December's Politics Podcast Trivia Game
Susan Davis and Ron Elving quiz an NPR Politics Podcast listener on recent political news and trivia. Listen to this episode to play along and to find out how you can enter for a chance to be our next...
17 Dec 202312min
Happy Holidays From A Fairly Unproductive Congress
Lawmakers presided over one of the most fruitless sessions in legislative history this year — and there's still a lot left on their plate to tackle in 2024. What remains on the to-do list?Plus, a new ...
15 Dec 202323min
Free Speech & College Campuses
The Israel-Hamas war has sparked demonstrations on college campuses, igniting the age old debate about the fine line between antisemitism and free speech.This episode: senior White House correspondent...
14 Dec 202321min
House Formalizes Impeachment Inquiry Into President Biden
The vote is intended, in part, to give lawmakers greater legal authority to enforce subpoenas. House Republicans allege that President Biden and his family engaged in "influence peddling" but so far h...
14 Dec 202318min
Texas Woman Denied Emergency Abortion, Goes Out of State
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade last year has made it virtually impossible to get a legal abortion in Texas. This case is the latest challenge to that state's abortion ban, and a...
12 Dec 202312min
Candidates — Some Of Them, Anyway — Visit N.H. Ahead Of Primary
The first-in-the-nation primary is set for Jan. 23, but President Biden is staying out of the Democrats' contest and is not on the ballot. Republicans are fighting to take down Donald Trump, and, in t...
11 Dec 202315min
Roundup: Congress, Cameos & Clapbacks
Lawmakers are scrambling to get things done before the end of the year, but is there an appetite to fund more aid for Ukraine if Republicans' immigration priorities are not met? And, a look at the end...
8 Dec 202329min
Merrick Garland's Had A Lot On His Plate
The Department of Justice this week announced war crimes charges against four Russian soldiers for alleged torture of an American citizen in Ukraine, and the arrest of a former U.S. ambassador on char...
7 Dec 202315min
