Politics

President Biden's nominee to oversee banks may not have enough votes to be confirmed

4:44pm November 18, 2021

by David Gura

After her a hearing on Thursday, it's unclear if President Biden's controversial pick to be the nation's top bank regulator has enough votes to be confirmed.

A far-right candidate is the frontrunner in Chile's presidential election

4:44pm November 18, 2021

by Philip Reeves

Chile holds the first round of its presidential election Sunday. A far-right candidate is the unexpected frontrunner.

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On a tour of Africa, Blinken used his stop in Nigeria to put more pressure on Sudan

4:44pm November 18, 2021

by Michele Kelemen

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Nigeria, the second stop on his three-nation Africa tour. He took the opportunity at a news conference to send a warning to Sudan's military rulers.

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U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus discusses the migrant crisis on the border with Poland

4:44pm November 18, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus Julie Fisher about the migrant crisis along the Belarus-Poland border.

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COP26 is over. But youth climate activists are skeptical of when they will see change

4:44pm November 18, 2021

by Brianna Scott

World leaders at COP26 signed a new climate change agreement. But young people are skeptical about when those promises will turn into action, and if the actions go far enough.

President Biden to meet with Canada's Trudeau during North American leaders' summit

4:44pm November 18, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden is hosting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for what was once known as the "Three Amigos" summit — the first one since 2016.

Democrats are trying to sell Biden's infrastructure law and social safety net bill

4:23pm November 18, 2021

by Mara Liasson

Democrats are trying to get voters to connect their agenda to pocketbook issues of the moment. They are also struggling to get the party together to pass President Biden's Build Back Better bill.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended this month that Julius Jones' death sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Okla. governor grants clemency to Julius Jones hours before he was set to be executed

4:12pm November 18, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones after a public outcry. Jones, who maintains he was wrongly convicted of a 1999 murder, now faces life in prison without parole.

The covert effort to disrupt the 2020 election was publicly unmasked in October of last year when FBI Director Chris Wray and others held a news conference to say the authorities were aware of the Iranian actions. Now, two Iranians have been charged.

2 suspected Iranian hackers are charged with trying to intimidate U.S. voters

2:59pm November 18, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

The two Iranian nationals allegedly sent threatening emails to American voters and spread disinformation ahead of the 2020 election.

Abdul Hadi Nejrabi, the deputy ambassador, is the highest ranking official at the Afghan Embassy and one of the few employees left. "We choose to serve the people," he says. "That's the reason we are here."

In Washington, the last employees at the Afghan Embassy work until the lights go off

2:57pm November 18, 2021

by Laura Sullivan

The embassy in Washington, D.C., was once a symbol of a new Afghanistan. Now, the few staffers left refuse to serve the Taliban and are racing to help as many refugees as they can.

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