Politics & Government

Politics & Government

An argument for why Biden and Vice President Harris should step aside in 2024

7:19am September 14, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, who says President Biden isn't the right candidate for 2024. Adding Biden risks undoing his greatest achievement: stopping Trump.

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Sen. Schumer hopes legislation regulating AI can pass a divided Congress

5:12am September 14, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Capitol Hill saw a historic gathering of tech industry leaders — all in the name of AI. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer explains why he's still hopeful they can pull off a plan to regulate AI.

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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announces he will not seek reelection in 2024

5:12am September 14, 2023

Bipartisan negotiators like Romney are rare, and his departure could lead to a more divisive Senate. He's the only Senate Republican to twice vote to convict ex-president Trump in impeachment trials.

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Corruption trial reveals a #MeToo ethics entanglement for a top Biden adviser

5:12am September 14, 2023

Newly disclosed evidence revealed an apparent conflict of interest for Biden adviser Anita Dunn, when she consulted for an Illinois politician facing #MeToo related allegations in 2018.

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5:12am September 14, 2023

Senator Mitt Romney says he won't seek re-election. The Northeast prepares for Hurricane Lee. A corruption trial in Chicago revealed a #MeToo ethics entanglement for top Biden adviser Anita Dunn.

Visitors look upon the White House as the US flag flies at half mast following a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee last March.

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For young Americans, politics breaks the American dream instead of building it

5:01am September 14, 2023

by Elena Moore

Gen Z and millennial voters should dominate the electorate in coming years. A new poll from the Sine Institute, exclusively obtained by NPR, shows how 18-34 year old Americans feel about the future.

Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at an event hosted by conservative radio host Erick Erickson on Aug. 18 in Atlanta. Kemp has pushed back against GOP proposals to oust Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

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In Georgia, Trump's latest indictment deepens a GOP divide

5:00am September 14, 2023

by Stephen Fowler

Efforts to punish the prosecutor who charged Donald Trump and 18 others with election interference have amplified a divide among his supporters and the rest of the state GOP.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) waits to speak during a news conference following a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol March 22, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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Sen. Mark Kelly says Biden impeachment talks are 'a distraction and a waste of time'

8:46pm September 13, 2023

Congress is back this week, Dem. Senator urges colleagues to avoid government shutdown.

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Anita Dunn (left) speaks onstage with Hilary Rosen (right) at an event titled "Women Rule" in June 2018. That summer, Dunn and her communications firm began providing crisis communications for the then-Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives regarding allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.

A corruption trial revealed a #MeToo ethics entanglement for a top Biden adviser

6:55pm September 13, 2023

by Tom Dreisbach

Newly disclosed evidence revealed an apparent conflict of interest for Biden adviser Anita Dunn, when she consulted for an Illinois politician facing #MeToo related allegations in 2018.

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Top tech CEOs discuss future of AI on Capitol Hill

5:13pm September 13, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Top tech CEO including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates discussed the future of artificial intelligence in a closed meeting with a bipartisan group of Senators on Capitol Hill.