous tax subsidies to boost its video game industry. The policy has succeeded, but the city may need to keep the subsidies in place to keep companies from leaving.

Activists urge Tesla to close its new Xinjiang showroom

6:24am January 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Tesla on Friday announced the opening of its showroom in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, where officials are accused of abuses against mostly Muslim ethnic minorities.

Waukee School District teacher Liz Wagner, seen here in her home in Urbandale, Iowa, said last year she was on the front line of the COVID war. "Now I'm on the front line of the culture war, and I don't want to be there."

Teachers are on the front lines in Jan. 6 culture war

1:52am January 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Teachers now are left to decide how — or whether — to instruct their students about the events that sit at the heart of the country's division.

"Congressional offices, Committees, and Agencies should immediately review their operations to adopt a maximal telework posture to reduce in-person meetings and in-office activities to the maximum extent possible," attending physician Brain Monahan said o

Congress' doctor urges lawmakers to work remotely and upgrade masks as omicron rages

9:15pm January 03, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The move follows an unprecedented spike in positivity rates in the Capitol, and mirrors record-high infection rates throughout Washington D.C., driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, left, takes a pen from then-presidential candidate Joe Biden after he filed to have his name listed on the New Hampshire primary ballot on Nov. 8, 2019.

Politics & Government

New Hampshire's longtime guardian of its early presidential primary is stepping down

6:04pm January 03, 2022

by NHPR Staff

Secretary of State William Gardner, who earned a national reputation as gatekeeper of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary, has held the office since 1976.

During the Jan. 6 riot chaos, lawmakers called on military and intelligence training

5:24pm January 03, 2022

Representatives Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., reflect on the ways their military and intelligence training aided them during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

New York Attorney General Letitia James recently subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children, demanding their testimony in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family's business practices, according to a court f

Politics & Government

New York's attorney general has subpoenaed Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

5:00pm January 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

The subpoenas stem from an ongoing civil investigation into the Trump family's business practices. The former president has also been subpoenaed, and is now suing the attorney general.

Millions sympathize with the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, survey finds

4:57pm January 03, 2022

by Odette Yousef

As the U.S. nears the anniversary of a pro-Trump mob's attack at the Capitol, a survey finds widespread community support for violent insurrection that it calls a new political movement in the U.S.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, seen here on Dec. 14, announced the Senate will vote on or before Jan. 17 on changing the Senate rules if Republicans block voting rights again.

Schumer tees up vote on rules change if voting rights legislation is blocked

4:51pm January 03, 2022

It's the latest push by Senate Democrats to make good on their promise to pass voting rights legislation.

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger was sworn in on July 23 after a nationwide search.

A year after the darkest day for Capitol Police, its new chief focuses on rebuilding

4:24pm January 03, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger has been on the job less than six months. He hopes to lead a new chapter at the embattled agency.

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