Politics & Government

Study Explores Links Between Politics And Racial Bias

6:53pm July 14, 2016

A new study looks at the link between racial bias and the Tea Party. Researchers found that people who looked at images of Barack Obama that were edited to make his skin look darker were more likely to express support for the Tea Party.

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Long List Of Prominent Republicans Refuse To Attend Cleveland Convention

6:53pm July 14, 2016

by Don Gonyea

A long list of Republicans will not be attending the Republican National Convention this week in Cleveland. Some oppose Donald Trump as the nominee. Others say they will support the nominee but do so without mentioning Trump's name. Some say they have better things to do, even though they've never missed a convention. NPR reports on the most prominent no-shows.

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In 1964's The Best Man, presidential candidate and principled intellectual William Russell (Henry Fonda) competes with a TV-savvy opportunist at his (unspecified) party's convention.

What Do Contested Conventions Look Like? Ask Hollywood And Sinclair Lewis

6:53pm July 14, 2016

by Bob Mondello

Thanks to movies, novels and TV, Bob Mondello knows what a contested convention would be like: raucous crowd, oppressive din and (if movies are any guide) Angela Lansbury scheming in the corner.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends a conference in October 2010 in Long Beach, California.

LISTEN: Justice Ginsburg Expands On Decision To Apologize For Trump Remarks

6:48pm July 14, 2016

by Meg Anderson

"I said something I should not have said," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg.

In Search Of Andy Wist (Or, The 2016 GOP Convention Speakers, By The Numbers)

5:34pm July 14, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Featuring a chart and some old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting.

Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London on Thursday.

Goats, Cannibalism And A Sadistic Nurse: The Insults Of Britain's New Top Diplomat

5:10pm July 14, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Boris Johnson has compared Hillary Clinton to a "sadistic nurse" and written poetry about Turkey's president having sex with a goat.

Donald Trump Likely To Choose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence As Running Mate

4:28pm July 14, 2016

by Mara Liasson

The campaign says Donald Trump has not made the decision on who his running mate will be. But it's clear Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is the frontrunner for the job.

Congress Adjourns For Summer, Leaving Behind Unfinished Business

4:28pm July 14, 2016

by Susan Davis

The House and Senate are set to adjourn Thursday for a seven week summer recess that leaves behind in Washington, D.C., much unfinished business and sets up what could be a contentious fall.

Hillary Clinton Campaigns With Likely Vice Presidential Pick Tim Kaine

4:28pm July 14, 2016

by Tamara Keith

Lots of names appear on Hillary Clinton's vice presidential vetting lists. One name sits atop the most buzzed about list: Tim Kaine. A U.S. senator and former governor from Virginia, Kaine is an easy campaigner, fluent in Spanish and popular in his critical swing state. He and Clinton campaigned together Thursday.

Next to his senior class portrait, Jeff Sessions was described as being a "host of [debaters] in himself."

Sen. Jeff Sessions: Loyal To Trump, Defined By Race And Immigration

4:04pm July 14, 2016

by Ailsa Chang

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions backed Donald Trump early on. The two have at least one thing in common: both have been accused as being insensitive on issues of race.

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