Politics & Government

Election workers sort through unprocessed vote-by-mail ballots at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office on Monday.

Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Is 1.7 Million And Growing. Here's Why

8:23am November 23, 2016

by Ben Adler

There are still 2 million ballots left to count in California. Most of those votes will likely go to Hillary Clinton, further running up her lead in the popular vote.

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Trump Picks S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley As U.N. Ambassador

8:15am November 23, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

Haley has accepted an offer from President-elect Donald Trump to lead the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. During the presidential campaign, she had been very critical of Trump.

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Leon Panetta Weighs In On The Shaping Of Trump's Security Team

7:35am November 23, 2016

As Donald Trump moves to name his pick for Defense secretary and secretary of State, David Greene talks to Leon Panetta, who served as CIA director and Defense secretary in the Obama administration.

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Vice president-elect Mike Pence waves as he leaves a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

GOP Looks To Pence As Trump's Point Man On Capitol Hill

5:00am November 23, 2016

by Susan Davis

Vice President-elect Mike Pence has close ties on Capitol Hill, where he served in the U.S. House for 12 years.

People protest the appointment of white nationalist alt-right media mogul, former Breitbart News head Steve Bannon, to be chief strategist of the White House by President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 16, near City Hall in Los Angeles, Calif.MCNEW/AFP/Getty

Anti-Defamation League Official: Racist Incidents 'A Wake-Up Call'

3:53am November 23, 2016

by NPR Staff

The rise in hate crimes and in the prominence of white nationalist groups since Donald Trump's election highlight the need for concerned people to stand up and fight, says Deborah Lauter of the ADL.

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President-elect Donald Trump points to a reporter at Trump International Hotel in Washington.

Can Trump's International Business Dealings Violate The Constitution?

10:13pm November 22, 2016

by Ailsa Chang

A legal debate is heating up around a provision called the Emoluments Clause. Experts are examining whether Trump can legally continue dealing with companies controlled by foreign governments.

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Texas Death Case Tests Standards For Defining Retardation

8:09pm November 22, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court questions how states may determine whether a capital defendant is intellectually disabled and thus cannot be executed.

Obama Presents 21 Medals Of Freedom In White House Ceremony

7:58pm November 22, 2016

by Scott Horsley

Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jordan, Robert Redford, Bill and Melinda Gates and several other bold face names are receiving the Medal of Freedom from President Obama Tuesday.

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Mohamed Gabril, a refugee who became an American citizen, works at a Somali-owned grocery in Utica, N.Y. He's convinced the U.S. Constitution will protect him from any backlash under Donald Trump.

In Upstate New York, A Refugee Haven Prepares For Trump Presidency

6:24pm November 22, 2016

by Brian Mann

Utica, N.Y., reshaped its culture and economy by opening the door to refugee immigrants. People in Utica are asking what happens to their experiment after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

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It isn't just the people who went to Trump rallies who think he'll do a good job as president. Here, Trump turns to talk to members of the press at an event in Orlando in March.

Polls Suggest Americans Warming To Donald Trump, But With Reservations

5:58pm November 22, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Post-election polls paint a picture of a nation that's cautiously optimistic about a Trump administration. However, voters are still heavily divided.