Weekly Roundup: July 10th, 2020
Joe Biden has received detailed policy proposals from the joint committees he formed with Bernie Sanders, part of an effort to bring progressives into his campaign's fold. But, with Biden up by double...
10 Heinä 202024min
Absolute Immunity? Presidents Don't Have It.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's claim that he is "categorically immune" from having his pre-presidential financial records investigated by a New York grand jury. But in a second ...
9 Heinä 202013min
Is It Safe For Kids To Return To School?
The President is insistent: kids must return to school in the fall. But its not his decision to make and school districts are struggling to figure out how to open safely. Also, the Supreme Court allow...
8 Heinä 202013min
Young People Drive Coronavirus Surge
The US is now regularly seeing days with more than 50,000 new cases of the coronavirus, up from the previous peak of 30 thousand a day in April. Florida is among the states hardest hit by the uptick.L...
7 Heinä 202013min
President Revives "American Carnage" Message
In a speech Friday at Mount Rushmore, President Trump returned to the divisive "law and order" rhetoric and white identity politics that fueled his 2016 campaign. That's despite signs that the message...
6 Heinä 202013min
How Black Americans Experience Patriotism
The U.S. is experiencing a reckoning over the fact that the promises of America are not fulfilled equally. Black Americans share how they experience patriotism ahead of the July Fourth celebration. Th...
3 Heinä 202015min
US Added Jobs In June—But Now The Pandemic Is Getting Worse
The unemployment rate fell to 11.1%. But there are indications that the job growth has slowed recently amid a surge of new coronavirus infections. Follow our playlist, The NPR Politics Daily Workout.T...
2 Heinä 202014min
Trump Remakes Federal Judiciary In His Image
In June, the Senate confirmed President Trump's 200th judge to the bench. With a dearth of legislative achievements to point to, reshaping the federal judiciary could be the president's most durable l...
1 Heinä 202014min
