Politics & Government

NPR's David Folkenflick speaks with Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) for the latest on the negotiations over President Biden's Build Back Better legislation.

Some lawmakers are raising the bar for bipartisan cooperation, in the most unexpected of places.

President Biden has said he's open to compromise on his plans to expand the social safety, but some advocates are concerned that access to benefits may be too limited.

Internal Facebook documents show how the pro-Trump Stop the Steal movement proliferated on the world's biggest social network between the presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A coalition of civil rights and criminal justice reform groups said a White House proposal for restricting synthetic drugs related to fentanyl will not curb the overdose epidemic.

The court will consider the legality of the law on Nov. 1. The highly unusual court action is an indication of deep internal splits within the court.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's opposition to increasing corporate tax rates forced Democrats to rework how they pay for their spending bill. But negotiators have come up with an alternative they agree on.

Among the attendees are people who also spread misinformation about 2020 presidential election and other conspiracy theories.

Republican nominee for Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin, is getting plenty of support from the Trump camp. But Youngkin has been noticeably absent from their rallies to support him.

Arizona Democrats are pressing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., over her handling of negotiations on the party's big spending package in Congress.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Dana Graber Ladek of the International Organization for Migration in Mexico and Yael Schacher of Refugees International on the future of the "Remain in Mexico" policy.