Once Derided As Graft, Earmarks Just Helped Congress Pass A Bipartisan Budget Deal
The $1.5 trillion dollar package also contained billions in aid to Ukraine. One thing that was absent? COVID relief money that the White House was banking on.And the 2020 Census undercounted many Blac...
11 Mar 202224min
Exclusive: Attorney General Merrick Garland
The head of the Justice Department said that he is committed to unraveling the conspiracy behind the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, and reiterated that political considerations are no reas...
10 Mar 202212min
Why Colorado's Democratic Governor Broke From His Party On Mask Mandates
Democrat Jared Polis ended Colorado's statewide mask mandate in the summer of 2021 and didn't reinstate it during later coronavirus surges. In an interview with the NPR Politics Podcast, Polis suggest...
9 Mar 202213min
Biden Bans Russian Oil Imports
The symbolic move was accompanied by an acknowledgement from the president that gas prices are likely to keep rising. Nominally at an all-time high, gasoline prices remain well below their 2008 peak a...
8 Mar 202211min
After Ten Days Of War, The View From The Ground In Ukraine
Ukraine continues to hold out against a Russian invasion, as the U.S. and its European allies debate military aid and banning Russian oil imports to further constrain the petrostate's economy. NPR's R...
7 Mar 202214min
January 6th Committee Says It Has Evidence Trump's Election Efforts Broke The Law
Lawmakers said in a court filing this week that the evidence they have gathered through their investigation into last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol suggests that former President Donald J. Trump c...
4 Mar 202226min
The White House Says It Is Prepared To Respond Quickly To New COVID Variants
Biden is asking Congress to make new treatment options free and immediately available to patients who test positive. The administration says wastewater monitoring will help localities respond nimbly t...
3 Mar 202214min
Changes To Texas Voting Rules Worry Older Voters And Those With Disabilities
Election officials said more than 15,000 mail-in ballots weren't completed properly after the state imposed new voting rules governing Tuesday's primary races.Election workers received thousands of ca...
2 Mar 202214min
