Politics & Government

The Biden administration picks the first 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiation

8:13am August 29, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Inflation Reduction Act gives the federal government power to negotiate the price of certain drugs for Medicare. It marks a change to prescription drug policy that's been decades in the making.

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A judge sets March 4, 2024, as the trial date in a Trump election interference case

7:17am August 29, 2023

NPR'S Steve Inskeep talks to GOP political consultant Doug Heye, a former communications director for the RNC, about how the date for Donald Trump's federal Jan. 6 trial might affect the GOP primary.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks at a prayer vigil on Sunday for the victims of a mass shooting that took place Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla.

'You're not welcome here!' DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims

9:58pm August 28, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Jacksonville on Sunday to mourn the three victims killed in a racially motivated shooting at a local Dollar General.

Tallahassee's NAACP president reacts to the mass shooting in Jacksonville

6:06pm August 28, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mutaqee Akbar, president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP, about the Jacksonville shooting in which a white gunman killed three Black people and then himself.

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The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020.

With hold on confirmations, Pentagon says fate of hundreds of officers in limbo

5:21pm August 28, 2023

by Tom Bowman

Hundreds of nominees for military positions have been stalled as Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., protests Pentagon abortion policy. The Pentagon says the total number could swell to 650.

What comes next for the Wagner Group following the death of its leader

5:14pm August 28, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Priogozhin may be dead, but his private army remains. With some Russians publicly mourning Prigozhin, the future of his fighters is unclear.

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Judge Chutkan sets Trump's Jan. 6 trial for early March

4:55pm August 28, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

D.C. Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan set a March 4, 2024, trial date in former President Donald Trump's Jan. 6 trial, much to the chagrin of his attorney.

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Barack Obama answers a question from Joe Wurzelbacher, also known as "Joe the Plumber," right, while campaigning for the White House in Holland, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008.

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Samuel Wurzelbacher, who became 'Joe the Plumber' after confronting Obama, dies at 49

4:42pm August 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

Wurzelbacher was thrust into the political spotlight after questioning Barack Obama about his economic policies during the 2008 presidential campaign. He had been battling pancreatic cancer.

Greensboro City Council review $1.7M proposal to slow traffic and improve safety

3:36pm August 28, 2023

by DJ Simmons

In a work session last week, Greensboro City Council reviewed a $1.7 million proposal to slow traffic and reduce accidents.

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy took center stage at the Republican primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday.

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Vivek Ramaswamy picked up steam at the GOP debate. How far could he go?

3:25pm August 28, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Ramaswamy has pitched himself as a younger, more extreme version of the former president. While he's gained in the polls, a GOP strategist warns "he'll never surpass Trump by trying to mimic Trump."

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