Politics

FDA To Prohibit Most Flavored E-Cigarettes Except For Tobacco, Menthol

6:56am January 01, 2020

The Trump administration plans to ban most flavored e-cigarette pods. NPR's Noel King talks to Jennifer Maloney of The Wall Street Journal, who was one of the first reporters to break the story.

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News Brief: U.S. Embassy Stormed, North Korea, 2020 Politics

6:11am January 01, 2020

The U.S. sends reinforcements to Iraq after the Embassy is attacked. North Korea's leader says he's no longer bound by a nuclear missile moratorium. And, 2020 promises plenty of political headlines.

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Politics & Government

It Looks Like It's Going To Be Another Big Year For Political Headlines

6:00am January 01, 2020

by Mara Liasson

A safe prediction for 2020: it's going to be a big year in politics. Here's what we know about the impeachment trial, the Democratic primary and the presidential race.

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President Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019.

Trump's Push For Lofty Nuclear Treaty Sparks Worry Over Current Deal

5:00am January 01, 2020

by Franco Ordoñez

President Trump and his Russian counterpart have the coming year to deal with an expiring nuclear treaty that will lapse just after the end of his first term.

Traffic clogs Highway 101 as people leave work in Los Angeles on Aug. 29, 2014.

Politics & Government

U.S. Population Growth In 2019 Is Slowest In A Century

9:35pm December 31, 2019

by David Welna

Falling birth rates and rising death rates, combined with a significant drop in immigration, have slowed U.S. population growth to its lowest level since 1918.

Supreme Court Releases Additional Orders From Prior Week's Conference

Unprecedented: The Right To Offend (Rebroadcast)

4:42pm December 31, 2019

Which publication gave us our "right to lampoon"? Hustler Magazine.

Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, faced criticism after he sent a now-deleted tweet about the suspect in the stabbing attack in Monsey, N.Y.

DHS's Cuccinelli Faces Backlash Over Deleted Tweet About Suspect In Hanukkah Stabbing

4:36pm December 31, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Critics questioned the relevance of impugning Grafton Thomas' entire family over his alleged crimes and wondered how the immigration status of his father was relevant to the suspect's alleged crimes.

Prisoners pass through a courtyard at Waupun Correctional Institution. Officials in some prison towns have come up with creative ways to avoid forming voting districts made up primarily of prisoners. But in many others, political lines are drawn around pr

'Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts

1:28pm December 31, 2019

The U.S. census counts incarcerated people as residents of where they are imprisoned. In many prison towns, that has led to voting districts made up primarily of prisoners who can't vote.

Joe Biden Writes About 'Restoring The Soul Of Our Nation'

11:41am December 31, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Wear, who directed faith outreach for President Obama's reelection campaign, about whether 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are appealing to faith voters.

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Looking Back On Trump Administration's Tough Talk On Immigration

11:37am December 31, 2019

by Joel Rose

Administration officials pushed for big changes to the nation's legal immigration system in 2019 — from a dramatic shift on asylum claims at the border, to restrictions on who can get a green card.

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