Politics
Is Congress willing to curb Trump’s approach to executive power?
President Trump's expansive interpretation of executive power is continuing to reshape federal spending in a government shutdown. Source link
Amid claims that left-wing terrorism is rising, what do the data say?
The assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has reanimated claims that the left is increasingly responsible for terrorist activity in the U.S. But the data paints a more complicated...
Health insurance is at the center of the government shutdown battle
The NPR Politics Podcast breaks down the central policy issue behind the government shutdown: enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans. Source link
VP Vance tries to progress Gaza ceasefire. And, White House demolition draws critics
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Trump targets ‘Democrat priorities’ in an effort to end the shutdown standoff
As we enter another week of the government shutdown, the Trump administration continues to apply political pressures to Democrats by threatening to cut their priorities, but so far that...
Republican Rep. Jeff Hurd of Colorado talks about the ongoing shutdown
Congressman Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., talks about the ongoing government shutdown and how it's affecting federal workers in his state. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've been speaking with lawmakers on both...
Who is Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister?
Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes...
Shutdown to impact federal workers’ pay. And, tensions grow between U.S. and Colombia
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Hakeem Jeffries on the government shutdown and the ongoing stalemate on Capitol Hill
NPR's Michel Martin asks House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about the Democrats' efforts to end the government shutdown and what they're hearing from their constituents about the impact....
A theory why the internet is going down the toilet
This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. Sign up here! A few years ago, Cory Doctorow coined a word that took the internet by storm. It appeared everywhere,...
