Politics

Lawmakers Return To Washington With Contentious Issues On Their Plates

7:59am July 05, 2016

by Ailsa Chang

Congress is back after its July 4 break, and after a full-throated protest by Democrats over gun control. They are under pressure to provide funding to fight Zika before they leave for the summer.

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Misty Snow Aims To Be The Nation's First Transgender Senator

5:56am July 05, 2016

David Greene talks to Misty Snow, one of two transgender women running for Congress. She won the primary after only raising $6,000. She faces incumbent Sen. Mike Lee of Utah in the general election.

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Ohio Law Permits Guns To Be Carried Outside GOP Convention Hall

5:18am July 05, 2016

by M.L. Schultze

The Republican National Convention will take place this month in Cleveland, and the state's gun laws allow those coming to the city to carry firearms on the streets of the convention site.

Green Party Finds Some Traction In Upstate New York

5:58pm July 04, 2016

by Brian Mann

In a mill town on the Hudson River about an hour north of Albany, the Green Party is gaining some traction, fielding candidates for Congress and the state Assembly and Senate.

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Obama's Years: Road Trip Kentucky

6:55am July 04, 2016

Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep talks to Americans about how their lives have changed under President Obama. Here's what he heard from a group of travelers he met in Paducah, Kentucky.

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Obama's Years: Road Trip Colorado

6:44am July 04, 2016

Steve Inskeep talked to Americans across the country about how their lives have changed during Obama's time in office. Those conversations are part of an NPR Special documentary, Obama's Years.

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Politics In The News: GOP Convention Is 2 Weeks Away

6:41am July 04, 2016

Hillary Clinton dominates Donald Trump when it comes to ground game, ads and fundraising. Renee Montagne talks to commentator and columnist Cokie Roberts and Tucker Carlson of The Daily Caller.

What's Next In The Political Fight Over Immigration

5:02pm July 03, 2016

The Supreme Court left in place a decision to block the president's immigration plan. Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies and Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum respond.

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Sanders Centers Platform Fight On Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

1:24pm July 03, 2016

by Arnie Seipel

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders applauded much of the Democrats' draft platform, but stressed his concerns that it does not flatly oppose the TPP trade deal, which Sanders wrote "threatens our democracy."

Biden Sees 'Significant Breakthroughs' On The Horizon For Cancer Initiative

10:32am July 03, 2016

For Vice President Joe Biden, the cancer "moonshot" is personal. He lost his son Beau to brain cancer. He says progress is being made on preventing, researching and treating cancer.

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