Politics

Canada's Trudeau Expresses Disappointment In U.S. Decision On Keystone XL

4:21pm November 06, 2015

by Jeff Brady

Canadian Company TransCanada took a blow Friday when President Obama announced he was rejecting its request to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline would have helped transport hundreds of thousands of barrels of Canadian tar sands oil from Alberta to U.S. refineries. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed disappointment.

Supreme Court To Take Up Another Challenge To Obamacare

4:13pm November 06, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

The justices said Friday they would hear a challenge brought by faith-based groups that contend the government's exemptions on birth control do not go far enough to accommodate them.

Researchers Examine How To Spot A Lying Politician

3:59pm November 06, 2015

by Shankar Vedantam

Can you tell anything about politicians' accuracy by analyzing how they speak? A new analysis finds that lying politicians tend to be more verbose.

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"I thought Ted Cruz was a lot of fun," Late Night host Seth Meyers said of the senator's March interview on his show.

Politics & Government

Seth Meyers Takes On The Campaign, From Canned Jokes To Day Drinking

3:57pm November 06, 2015

by NPR Staff

The presidential campaign is the butt of many of Late Night host Seth Meyers' jokes these days. "So many butts, there are so many butts in this campaign," he says.

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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson campaigning in Colorado last month.

Ben Carson Pushes Back On Questions About His West Point Story

3:54pm November 06, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he never applied to West Point, although in his book, he had written that he was "offered a full scholarship" to the elite military academy.

President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and Vice President Joe Biden, announced the Keystone XL pipeline decision Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

President Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Plan

2:59pm November 06, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"Shipping dirtier crude oil into our country would not increase America's energy security," the president said in a statement delivered at the White House.

For Jeb Bush, One More Father-Brother White House Question To Answer

11:29am November 06, 2015

by Ron Elving

The former Florida governor earlier this year announced a team of foreign policy advisers that included at least two well-known members of the Rumsfeld-Cheney team in the second Bush White House.

Bernie Sanders On Being Jewish And A Democratic Socialist

5:55am November 06, 2015

Steve Inskeep continues his conversation with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Sanders talks about why he self-identifies as a Socialist and how being Jewish influences his views.

Obama Lifts Veil Of Secrecy On TPP, And It's A Whopper Of A Trade Deal

5:26am November 06, 2015

by Jackie Northam

The U.S. trade representative has released the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal more than 6,000 pages long. The 12-nation TPP would cover the world's largest free trade area.

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Proposal To Shutter Gitmo May Roil Relations Between White House And Congress

8:05pm November 05, 2015

by David Welna

The White House is expected to release recommendations to Congress for a plan to close Guantanamo Bay and relocate its inmates somewhere in the U.S. Meanwhile, the expected failure of Congress to override President Obama's veto of this year's defense policy bill could create an opening for him to try to act unilaterally — though it would mean a major showdown.

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