Politics

Fossil fuel subsidies are proving harder to end than first thought

5:54am December 14, 2021

by Jeff Brady

President Biden campaigned on ending oil and gas industry subsidies. But getting rid of them requires passing legislation. A bill eliminating the overseas drilling subsidy is stalled in Congress.

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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, speaks during a meeting on Capitol Hill Monday.

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Rep. Liz Cheney read text messages she said Mark Meadows got during the Jan. 6 siege

9:46pm December 13, 2021

by NPR Staff

In the messages, Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity urge Meadows to get then-President Donald Trump to tell his supporters to leave the Capitol.

Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House on Oct. 26, 2020.

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Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Meadows in contempt, sending a criminal referral to House

9:40pm December 13, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

Ahead of the vote, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming read a litany of text messages she said Mark Meadows received during the Jan. 6 siege, including from Donald Trump Jr.

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Saule Omarova testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Nov. 18 during her nomination hearing to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Days after withdrawing her nomination, Omarova blamed banks for leading the opposition against her

Saule Omarova gets candid: Banks sank her nomination to become a key regulator

9:06pm December 13, 2021

by David Gura

Days after withdrawing her nomination to become a key banking regulator, Omarova blames banks for distorting her research and creating an ugly environment.

Survivors of gun violence are running for office, saying they bring a new perspective

6:48pm December 13, 2021

by Juana Summers

Gun control groups are recruiting candidates to run for office whose lives have been affected by gun violence. The candidates say they'll bring a new perspective to understanding issues around guns.

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Jan. 6 panel report shows Mark Meadows' role in trying to overturn election

6:48pm December 13, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is moving forward to hold former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he stopped cooperating with them.

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President Biden says an executive order he signed Monday will "make the government work more effectively for American citizens."

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Frustrated that you can't schedule an IRS callback? Biden signed an order to do that

6:39pm December 13, 2021

by Brian Naylor

The provision is part of an order Biden signed to make the government more consumer friendly. It also makes it simpler for disaster survivors to apply for help. The order covers 17 federal agencies.

Migrants head toward a border checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border on Nov. 15. U.S. officials have accused Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of taking advantage of desperate migrants.

Authoritarians are using migrants as weapons. The White House frets it's on the rise

5:57pm December 13, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

The White House is concerned migrants will be increasingly used as a geopolitical tool as migration increases because of instability and climate change.

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COP26 president Alok Sharma on the road ahead after Glasgow

4:44pm December 13, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with COP26 president Alok Sharma about promises and agreements made at the recent climate summit in Glasgow and what more needs to be done.

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Congress considers contempt of Congress charge for Mark Meadows in relation to Jan. 6

9:43am December 13, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will vote to recommend a contempt of Congress charge against former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

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