Politics

News Brief: Ala. Election Draws Near, Court Rules On Kenya's Election

5:04am November 20, 2017

Three Alabama newspapers urged voters not to elect GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, who's accused of sexual misconduct. In Kenya, judges dismissed a pair of petitions challenging the Oct. 26 vote.

Latoya Cantrell: New Orleans Elects First Female Mayor

5:27pm November 19, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Voters in New Orleans have elected 45-year-old Latoya Cantrell as the city's first female mayor in its nearly 300-year history.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech during a live broadcast at State House in Harare on Sunday. Mugabe has baffled the country by ending his address on national television without announcing his resignation.

Zimbabwe's Mugabe Ousted By Own Party, Refuses To Step Down

5:04pm November 19, 2017

by Amy Held

The near-four decade rule of Robert Mugabe appeared to be coming to an end after the ruling ZANU-PF party voted to remove him, but Mugabe appeared defiant in a Sunday evening televised address.

A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga throws back a canister of tear gas toward riot police during running battles with police in Kibera Slums in Nairobi, on Sunday.

Deadly Violence Spirals In Nairobi Ahead Of Court Ruling On Presidential Win

12:39pm November 19, 2017

by Amy Held

At least four people were killed overnight into Sunday in what the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, called "state-sponsored thuggery."

Politics & Government

Week In Politics: Taxes And Sexual Harassment

8:11am November 19, 2017

Clare Malone, senior political writer for FiveThirtyEight, joins NPR's Lulu-Garcia Navarro for a roundup of the latest political news.

Politics & Government

Alabama Republicans And Roy Moore

8:11am November 19, 2017

"People are fed up with the ruling class in Washington," says conservative commentator Ed Martin. He offers NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro his thoughts on the state of the GOP.

Clintons Return To Arkansas

8:11am November 19, 2017

by Bobby Ampezzan

Bill and Hillary Clinton are back in Arkansas this weekend reflecting on the 1992 presidential campaign, but their appearance comes at a time of controversy over inappropriate sexual conduct.

Arms Merchants Go To The Pentagon

8:11am November 19, 2017

by David Welna

Former executives from some of the country's biggest military equipment companies are occupying top slots at the Pentagon, their biggest customer. But there's bipartisan pushback.

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Examining Russian Disinformation

8:11am November 19, 2017

Thomas Rid of Johns Hopkins tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the history of Russian disinformation and how it's become more effective in the age of social media.

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To Tax Or Not To Tax University Endowments

8:11am November 19, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Grinnell College President Raynard Kington about the proposed excise tax on endowment income. The small Iowa school has a very large endowment.