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Politics chat: Biden's spending bills are still stalled on Capitol Hill

1:21pm October 17, 2021

by Domenico Montanaro

We look at the battles facing the Democratic party in the wake of ongoing rifts over the infrastructure bill and President Biden's down-trending polling numbers.

Former President Bill Clinton, standing with his wife, Hillary, and doctors, was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center Sunday morning.

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Former President Bill Clinton released from the hospital

11:41am October 17, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Clinton, 75, had been hospitalized at the UC Irvine Medical Center since Tuesday for a "non-COVID-related infection."

Demonstrators gather outside the Massachusetts State House in Boston to protest COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates. The political divide on the issue is only deepening, as Republican leaders of other states take more steps to thwart mandates.

The political fight over vaccine mandates deepens despite their effectiveness

7:00am October 17, 2021

by Alana Wise

Republicans in Texas and Florida are combatting COVID-19 mandates as a matter of personal liberty, even as the data show just how crucial vaccination — and mandates — are to beating the virus.

Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, speaks to members of the media while departing the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 7. Manchin has reportedly told the White House that he opposes the key climate measure in Biden's multitrillion-dollar climate and soc

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Joe Manchin's objections to a clean energy program threaten Biden's climate promises

8:48pm October 16, 2021

by Eric McDaniel

The key climate element of President Biden's $3.5 trillion budget proposal appears to be in jeopardy, threatening environmental goals and global credibility.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco event in San Francisco on Oct. 3, 2019. Benioff is a proponent of stakeholder capitalism, the belief that companies must look out for the broader good.

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Why the Salesforce CEO wants to redefine capitalism by pushing for social change

7:06pm October 16, 2021

by David Gura

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is an evangelist for stakeholder capitalism — the belief that companies should be driven by more than profits: They should also take care of the broader social good.

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How the executive privilege claim figures into Jan. 6 probe

5:07pm October 16, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the use of executive privilege to block the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend the 40th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday.

At a memorial ceremony for officers, Biden renews calls for police reform

3:26pm October 16, 2021

by Eric McDaniel

Speaking at the a memorial service for fallen law enforcement officers, the president acknowledged the pain that accompanies losing a loved one. He also pushed again for police reform.

Afghans inspect damage of the Ahmadi family house after a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 29. The strike, which the Pentagon originally deemed a success in striking an ISIS-K target, killed 10 civilians, none of whom were associated with

U.S. will provide condolence payments to families of Kabul drone strike victims

11:11am October 16, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

The Aug. 29 U.S. drone strike was supposed to target ISIS-K members, but the attack killed 10 Afghan civilians. Now those victims' families will get unspecified condolence payments.

United States Border Patrol agents on horseback try to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Río Grande near the Acuña Del Río International Bridge in Del Río, Texas on Sept. 19.

Haiti faces disasters and chaos. Its people are most likely to be denied U.S. asylum

10:48am October 16, 2021

by Marisa Peñaloza

Of 4,202 applications from late 2018 to June 2021 only 194 were granted asylum. Some Haitians say there's been a history of racism and mistreatment by U.S. authorities for more than a century.

Louise Penny (left), a best-selling author, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, paired up to write State of Terror, a new novel that they say is meant to serve as a cautionary tale.

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny tackle nuclear war and diplomacy in new crime novel

8:02am October 16, 2021

The former secretary of state and the best-selling author say their new book, State of Terror is meant to serve as an entertaining yet cautionary tale that deals with the perils of the "vast silence."