Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Biden reaches out to Black Americans. He'll give commencement address at Morehouse

7:18am May 17, 2024

President Biden is giving a commencement address at Morehouse College this weekend, but that speech has created some controversy. Morehouse is in the swing state of Georgia.

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What Trump can and can't do on Day 1 — providing he wins reelection

5:14am May 17, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has made many promises about what he'd do on his first day in office, should he win again. Some are more realistic than others.

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Morning news brief

5:13am May 17, 2024

by Steve Inskeep

President Biden to meet leaders of Black sororities and fraternities. Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama finish union vote. Boeing's shareholder meeting comes at a turbulent time for the company.

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump, and attorney Danya Perry leave his apartment building on his way to Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Thursday.

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Trump's New York criminal trial could head to jury deliberation as soon as next week

7:52pm May 16, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen has spent a third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.

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Trump lost Minnesota twice. Here's why he's making an effort in the state this year

6:14pm May 16, 2024

by Clay Masters

While Donald Trump has never won Minnesota, this year his campaign thinks he may have a chance. State Democratic leaders are also viewing the state as competitive and not taking it for granted.

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Biden blocks the release of recordings of his classified documents interview

6:09pm May 16, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

House Republicans are threatening to hold the attorney general in contempt over the DOJ refusal to turn over audiotapes of President Biden's interview with a special counsel.

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A look at Slovakian PM Robert Fico's politics after yesterday's assassination attempt

5:53pm May 16, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dalibor Rohác of the American Enterprise Institute about the attempt to assassinate Slovakian PM Robert Fico and the broader political landscape in Europe.

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UAW president Shawn Fain's swagger has helped unionize the deeply anti-union South

5:53pm May 16, 2024

by Stephan Bisaha

Auto workers are doing what long seemed impossible – unionizing in the South. The United Auto Workers chief Shawn Fain's connection with workers and willingness to fight have led to the resurgence.

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A giant truck hauls coal at a mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming

Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region

4:20pm May 16, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

Citing climate change, federal land managers are moving to end new leasing for coal in the country's top producing region.

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White House cites executive privilege over tapes of special counsel's Biden interview

3:06pm May 16, 2024

House Republicans want to hold the attorney general in contempt over the department's refusal to hand over an audio recording of a special counsel's interview with the president.