Politics & Government

Chagos refugees continue the decades-long fight for justice

5:08pm September 29, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugee Group. Fifty years ago, the UK forced the Chaggosians off their land to make room for a US military base.

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The career and legacy of Senator Diane Feinstein

5:03pm September 29, 2023

by Scott Shafer

Dianne Feinstein, who was first elected to the Senate from California in 1992, has died. She was 90 years old. Her most enduring legacy may be opening more doors for women in politics.

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Kansas City faces outsized impact of looming government shutdown

5:00pm September 29, 2023

by Frank Morris

Federal workers across the country are bracing to lose pay indefinitely. Many have weathered shutdowns before and some face losing income at particularly inconvenient times in their lives.

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Donald Trump's business empire at risk following fraud ruling

4:41pm September 29, 2023

by Brian Mann

Legal experts say it's unclear what a judge's fraud ruling will mean for Donald Trump's business empire but they agree he faces grave financial and legal peril.

Congressional spending fight could blow past deadline for shutdown

4:41pm September 29, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Government funding runs out at the end of the day tomorrow and Congress seems resigned to dragging the spending fight past the deadline for a shutdown.

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Funding for infant nutrition program at risk

4:41pm September 29, 2023

by Allison Aubrey

Funding for the WIC program, which serves pregnant mothers and young children, is caught in political crosshairs, as the government shutdown and ongoing budget negotiations threaten full funding.

Former Rep. Jane Harman on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's trailblazing legacy

4:41pm September 29, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former Congresswoman Jane Harman, who was a longtime friend and colleague to Diane Feinstein, about the late senator's life and legacy.

PEPFAR, the U.S. multibillion dollar effort to fight HIV/AIDS, funds organizations such as the Coptic hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

What's behind the debate to re-authorize PEPFAR, the widely hailed anti-HIV effort?

4:05pm September 29, 2023

by Gabriel Spitzer

The program launched by President George W. Bush is credited with saving 25 million lives. Some in Congress want this year's reauthorization tied to language that PEPFAR will not "promote abortion."

Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Sept. 30, meaning many federal government services will halt until funding resumes.

Politics & Government

Up First briefing: Effects of a shutdown; health workers may strike; Maui conspiracies

3:29pm September 29, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

What will stay open if the government shuts down? Kaiser Permanente's health care workers near a nationwide walkout. How conspiracy theories spread in the wake of wildfires in Hawaii.

Politics & Government

North Carolina governor vetoes bill that would take away his control over election boards

3:23pm September 29, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina Democratic Gov.