Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Iran Nuclear Deal Negotiator Philip Gordon Reacts To Trump's Decision To Leave It

4:38pm May 08, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Philip Gordon, who helped negotiate the nuclear deal with Iran for the Obama administration, about President Trump's decision to withdraw from it.

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President Trump Announces U.S. Will Withdraw From Iran Nuclear Deal

4:38pm May 08, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

President Trump announced Tuesday his decision to pull the United States out of the multi-country deal to Iran nuclear deal that is meant to restrict Iran's nuclear program.

Brian Kemp, Georgia's Secretary of State, points a gun at a young man in one of his ads for his campaign for governor. It's spurred national outrage.

After Parkland, Some Republicans Try To Outdo Each Other On Gun Rights In Primaries

4:38pm May 08, 2018

by Johnny Kauffman

One campaign ad in Georgia, in which the candidate for governor points a gun at a young man, has spurred national outrage. Clinging to gun rights has been a strategy in some GOP primary races.

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Former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate Don Blankenship, greets supporters Doug Smith, left, and Wanda Smith, right, prior to a town hall in Logan, W.Va., on Jan. 18.

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Former Coal CEO Turned Senate Hopeful Don Blankenship Says He's 'Trumpier Than Trump'

2:43pm May 08, 2018

by Don Gonyea

Blankenship could win West Virginia's GOP Senate primary, despite spending a year in prison after 29 miners died in an explosion at a mine owned by the company he led. Trump isn't backing him.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has released plan that would create pilot job guarantee programs in 15 communities where unemployment is particularly high.

Likely 2020 Democratic Candidates Want To Guarantee A Job To Every American

2:15pm May 08, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders and others back "job guarantee" programs to assure jobs for all who want them. It's another sign of top Democrats embracing further left positions.

Republican Senate candidate Don Blankenship, a former coal executive who spent a year in prison, speaks at a town hall meeting at West Virginia University on March 1.

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Tuesday's Primaries: Spotlight On GOP Senate Battles In West Virginia And Indiana

12:23pm May 08, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

An ugly West Virginia contest features controversial coal executive Don Blankenship. President Trump said he could jeopardize a key GOP Senate target. Ohio Democrats have a big contest for governor.

Despite improvements since Russia's attack on the 2016 presidential race, the U.S. elections infrastructure is vulnerable — and will remain so in November.

U.S. Voting System Remains Vulnerable 6 Months Before Election Day. What Now?

11:56am May 08, 2018

by Miles Parks

Officials have their eyes open to the threats in a way they didn't in 2016, but they are limited by a lack of time and resources.

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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he will resign on Tuesday, following accusations that he physically assaulted multiple women. Schneiderman contests the allegations.

Manhattan DA Opens Investigation Of Allegations Against N.Y. Attorney General

11:39am May 08, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

But Cyrus Vance Jr.'s probe of Eric Schneiderman is complicated: Schneiderman has been investigating Vance for his involvement in the decision not to prosecute producer Harvey Weinstein.

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White House Director On Iran Nuclear Deal, Gina Haspel Nomination

8:33am May 08, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Marc Short, the president's Legislative Affairs director, about the Iran nuclear deal and Trump's pick for CIA director. Confirmation hearings begin Wednesday for Gina Haspel.

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Several Key States Hold Primaries On Tuesday

8:21am May 08, 2018

by Scott Detrow

Primaries are being held in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina. Those states include some of the most competitive Senate races in 2018.

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