elections

Clinton Returns To Trail After Pneumonia Recovery; Trump Backs Down On Birther Stance

9:38am September 17, 2016

As polls trend in Donald Trump's favor, NPR's Scott Simon assesses the campaign this week with Glenn Thrush, chief political correspondent for Politico.

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Michelle Obama Energizes Young Voters For Clinton On Campaign Trail

9:38am September 17, 2016

by Ailsa Chang

First Lady Michelle Obama used her enormous popularity to campaign for Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, wooing millennial voters at a campus in northern Virginia.

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Real-Time Voting Projections To Challenge Election Night Tradition

9:38am September 17, 2016

Slate partners with VoteCastr to provide real-time election day projections traditionally embargoed by news organizations. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Slate's editor-in-chief Julia Turner.

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Trump's Vision: Uniting 'Under One God' Vs. Religious Freedom

9:38am September 17, 2016

by Sarah McCammon

Donald Trump has been repeating the phrase "One people under one God." Critics say it could be interpreted as running counter to the American tradition of religious freedom.

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With Putin Set To Win, What Power Do Russians Really Have In Parliamentary Elections?

8:58am September 17, 2016

Russians go to the polls Saturday to elect a new Duma. It's been called a rubber-stamp legislature, so why does the Kremlin go through the motions of an election?

Politics & Government

Now Play Nice, Children

8:46am September 17, 2016

by Scott Simon

Back in the days of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, there was no moderator. What if we tried that kind of thing in this year's campaign?

Trump's Second Amendment Rhetoric Again Veers Into Threatening Territory

11:25pm September 16, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

In going after Hillary Clinton on gun rights, Trump suggests her Secret Service detail disarm and "see what happens." It recalls an earlier statement that "Second Amendment people" could stop Clinton.

Third-Party Candidates Fall Short Of Presidential Debate Threshold

6:44pm September 16, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

The debates will be Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump — without Jill Stein or Gary Johnson — despite high levels of voter dissatisfaction with the presidential choices.

After Promoting Birther Movement, Trump Admits Obama Was Born In U.S.

6:41pm September 16, 2016

by Scott Detrow

After years of promoting conspiracies that President Obama was not born in the U.S., GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday conceded that the president was born in this country.

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Week In Politics: Presidential Candidates Release Health Records

6:41pm September 16, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the revival of the birther movement, the tightening presidential race, and the hype surrounding the release of candidates' health records.

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