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The State Of Play In New Hampshire Hours Before Polls Close

5:13pm February 11, 2020

Hours before polls close in the New Hampshire primary, the Democratic presidential race appears unsettled and unpredictable. Will New Hampshire winnow the field or merely extend the confusion?

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Senior Adviser Anita Dunn On The State Of The Joe Biden Campaign

4:24pm February 11, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Anita Dunn after she took a leadership role in the Joe Biden campaign — and in advance of results from the New Hampshire primary.

A voter leaves a polling booth at the Ward Five Community Center during the New Hampshire primary in Concord, N.H. on Tuesday. New Hampshire has served to reinforce or reset the Democratic primary race over the past five decades.

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Everything You Need To Know About The New Hampshire Primary

3:09pm February 11, 2020

by Domenico Montanaro

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the favorite, as progressives seem to be coalescing around him and moderates are split among several candidates.

People inquire about temporary positions available for the 2020 census during a job fair in Miami in September 2019.

Lawmakers, Advocates Worry Bureau Won't Fill Half Million 2020 Census Jobs

1:52pm February 11, 2020

by Hansi Lo Wang

The bureau says it needs around a half-million temporary workers by this spring to carry out the national head count. Some census advocates are worried the agency isn't moving fast enough on hiring.

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Journalist Details 'Brazen Ways' Trump Will Use His Power To Get Reelected

1:39pm February 11, 2020

by Terry Gross

"What you have is a presidential campaign that is pushing lies and distortions and conspiracy theories into the bloodstream at an unprecedented rate," says Atlantic writer McKay Coppins.

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Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg generated criticism after a 2015 audio clip resurfaced in which he defends aggressive police tactics targeting minority communities.

'Throw Them Against The Wall And Frisk Them': Bloomberg's 2015 Race Talk Stirs Debate

1:01pm February 11, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The remarks, shared widely on social media this week, have sparked discussion about the former New York City mayor's past support of stop-and-frisk policies, which targeted minority neighborhoods.

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Can A Presidential Memoir Really Give An Honest Picture?

12:33pm February 11, 2020

by Steve Inskeep

Historian Craig Fehrman says yes; his book Author in Chief reveals little-known and unknown stories of presidents and their writing. Fehrman's pick for a good read: Calvin Coolidge's memoir.

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Voting Is Underway In New Hampshire For First-In-The-Nation Primary

11:50am February 11, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Asma Khalid and Faiz Shakir, who manages Sen. Bernie Sanders Democratic presidential campaign, about the primary — where voting in some areas began at midnight.

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Olivia Freiwald, 20, of the New Hampshire Youth Movement and Sunrise Movement on the main campus of the University of New Hampshire. She's campaigning for Bernie Sanders, in part, because he pledges to ban fracking.

Proposals To Ban Fracking Could Hurt Democrats In Key States

10:20am February 11, 2020

by Jeff Brady

Some Democratic presidential candidates want to ban fracking to help address climate change. That attracts young people, but may alienate swing voters in key oil and gas states like Pennsylvania.

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Meet New Hampshire's Father-And-Son Political Junkies

9:31am February 11, 2020

by Ari Shapiro

Jon Kelly and his 14-year-old son James have spent the primary season criss-crossing New Hampshire, trying to see every presidential candidate. Politics has become a shared bond between them.

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