DOJ Announces Minneapolis Police Investigation; Biden Governs With An Eye On History
One day after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on murder charges, the U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation into possible patterns of discrimination and exc...
21 Apr 202114min
George Floyd's Family, White House Push For Police Reform Law After Guilty Verdict
The jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all the counts he faced over the death of George Floyd. After the verdict, President Biden and Vice President Harris joined...
21 Apr 202115min
White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy On Summit
How will the US slash emissions by 2030? White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy talks to NPR's Scott Detrow ahead of this week's climate summit with world leaders.This episode: White House correspo...
20 Apr 202117min
Biden Holds Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks At White House
Members of the House and Senate, all former governors and mayors, attended a meeting at the White House today to talk infrastructure priorities with the president. A second infrastructure plan, in add...
19 Apr 202114min
Weekly Roundup: April 16th
Testimony ended Thursday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, facing charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in George Fl...
16 Apr 202130min
Americans Support An Expanded View Of "Infrastructure" But Not How To Pay For It
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that Americans generally support making things like broadband part of infrastructure, but they don't agree on how to pay for it. Plus, Republicans shift away f...
15 Apr 202114min
After Almost Two Decades Of War, Biden To Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan
President Biden says that U.S. troops will be out of Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021. The president said in an address Wednesday that after nearly two decades of conflict, there was no reason to c...
14 Apr 202114min
White House Says It Will Meet Vaccine Goals Despite Pause In Johnson & Johnson Use
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration recommended pausing the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six rare cases of blood clotting. The White House ...
13 Apr 202114min
