Treasury Secretary Keeps Up Pressure To Raise Debt Limit
In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke about the debt ceiling, raising wages and the new potential faces of the $10 bill.
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GOP Conference Set To Decide Party's Nominee For House Speaker
On Thursday, the House Republican Conference will choose a nominee out of three candidates to replace John Boehner as speaker. And then later this month, the entire House will vote for speaker.
Disappointment Over Politics Spurs Some Millennials To Get Involved
In politics, the assumption is that millennials are apathetic. But for some in that generation, there's optimism that convinces them that they could change the system they despise.
Justice Department Called On To Investigate Alabama Voter ID Issue
Alabama closed 31 part-time driver's license offices last week due to budget cuts. That leaves many rural residents without a place to obtain driver's licenses — licenses that double as voter IDs.
New House Bill Could Cut Some Mandatory Life Sentences To 25 Years
Billed as a "companion" to major Senate sentencing legislation released last week, the top Republican and Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee say the proposal comes after months of negotiations.
Supreme Court Justices Deeply Divided Over Death Penalty In New Term
The Supreme Court heard its first death penalty case of the new term Wednesday, and the questioning quickly showed how deep and bitter the divide between the justices has grown on this issue.
The Year In Space: U.S., Russian Spacefarers On The International Station
NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with NASA Commander Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, who are spending the year on the International Space Station.
GOP Presidential Candidates Offer Varied Responses To Oregon Shooting
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson says if he would have engaged the Orgeon shooter if he had been there, He isnt the only republican who has soken about guns recently,.
Kevin McCarthy Could Be The Next Speaker. Is He Still A 'Bakersfield Boy'?
Many of McCarthy's Bakersfield, Calif., constituents like him, but he's riled some Latinos over immigration and been criticized by conservatives for compromising.
Clinton Breaks With Obama To Oppose Asia Trade Deal
"What I know of it, as of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it," the Democrat said, breaking with President Obama on his signature trade deal he hopes to push through Congress.