Politics

While New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addressed the Virginia Consumer Electronics Association Friday, his ally was due in court over charges related to the "Bridgegate" scandal.

A Rough Week For 2 Potential Presidential Candidates

4:24pm May 01, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley got heckled in Baltimore for his policing policies, while New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former ally pleaded guilty for his role in the "Bridgegate" scandal.

Bill Browder crosses Red Square in 2004, at the height of Hermitage Capital Management's success.

In 'Red Notice,' Success Draws Treachery, Tragedy In Putin's Russia

3:01pm May 01, 2015

by NPR Staff

Robert Siegel talks to Bill Browder, an American financier who was expelled from post-Soviet Russia and saw an attempt to claim his company devolve into a deadly bureaucratic and legal farce.

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A young female protester faces down armed police officers at an anti-Vietnam War demonstration outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

How The Vietnam War Put Picking Presidents In The Hands Of The People

2:38pm May 01, 2015

by Ron Elving

After the Vietnam era, it's hard to see how either party could dial back on its commitment to letting the people — at least those active in party voting — decide presidential nominations.

Ted Cruz (left) waits offstage Wednesday in Washington, D.C., as he is introduced to speak to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Latino 'Panhandlers,' Ted Cruz And The Republican Push For Hispanics

12:37pm May 01, 2015

by Amita Kelly

At the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce this week, Sen. Ted Cruz called the community "fundamentally conservative" and added, "I don't think I've ever seen a Hispanic panhandler."

Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia and his longtime liberal dueling partner, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in 2014.

Same-Sex Marriage, In The Justices' Words

12:19pm May 01, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the question of same-sex marriage. In the meantime, we know a good deal about the justices' views already.

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Is It An 'Uprising' Or A 'Riot'? Depends On Who's Watching

11:08am May 01, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Words describing the same event can mean very different things. It's no surprise that people can't agree on a label for what's happening in Baltimore.

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Bill That Would Curb NSA's Bulk Collection Of Phone Data Advances In House

9:57am May 01, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The USA Freedom Act would also make significant opinions from a secret court public and would allow challenges to challenges to National Security Letters.

It's proving difficult for President Obama to win over Democrats on trade so far.

Just Do It: Obama Tries To Sway Skeptical Democrats On Trade

8:59am May 01, 2015

by Scott Horsley

The president is finding it tough to get Democrats on board with a Pacific trade deal. He's meeting with some who might be open to it and even going to Nike headquarters next week for an event.

Tyrone Peake says he's been fired from three jobs because a crime he committed more than 30 years ago is still on his record.

Can't Get A Job Because Of A Criminal Record? A Lawsuit Is Trying To Change That

8:19pm April 30, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

People convicted of minor crimes years ago are suing to overturn a Pennsylvania law that bars them from working full time in nursing homes, locking them out of a fast-growing sector in the economy.

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House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Limit NSA Spying

8:19pm April 30, 2015

by David Welna

The House panel voted Thursday to advance a bill that would end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records.

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