Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Steve Scalise cobbles together support to be the next speaker of the House

7:54am October 12, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to former Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois about his fellow Republican Steve Scalise, ahead of the full vote for speaker of the House. Davis served alongside Scalise for 10 years.

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Morning news brief

5:08am October 12, 2023

Days into the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza is in a deep humanitarian crisis. Republicans chose Majority Leader Steve Scalise to be their nominee for House speaker. Scientists use AI to speed up discoveries.

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House Republicans pick Scalise as speaker — full chamber has yet to vote

5:08am October 12, 2023

House Republicans have nominated Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise as House speaker, but he still doesn't have enough votes to be elected.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks to reporters as he leaves Republicans' closed-door forum in which they heard from the candidates for House speaker on Tuesday.

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Rep. Steve Scalise wins the House GOP speaker nomination

9:05pm October 11, 2023

House Republicans picked the current majority leader for speaker: He won a majority of the Republicans' 221 votes in a closed-door, secret-ballot election. Timing for a floor vote remains unclear.

President Biden addressed Jewish community leaders at the White House Wednesday, in a meeting led by Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of any U.S. president or vice president.

Biden steps up security for Jewish communities in the U.S. after the attack in Israel

8:53pm October 11, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden spoke with Jewish community leaders at the White House Wednesday, and said he had asked his administration to boost security for any potential threats to Jews in the United States.

Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders members Suzette Shaw, left, holding photos of 10 victims, and Margaret Prescod, at podium, join relatives of victims speaking after the sentencing for Lonnie Franklin Jr., a convicted serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper," in Los Angeles Superior Court in August 2016.

California creates nation's first 'Ebony Alert' to find missing Black children

7:01pm October 11, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The alert system will use electronic highway signs and encourage the use of TV, radio, social media and other platforms to spread information about the missing person.

Landmark environmental justice case aims to fix an Alabama county's sewage problems

5:36pm October 11, 2023

by Debbie Elliott

The Biden administration reached a landmark environmental justice agreement to fix longstanding sanitation issues in rural Lowndes County, Ala., where some homes pipe raw sewage into their yards.

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House Republicans nominate a new speaker

5:23pm October 11, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

House Republicans nominated a new speaker today, but plenty of party division remains. The tally was 113 to 99 for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who beat out Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan.

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Palestinians attend a rally in support of Hamas and the Gaza Strip in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday.

Why Hamas and Israel reached this moment now — and what comes next

5:06pm October 11, 2023

by Fatma Tanis

The conflict is expected to escalate even further in the coming days. But for now, Hamas sees itself with the upper hand.

Without power or a place to go, civilians in Gaza shelter in fear of airstrikes

4:47pm October 11, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Juliette Touma, director of communications for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, about the situation in Gaza.

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