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Patents Are Just One Piece Of The Global Vaccine Manufacturing Problem
2021/5/6

Technical expertise and supply chains shortages will pose huge challenges for global manufactures ho

Trump's Facebook Ban Remains, For Now
2021/5/5

Facebook's moderation board has upheld the company's decision to suspend Donald Trump's account beca

Dems To Justice Breyer: Retire From Supreme Court While We Control Senate
2021/5/4

Reeling from the political fallout after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, some liberal groups ar

How Much Is Biden Willing To Compromise On His Infrastructure Plan?
2021/5/3

President Biden has touted his desire to bring transformational change to American society, but his

Weekly Roundup: April 30th
2021/4/30

This week, California's secretary of state confirmed that there are enough valid signatures to trigg

Census: More Seats For Texas, Fewer For California and New York
2021/4/29

The first round of Census numbers out this week will help to determine each community's electoral cl

Biden's Pitch to Congress: Make Government Great Again
2021/4/29

In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Biden detailed how he says his two mu

The Docket: "Mean Girls" Meets The Supreme Court
2021/4/27

The Docket is a new ongoing series from The NPR Politics Podcast where we examine the major legal qu

The Pandemic And Biden's First 100 Days
2021/4/26

As President Biden nears his 100th day in office, how much credit is he due for curbing the pandemic

Weekly Roundup: April 23rd
2021/4/23

In a 94-to-1 vote, the Senate passed a bill aimed at reducing hate crimes directed at Asian American

World Leaders Convene (Virtually) For White House Climate Summit
2021/4/22

Ahead of the meeting, the US announced its goal to halve emissions from 2005 levels by the end of th

DOJ Announces Minneapolis Police Investigation; Biden Governs With An Eye On History
2021/4/21

One day after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on murder charges, th

George Floyd's Family, White House Push For Police Reform Law After Guilty Verdict
2021/4/21

The jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all the counts he faced

White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy On Summit
2021/4/20

How will the US slash emissions by 2030? White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy talks to NPR's Sc

Biden Holds Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks At White House
2021/4/19

Members of the House and Senate, all former governors and mayors, attended a meeting at the White Ho

Weekly Roundup: April 16th
2021/4/16

Testimony ended Thursday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, fac

Americans Support An Expanded View Of "Infrastructure" But Not How To Pay For It
2021/4/15

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that Americans generally support making things like broadba

After Almost Two Decades Of War, Biden To Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan
2021/4/14

President Biden says that U.S. troops will be out of Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021. The presid

White House Says It Will Meet Vaccine Goals Despite Pause In Johnson & Johnson Use
2021/4/13

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration recommended pausi

John Boehner Thinks The Republican Party Has Changed. Has It?
2021/4/12

In a new memoir, the former Republican House Speaker says that even Ronald Reagan couldn't get elect