Politics & Government

U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage said he was surprised and flattered by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's endorsement and said his critics were out of touch.

Trump Calls For U.K.'s Nigel Farage To Be Ambassador To The U.S.

4:41pm November 22, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

The U.K. prime minister's office rejects the suggestion, pointing out that it already has an ambassador in Washington. A Downing Street spokesman says dryly: "There is no vacancy."

Trump Foundation Admits To Violating Ban On Self-Dealing In Tax Filing

4:39pm November 22, 2016

Donald Trump's charitable foundation admitted on a tax form to violating a legal prohibition on "self-dealing," according to The Washington Post. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to reporter David Fahrenthold about the discovery.

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Stanford Study Finds Most Students Vulnerable To Fake News

4:39pm November 22, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Professor Sam Wineburg about his study that tested over 7,800 teenagers about their ability to differentiate fake from real news and sponsored ads from news articles.

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U.K. Rejects Trump's Call For Nigel Farage To Be Ambassador To The U.S.

4:39pm November 22, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

The British government has rejected a suggestion from President-elect Trump that it should appoint arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage to be the United Kingdom's ambassador in Washington, D.C.

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Trump's Rejection Of TPP Paves Way For China To Strike Asian Trade Deals

4:39pm November 22, 2016

by Jackie Northam

President-elect Donald Trump's abandonment of the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal opens the way for China to strike its own deals across Asia.

Jeff Sessions Appointment Poses Threat To Booming Marijuana Industry

4:39pm November 22, 2016

by Nathan Rott

President-elect Donald Trump's appointment of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general has many in the fast-growing marijuana industry worried. Sessions is a vocal opponent of marijuana legalization.

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How Past Presidents Approached Time-Honored Tradition Of Political Satire

4:39pm November 22, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

American humorists have a long history of satirizing its leaders. From essays to cartoons to TV, Presidents get poked at and most just take it because it comes with being the most powerful person in the country. President-elect Donald Trump appears to be having a hard time — even now that he has won — with Saturday Night Live.

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Politics & Government

As Ballot Counts Continue, A Long Path Looms For McCrory, Cooper...And Voters

3:50pm November 22, 2016

by David Ford

Two weeks after Election Day, North Carolinians are no closer to knowing who their next governor will be.

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President-elect Donald Trump walks through the lobby of the New York Times following a meeting with editors at the paper on Tuesday in New York City.

On Conflict Of Interest And Climate Change: What Trump Told 'Times' Journalists

3:42pm November 22, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

President-elect Donald Trump had a wide-ranging talk with New York Times journalists. He disavowed the alt-right and also dismissed concerns about his potential conflicts of interests.

Tonya Stands recovers from being pepper sprayed by police after swimming across a creek with other protesters hoping to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, near Cannon Ball, N.D., on November 2.

The Standing Rock Resistance Is Unprecedented (It's Also Centuries Old)

3:41pm November 22, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Many say the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance is beyond anything they've experienced before. But there are preludes in Native American history, and you don't have to look too far back to find them.