Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Facebook: Firm Working With Trump Campaign Stole 50 Million Users' Data

7:29pm March 18, 2018

Cambridge Analytica has been suspended by Facebook for harvesting information from millions of users. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Facebook product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez.

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In A Flurry Of Furious Tweets, President Trump Takes Aim At Mueller Probe

7:29pm March 18, 2018

President Trump spent much of the weekend on Twitter criticizing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, calling it unnecessary and partisan.

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In her 18th term, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, is now the longest-serving woman in the U.S. House.

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Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur Makes History As Longest-Serving Woman In The House

6:52pm March 18, 2018

by Susan Davis

The 18-term lawmaker takes the title from the late Massachusetts GOP Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers.

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The Politics Of The McCabe Firing

8:03am March 18, 2018

by Mara Liasson

The firing of Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director, has set off more speculation that the Mueller probe is in jeopardy.

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The Money Behind The Midterms

8:03am March 18, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Carrie Levine, a reporter for The Center for Public Integrity, about where big political donors are putting their money during this year's midterm elections.

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Pennsylvania Voters React To Lamb's Apparent Win

8:03am March 18, 2018

Democrat Conor Lamb appears to have won in a special election in Pennsylvania. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro checks back in with Dave Podurgiel and Jojo Burgess, two voters in the district.

Former National Security Adviser On Russia Investigation And Trump Foreign Policy

8:03am March 18, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with former national security adviser Stephen Hadley about President Trump's foreign policy and his criticism of the FBI.

Report: Cambridge Analytica 'Harvested Private Information'

8:03am March 18, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Matthew Rosenberg of The New York Times about Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly harvested information from millions of Facebook users without their permission.

Former Vice President Joe Biden campaigned for Democrat Conor Lamb. Biden has talked about the need for Democrats to speak to more centrist voters.

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With Centrist Democrats' Success, Party's Identity Struggle Gets More Complicated

7:30am March 18, 2018

Having centrists like Conor Lamb from southwestern Pennsylvania in the party can conflict with the increased progressive activism energizing Democrats against President Trump.

Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe's memos about his interactions with the president are now in the possession of special counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators, according to media reports.

Source: Fired Deputy FBI Director Took Memos, Notes About Interactions With Trump

10:27pm March 17, 2018

Andrew McCabe was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday. On Saturday, Washington, D.C., tried to make sense of the latest developments in the seemingly never-ending Russia saga.