Politics

Fourth-Graders Get Rough Lesson In Politics

7:58pm March 20, 2015

Melissa Block talks to Jim Cutting, a teacher at Lincoln Akerman School in New Hampshire, who led his fourth-graders' effort to turn a bill into a law, only to have it rejected right in front of them.

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Benghazi Panel Asks Clinton To Hand Over Her Email Server

7:25pm March 20, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the committee, wants the former secretary of state to make the server available to a neutral third party. Clinton used a private email account during her tenure.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks during a news briefing in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday. Boehner's office announced today that he would travel to Israel at the end of the month.

Boehner Plans Trip To Israel This Month

3:39pm March 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The House speaker's visit at the end of the month follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election and his controversial address to the U.S. Congress.

Obama To Iranians: 'Best Opportunity In Decades' For A Different Future

1:37pm March 20, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The president's greeting marks the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian new year. The U.S. and its allies are talking to Iran about the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

A new budget plan that calls for turning food stamps into a block grant program for states could affect stores that accept food stamps through an Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, system like this one in Memphis.

Both Parties Agree The Food Stamp Program Needs To Change. But How?

12:21pm March 20, 2015

by Pam Fessler

Republicans argue the SNAP program would be more efficient if it were run by states. Meanwhile, the Obama administration is funding an initiative to move recipients into jobs.

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French National Front Party Gaining Appeal In Regional Elections

8:19pm March 19, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

France holds it's regional elections Sunday, and the far-right National Front party is surging in popularity after persuading voters that it is no longer on the political fringe.

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Prime Minister Netanyahu Backtracks On Palestinian State Comments

8:19pm March 19, 2015

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who now says he never meant to reject the idea of a Palestinian state during parliamentary elections this week.

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Analysis Reveals Record Number Of FOIA Requests Filed Last Year

8:19pm March 19, 2015

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Ted Bridis, investigative editor at the Associated Press, about the increasing amount of U.S. requests for government information under the Freedom of Information Act.

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President Obama takes questions from the audience Wednesday after speaking about the economy and the middle class to the City Club of Cleveland.

Obama Says Critics Making 'The Same Argument' Despite Better Economy

6:05pm March 19, 2015

by Scott Horsley

The president defends his economic track record, even as Republicans are trying to change the government's fiscal course. House and Senate committees unveiled draft budgets that would cut spending.

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Attorney General Eric Holder has endured a rocky relationship with lawmakers during his tenure. But he's all they have until his successor is confirmed.

Attorney General Holder Jokes That Republicans Have 'A New Fondness For Me'

6:00pm March 19, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

The Senate has delayed confirming Holder's successor, Loretta Lynch. Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin says Lynch has been "asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar."