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Biden Lifted Trump's Travel Ban. Here's How That Affects Refugees

3:45pm January 22, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Corine Dehabey, who helps run a refugee resettlement organization in Ohio, about the implications of President Biden's reversal of the Trump administration's travel ban.

Constitutional Questions On Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial Answered

3:45pm January 22, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michael Kang, a professor of constitutional law at Northwestern University, about how the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump could work in the Senate.

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100 Million Shots In 100 Days: Is Biden's COVID-19 Vaccination Goal Achievable?

3:45pm January 22, 2021

by Pien Huang

President Biden's goal is 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in 100 days. Health experts say it sounds ambitious, but it is within reach.

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How Biden Administration Plans To Navigate Challenging Topic Of Climate Change

3:45pm January 22, 2021

by Nathan Rott

Addressing climate change is one of the Biden administration's top priorities. NPR looks at President Biden's pledge to stop new oil and gas leasing on public lands and the challenges he might face.

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Austin speaks last month in Wilmington, Del., after being formally nominated as defense secretary.

Lloyd Austin Confirmed As Defense Secretary, Becomes 1st Black Pentagon Chief

3:35pm January 22, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

Austin's near-unanimous confirmation came despite concerns raised on both sides of the aisle that he hadn't been out of uniform for the legally mandated minimum seven-year period.

Legendary baseball player Hank Aaron has died at the age of 86.

Hank Aaron, Baseball's Legendary Slugger, Dies At 86

3:29pm January 22, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"Hammerin' Hank" was 86. He shattered Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974, defying the poverty and racism that threatened to diminish him.

Doug and Judith Saum moved to New Hampshire from Reno, Nev., to escape the health effects of worsening wildfire smoke.

Americans Are Moving To Escape Climate Impacts. Towns Expect More To Come

3:02pm January 22, 2021

by Annie Ropeik

Nashua, N.H., expects to be a destination for people migrating away from the coasts and toward lower temperatures. Officials say a pandemic influx has shown the need to plan for that growth.

Activists in New York City show their support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which took effect on Friday.

U.N. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Takes Effect, Without The U.S. And Other Powers

1:43pm January 22, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"For the first time in history, nuclear weapons are going to be illegal in international law," says Elayne Whyte, who oversaw the treaty's creation.

With official charges submitted against three men accused in bombings in Indonesia in 2002 and 2003, the U.S. must arraign the prisoners before a military commission at a U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

U.S. Military Moves To Try 3 Guantanamo Suspects Linked To Indonesia Bombings

11:23am January 22, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The men have been held in U.S. custody since 2003, accused of planning and helping to carry out the deadly bombing attacks at a Bali nightclub in 2002 and at a J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.

New DNC Chairman On The Next Few Years Under Biden

10:55am January 22, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Jaime Harrison, the new national chair of the DNC.

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