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Sen. Tammy Duckworth speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on April 20. The Illinois Democrat has introduced legislation that would provide three days of paid leave for parents who experience a miscarriage.

Politics & Government

Sen. Tammy Duckworth Wants To Remove Stigma Around Miscarriages

12:27pm July 25, 2021

by Robert Baldwin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the Illinois Democrat about the Support Through Loss Act, which would require employers to offer three days of paid leave to workers who've experienced pregnancy loss.

Politics & Government

Understanding Breakthrough COVID Infections

7:43am July 25, 2021

by Mara Liasson

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Dr. Cassandra Pierre of the Boston University School of Medicine about COVID infections in vaccinated people.

Tom Manger, a veteran police chief of departments in the Washington, D.C., region, is seen Friday as he takes over the United States Capitol Police.

New Capitol Police Chief Defends The Agency In The Wake Of The Jan. 6 Riot

6:14pm July 23, 2021

The new chief, Tom Manger, said the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection should not define the department and that necessary changes to its procedures have been made in the months since.

The U.S. Supreme Court will review next term whether all state laws that ban abortions before fetal viability are unconstitutional.

Politics & Government

Mississippi Is Trying To Get The Supreme Court To Reverse Roe

3:27pm July 23, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

Abortion-rights defenders promptly seized on the state's brief, noting that until now Mississippi had portrayed its appeal as far more limited.

FirstEnergy Corp., which has operated the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, for years, was at the center of a bribery scheme that included Ohio lobbyists and political officials.

An Energy Company Behind A Major Bribery Scandal In Ohio Will Pay A $230 Million Fine

1:08pm July 23, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

FirstEnergy Corp. agreed to pay as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal Patel calls it the "largest criminal penalty ever collected" by his office

Shari Davis presentation on the TED MainStage, as part of TED2020: Uncharted. July 02, 2020. Photo courtesy of TED.

Shari Davis: What If You Could Decide How The Government Spends Public Funds?

9:52am July 23, 2021

Public places don't always fully meet the needs of a community. Shari Davis explains how participatory budgeting can give us all a voice in creating safer and more equitable public spaces.

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Biden Pick To Head The Bureau Of Land Management Is Closer To Confirmation

7:41am July 23, 2021

by Caitlyn Kim

Tracy Stone-Manning, who currently works for the National Wildlife Federation, has come under Republican fire for her ties to a radical environmental group when she was a graduate student 1989.

Nina Turner, a candidate running in a special Democratic primary for Ohio's 11th Congressional District, speaks with supporters near the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland before casting her early vote on July 7.

Politics & Government

Democrats Crowd Cleveland For A Primary That Reflects Party Tensions

5:00am July 23, 2021

by Danielle Kurtzleben

In Ohio's 11th Congressional District, the two main candidates are Nina Turner and Shontel Brown. It's a local race, but it can also be seen as a microcosm of the national Democratic Party.

Campaign workers David Woodruff, left, and Jason White, right, deliver boxes of Medicaid expansion initiative signatures to the Missouri secretary of state's office in Jefferson City, Mo. on May 1, 2020.

Voters Prevail In Missouri: 275,000 To Gain Access To Health Care

5:03pm July 22, 2021

After Republican lawmakers in Missouri refused to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion in the state, state Supreme Court justices say low-income individuals must have access to care.

Los Angeles Considers Its Priorities As The Seat For Mayor Opens Ahead Of Schedule

4:58pm July 22, 2021

by Libby Denkmann

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has been nominated to become the next U.S. ambassador to India. His departure leaves the city asking what he accomplished and what it wants in its next leader.