Politics

What Happened To Unemployment Benefits?

9:46pm June 06, 2014

by Tamara Keith

Five months have passed since the expiration of the emergency unemployment benefits program for the long-term unemployed. Amid congressional delays, it's unclear whether those benefits ever will be extended.

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Outside Groups To Spend Even More Ahead Of Miss. GOP Senate Runoff

11:09am June 06, 2014

by Peter Overby

Well-heeled outside groups easily outspent Sen. Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel before the GOP Senate primary in Mississippi. They're going all in on the runoff election later this month.

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Senate Expected To Approve Sebelius Replacement At HHS

4:01pm June 05, 2014

by Don Gonyea

The Senate votes Thursday on the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Health and Human Services Secretary, replacing Kathleen Sebelius. Burwell was running the Office of Management and Budget.

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After State Lawmaker Comes Out, Campaign Becomes Battle Of Write-ins

7:18pm June 04, 2014

by Kate Lao Shaffner

Mike Fleck, who was re-elected three times before he came out as gay in 2012, lost the Republican state house primary to a write-in candidate. So he won as a write-in on the Democratic ballot instead.

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Mitt Romney Emerges As A Player In Midterm Elections

9:43am June 02, 2014

by Don Gonyea

The ex-presidential candidate is on the campaign trail, picking winners in a number of key primaries. He says his goal is to help the GOP have a great 2014, including seizing control of the Senate.

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17 Primary Candidates Vie For Rep. Henry Waxman's Seat

7:48am June 02, 2014

by Kelly McEvers

When the Democrat from Southern California announced his retirement earlier this year, he opened up a seat that had been occupied for decades. The top-two vote getters will face off in November.

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Release Of Sgt. Bergdahl May Have Come At A High Cost

7:48am June 02, 2014

by Tamara Keith

Bowe Bergdahl's release and the prisoner swap that made it possible are raising thorny foreign policy questions, which are being voiced most loudly at this point by congressional Republicans.

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Political Division Over Effect Of Swapping 5 Detainees For POW

7:04pm June 01, 2014

In exchange for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. transferred five detainees from Guantanamo to Qatar. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Kabul correspondent Sean Carberry about the swap.

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In Mississippi, A Senate Race Derailed By A Blogger's Photos

7:12pm May 30, 2014

by Debbie Elliott

Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel is struggling to stay on message after his supporters allegedly exploited longtime GOP Sen. Thad Cochran's bedridden wife.

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Republican Sen. Bob Corker, the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he thinks President Obama hasn't responded strongly enough to the crises in Ukraine and Syria.

Sen. Corker Wants More Lasting Show Of Force In Eastern Europe

1:10pm May 30, 2014

Sen. Bob Corker, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations panel, says President Obama's recent West Point speech should be thrown "in the trash can" in favor of tougher foreign policy goals.

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