Appeals court reinstates drop boxes for Wisconsin's February primary
The ruling temporarily blocks a judge's order that would have banned the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the swing state.
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Biden consults with European allies about deterring a Russian invasion of Ukraine
President Biden confers with U.S. allies on Ukraine on Monday, as the U.S. pulls diplomatic families out of Kyiv and weighs beefing up troop deployments in the region over fears of a Russian invasion.
Biden weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia
The Biden administration is considering a plan to send several thousand additional U.S. troops into NATO countries in eastern Europe, near both Russia and Ukraine.
What does the White House plan to do to combat inflation?
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, about what the Biden administration is doing to take on inflation.
1 Republican argues for a narrower approach to changing a 19th century voting law
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Congressman Zach Wamp, a Republican from Tennessee, about efforts to rewrite the Electoral Count Act.
The IRS faces backlogs from last year as a new tax filing season begins
The IRS is "in the roughest shape it's been in in 50 years," says former commissioner Mark Everson. The agency, he says, is understaffed, has more work than it can handle and is underfunded.
U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia
Biden is considering sending up to 5,000 troops to Eastern European countries, including Romania and Poland, a U.S. official told NPR. Russia has stationed 100,000 troops near Ukraine.
Jan. 6 panel is investigating a Trump administration plan to seize voting machines
Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi confirmed Sunday that an executive order was drafted for Trump to sign that would have used the military to seize machines in battleground states.
West Virginia's plan to fight 2022 misinformation
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mac Warner, West Virginia's secretary of state, about a bipartisan campaign by state election officials to fight misinformation ahead of the 2022 vote.
Biden's predecessors could have felt his first-year pain
Yet these early reversals haven't always been crippling. On the contrary, three of the past four presidents elected — and five of the past eight — have recovered from shaky starts to win re-election.