Politics

President Biden announces a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics

6:15am December 07, 2021

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Mike Mazza of the American Enterprise Institute about whether the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing will have a tangible effect.

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Activists rally in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles last month, calling for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics due to concerns over China's human rights record.

Uyghur organizations applaud the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics

10:04pm December 06, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

U.S. athletes are still expected to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics, despite the diplomatic boycott from the Biden administration.

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive to meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16.

Biden will lay out in a call with Putin the U.S. response if Russia invades Ukraine

9:17pm December 06, 2021

by Brian Naylor

In a scheduled video call Tuesday with the Russian president, Biden will outline economic sanctions and stepped-up support for NATO allies if Russia invades, a senior administration official says.

The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court is unlikely to vote to recommend any major structural changes to the high court.

Politics & Government

Biden's Supreme Court commission steers clear of controversial issues in draft report

8:24pm December 06, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

The panel, which will vote on the report Tuesday, steers clear of taking a position on many of the most controversial suggestions for changing the court.

President Biden told reporters on Monday that the U.S. pays the highest prescription drug prices in the developed world and that he wants Congress to pass his Build Back Better bill. That measure would cap the cost of some medications.

Politics & Government

Biden calls on Congress to pass his Build Back Better bill to lower drug costs

7:41pm December 06, 2021

by Brian Naylor

The roughly $2 trillion House-passed measure awaits Senate action. The Senate majority leader says he'd like to try to finish by Christmas.

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., will become CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group.

Politics & Government

Rep. Devin Nunes is resigning from Congress to be CEO of Trump's new media company

7:02pm December 06, 2021

by Benjamin Swasey

The California Republican and Trump ally will take the helm of the Trump Media & Technology Group next month, giving up his seat in the middle of his 10th term.

In October, Eric Trump, son of the former president, spoke to a conference filled with anti-vaccine activists.

Inside the growing alliance between anti-vaccine activists and pro-Trump Republicans

5:27pm December 06, 2021

by Geoff Brumfiel

As the U.S. heads into midterm elections next year, the political right and the anti-vaccine movement are drawing ever-closer together — potentially at the cost of thousands of American lives.

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Former Sen. Bob Dole, who fought for disability rights, has died

5:06pm December 06, 2021

by Frank Morris

Bob Dole was a hero for disability rights advocates, especially those who remember the days before the Americans with Disabilities Act, and his role in getting that landmark legislation passed.

U.S. has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

5:06pm December 06, 2021

by John Ruwitch

The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representatives to Beijing for the winter Olympics given the "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity" in the Xinjiang region.

The lasting consequences of America's shift to using more contractors to fight wars

5:06pm December 06, 2021

by Steve Walsh

Many people who fought and died on behalf of the U.S. during 20 years of war in Afghanistan were contractors, not troops. It's part of a change in how America fights wars, and it has consequences.