Politics & Government

Possible charges are the latest chapter in Mark Meadows' career defined by conflict

5:06pm December 17, 2021

by Juana Summers

Former chief of staff Mark Meadows was at the center of power under Trump after a decade of waging conflict in the House. He now faces possible prosecution for contempt of Congress.

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White House issues a warning to unvaccinated Americans as concerns about omicron grow

5:06pm December 17, 2021

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The White House continues the same COVID-19 messages and strategies even as models suggest an omicron surge is coming.

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Biden and Democrats admit they won't be passing Build Back Better before Christmas

5:06pm December 17, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

After a flurry of last-ditch meetings and negotiations, President Biden and Senate Democrats are admitting they don't have the votes to pass Biden's social and climate spending package by Christmas.

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A conversation with the country's 1st Somali-American mayor

4:33pm December 17, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Deqa Dhalac, who recently became the first Somali-American mayor in the United States.

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Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., second from left, holds his history degree with South Carolina State University Interim President Alexander Conyers, second from right, on stage with President Biden and Rodney Jenkins, chair of the Board of Trustees, right, duri

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Biden joins an HBCU in celebrating its graduates — including an old congressional ally

3:16pm December 17, 2021

by Barbara Sprunt

In the commencement speech at South Carolina State University, President Biden credited Rep. Jim Clyburn's public endorsement in 2020 as a pivotal moment in reviving his sluggish campaign.

President Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee holiday party on Tuesday in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff listen. The Biden Administration announced its action plan this week to replace the country'

Lead pipes have contaminated water for decades. Biden's new plan will replace them

12:06pm December 17, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

The White House released an action plan to replace lead pipes and lead paint in the U.S. within the next decade. Lead contamination is known to have detrimental effects on the brain and kidneys.

Roger Stone, seen here departing federal court in Washington, D.C., in 2020, appeared Friday before the panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and invoked his Fifth Amendment rights.

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Roger Stone appears before Jan. 6 panel and pleads the Fifth

12:01pm December 17, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

The panel said Stone participated in "Stop the Steal" efforts related to the 2020 election. The political operative said he knows "nothing whatsoever about the illegal events that day."

Helen Morgan of the Liberal Democrats makes a speech after being declared the winner in the North Shropshire by-election early Friday. Her victory is another setback for embattled PM Boris Johnson.

U.K. Conservatives suffer shock by-election loss in another setback for Boris Johnson

9:18am December 17, 2021

by The Associated Press

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election amid weeks of scandal and soaring COVID-19 infections.

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House panel wraps up an important week in the probe into the Capitol attack

6:11am December 17, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

It's been a busy time for the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, as the investigation moves closer to former President Donald Trump's inner circle.

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News brief: omicron variant, spending bill stalls, abortion pill decision

5:38am December 17, 2021

How bad could the pandemic get this winter because of the omicron variant? One of President Biden's key agenda items is stalled. The FDA relaxes restrictions on access to abortion pill by mail.

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