Politics & Government

News Brief: Protests Escalate Across U.S., Trump Executive Order

5:56am May 29, 2020

Violence escalates over the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody, and a black woman killed by police in Louisville. And, the president signs an order to weaken social media companies.

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Listener Question On The Elections During The Pandemic, Answered

5:12am May 29, 2020

by Miles Parks

NPR's reporter who covers election interference and voting infrastructure answers listener questions about voting, voter registration and the upcoming elections in the midst of the pandemic.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders signs autographs at a February campaign event with Latino supporters in Santa Ana, Calif. Some Democrats say the Biden campaign can learn from Sanders' outreach.

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Bernie Sanders' Campaign Could Provide Lessons For Biden Latino Outreach

5:01am May 29, 2020

by Juana Summers

Democrats who are worried the Biden campaign isn't doing enough to engage Latino voters are pointing to the success his primary rival had among the largest minority voting group in the 2020 election.

President Trump's latest confrontation with Twitter was set off after the tech company placed fact-checking warnings on two of his tweets.

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Stung By Twitter, Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies

8:11pm May 28, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

President Trump signs an executive order aimed at limiting the broad legal protections enjoyed by social media companies days after Twitter fact-checked two of his tweets.

New Executive Order To Expose Social Media Companies To More Liability For Content

6:19pm May 28, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Daphne Keller of Stanford's Cyber Policy Center about an executive order that will make social media companies more liable for content posted on their sites.

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Stocks Belonging To Pence Chief Of Staff Could Violate Conflict-Of-Interest Laws

6:12pm May 28, 2020

by Tim Mak

Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, owns up to $1.64 million in stocks in companies related to the government's pandemic response. This could violate conflict-of-interest laws.

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Lessons To Learn From Washington's Decades-Long Experience Of Mail-In Voting

5:26pm May 28, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, who oversees voting in her state. Mail-in voting has been used there for decades — and Wyman says there's been little fraud.

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Republicans Are Worried They May Lose A Senate Seat In Kansas

5:10pm May 28, 2020

by Jim McLean

Republicans have had both of Kansas' Senate seats since the Great Depression. But this year they are worried they could lose them — some state's suburbs have started trending towards Democrats.

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Protesters demonstrate during a rally against Pennsylvania's stay-at-home order at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, May 15. While the public is temporarily banned from the capitol due to the coronavirus outbreak, lawmakers, including one who recently test

Pennsylvania Democrats Say They Weren't Told When GOP Member Tested Positive

4:33pm May 28, 2020

by Ed Mahon

Democrats in Pennsylvania's House say they were kept in the dark for a week when a Republican colleague, who had been working in the State Capitol, tested positive for the coronavirus.

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North Carolina Governor: RNC Hasn't Submitted Safety Plan

4:29pm May 28, 2020

by Associated Press, Jonathan Drew