Politics & Government

U.S. Announces Sanctions Against Russia In Response To Cyberattacks

7:20am December 30, 2016

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has been meeting with eastern European NATO allies. She talks to Rachel Martin about what the sanctions could mean for Russia's regional neighbors.

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Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer at a 2015 press conference. The two Democratic leaders are plotting out how to work with a Republican president and Congress next year.

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Deal Or Disrupt? Congressional Democrats Weigh 2017 Choices

6:00am December 30, 2016

by Scott Detrow

Democrats in Washington will be at their weakest point in more than a decade next year. The minority party is weighing whether to cut deals with Donald Trump or try to block his agenda.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt waves from the inaugural stand on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 20, 1941.

Trump And Company Prepare Inaugural Address In The Shadow Of Tradition

12:35am December 30, 2016

by Ron Elving

The inaugural addresses often remembered best were delivered at the worst times in our national history: Abraham Lincoln with Civil War looming, Franklin D. Roosevelt in the depths of the Depression.

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U.S. intelligence agencies maintain that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized the hacking of Democratic officials' email accounts during the runup to the presidential election.

Obama Announces Sanctions Against Russia In Response To Cyberattacks

7:16pm December 29, 2016

by Maggie Penman

The White House announced Thursday a number of actions in response to hacking aimed at the U.S. election. "All Americans should be alarmed by Russia's actions," President Obama said.

Reflections Of Conservative Icon Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

6:28pm December 29, 2016

by NPR Staff

Antonin Scalia's was the strong voice of conservative jurisprudence on the nation's highest court for 30 years. We reflect on the Supreme Court Justice — who died in February — with his own words.

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Obama Expels 35 Diplomats, Imposes Retaliatory Sanctions Against Russia For Hacking

6:28pm December 29, 2016

by Jackie Northam

The Obama administration is expelling 35 Russian intelligence operatives and imposing sanctions on Russian intelligence services in response to Kremlin efforts to influence the presidential election.

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Edward Snowden speaks in September via video link from Moscow during a news conference with Human Rights Watch to call upon President Obama to pardon Snowden before leaving office.

Obama Faces Difficult Choices Amid Stream Of Last-Minute Clemency Requests

4:05pm December 29, 2016

by Carrie Johnson

The White House is flooded with last-ditch requests for clemency by several prominent applicants including NSA leaker Edward Snowden and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Former President Bill Clinton plays with balloons onstage at the end of the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia in July.

10 Election Moments You Won't Totally Hate And Might Even Like

1:29pm December 29, 2016

by Meg Anderson

The 2016 election was divisive and nasty and full of insults and innuendo. But let's look at the brighter side — here are 10 lighter moments from 2016 that weren't so bad. Some are actually funny.

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Obama Designates 2 New Monuments; Critics Want Trump To Undo It

7:25am December 29, 2016

by Judy Fahys

In the desert Southwest, the Obama administration has designated 2 new national monuments. The move preserves sites in Utah and Nevada. State and local politicians vow to fight the designations.

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Ray Buckley Hopes To Lead Democrats As DNC Chairman

6:11am December 29, 2016

Rachel Martin talks to New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley, who is among those vying to be Democratic National Committee chairman. Buckley has said the DNC requires "radical reform."