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Michelle Wu speaks after voting in Boston on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

Michelle Wu is Boston's first female and first person of color elected mayor

11:03pm November 02, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Wu's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan. She defeated fellow Democratic City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, a self-described first-generation Arab-Polish American.

Competing lawn signs are placed outside of a polling place on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Minneapolis. Voters there are deciding whether to replace the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The election comes more than a year afte

Minneapolis voters reject a measure to replace the city's police department

10:56pm November 02, 2021

by Martin Kaste

The failed ballot measure proposed a new Department of Public Safety that would emphasize a public health approach to policing.

Bottles of medicine ride on a belt at the Express Scripts mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J., in 2018. Democratic lawmakers have reached a deal to lower prescription drug prices for seniors.

Democrats' deal on prescription drugs would lower costs for seniors

7:45pm November 02, 2021

by Alana Wise

Democrats agreed to a significant — but slimmed down — proposal to help lower prescription drug prices, bringing aboard notable holdouts on the measure, including Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

What Biden said about U.S. climate agenda as he wraps up at Glasgow summit

6:00pm November 02, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden is wrapping his time at the climate summit in Glasgow. Now he'll come back to face lawmakers in his own party who have balked at the scope of his proposals, including those on climate.

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Experts say pledges at COP26 won't be enough to stop extreme climate change

6:00pm November 02, 2021

by Lauren Sommer

On Tuesday, countries at the global climate summit COP26 pledged to cut back on heat-trapping methane emissions and do more to fight deforestation.

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Tucker Carlson's Capitol insurrection series promotes disproved conspiracy theories

6:00pm November 02, 2021

by David Folkenflik

Fox News star Tucker Carlson hosts a miniseries promising the "truth" about the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. It comes as Fox is being sued over airing falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election.

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EPA head Michael Regan on U.S. plan to tame methane emissions

6:00pm November 02, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with head of the Environmental Protection Agency Michael Regan about the administration's newly announced plans at the COP26 climate conference to curb methane emissions.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote a letter to the state's association of school boards decrying "pornographic" content in school library books.

Texas governor decries school library books with 'pornographic or obscene material'

5:32pm November 02, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked the state's association of school boards to review and remove any school library books with "pornography or other inappropriate content." It's part of a larger trend.

President Biden addresses a press conference at the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Biden says climate fears are well-founded but touts progress at the U.N. summit

5:09pm November 02, 2021

by Brian Naylor

While President Biden has been working with world leaders on the pressing issue of climate change, his domestic plans for more funding still face holdouts.

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Listen live to President Biden speak from the U.N. climate summit

3:18pm November 02, 2021

President Biden attends the United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, in Glasgow this week. Listen live on the NPR One app to his press conference.