Politics

Huckabee Remarks Further Complicate Evangelicals Relationship With Jews

12:21pm July 31, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee was criticized for evoking the Holocaust in comments on Iran's nuclear deal. It's the latest chapter in relations between Jewish and evangelical communities.

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Are Donald Trump's Pockets Deep Enough To Fund His Campaign?

11:18am July 31, 2015

by Peter Overby

Trump says he's rich enough to pay for his own White House bid. But the billion-dollar-plus price tag might be tough, even for him.

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U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse

6:49pm July 30, 2015

by Leila Fadel

An Egyptian-American and her husband have been held in Cairo prisons for more than a year. They're accused of abusing street children in the shelter they ran, but the government has shown little evidence and may be after them because of suspected political activity.

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Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, (left) poses with his uncle, Philip Lee, and father Peter Lee (seated) at the younger Peter Lee's home in Pasadena, Calif., in 2013.

Meet The California Family That Has Made Health Policy Its Business

6:24pm July 30, 2015

by Stephanie O'Neill

On Medicare's 50th birthday, two brothers who helped get it off the ground tell their stories. A younger member of the Lee family is at the helm of Covered California, the state insurance exchange.

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Despite Rising Costs, China Is Gung-Ho To Host 2022 Winter Olympics

6:24pm July 30, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

Either China or Kazakhstan will be chosen on Friday as host of the 2022 Winter Olympics. European nations have been scared off by the cost of hosting the event, but China has the ambition and the money to match.

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AP Study Finds Viruses Linked To Raw Sewage In Rio De Janeiro Olympic Waters

6:24pm July 30, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with the AP's Brazil bureau chief Brad Brooks about the investigation, which found high levels of dangerous viruses in water venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Kazakhstan Promises 'Real Winter Wonderland' In Bid To Host 2022 Games

6:24pm July 30, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

The International Olympic Committee will decide Friday whether to accept the bid by Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, to stage the 2022 Winter Games, or instead offer it to rival contender Beijing.

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U.N. Envoy: Solution To Syrian Conflict Must Be A 'Political One'

6:24pm July 30, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura about creating a peace process in Syria. He says there is a new "sense of urgency" by many parties to end the conflict.

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Jimmy Hoffa in 1958 testifying at a hearing investigating labor rackets.

#TBT: 40 Years After Jimmy Hoffa's Disappearance, His Legend Lives On

6:04pm July 30, 2015

by Don Gonyea

Forty years ago today, Hoffa pulled into a restaurant parking lot and was never heard from again. His story is one of union devotion, fraud and fierce political battles.

Politics & Government

Senate Takes A Step Toward Riving Export-Import Bank

2:48pm July 30, 2015

In a rare Sunday session, the Senate voted to reauthorize the bank. Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.

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