Linda Tripp, Clinton Sex Scandal Whistleblower, Dies At 70
Linda Tripp, the government employee who secretly recorded conversations with Monica Lewinsky in the late 1990s about Lewinsky's affair with President Clinton, has died at age 70. Tripp's death...
View ArticleTeamsters President James Hoffa Warns Trump Not To Move Too Quickly To Reopen
Teamsters President James Hoffa is cautioning against reopening businesses across the country too quickly, for fear of endangering workers. Hoffa was one of a dozen leaders from the corporate world,...
View ArticleTrump Returns To The Road With Arizona Trip To Mask-Maker
Updated at 7:00 p.m. ET As President Trump attempts to project an image of America rising out of quarantine and beginning to reopen, he traveled on Tuesday to an Arizona factory that's expanded into...
View ArticleLabor Leaders Call For Police Reform Even As Police Unions Face Growing...
A loud and longtime complaint of civil rights activists and police reform advocates is that police unions are part of the problem of police brutality. Unions are designed to protect their members, and...
View ArticleTrump, Long Adamant About Convention Despite Coronavirus, Admits It May Adapt
President Trump is acknowledging that he may have to temper his expectations, adamant at times, that his acceptance speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention should be a big event in front of...
View ArticleJoe Biden's Potential Running Mate: Who Is Susan Rice?
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Former Vice President Joe Biden is believed to be getting close to naming his running mate in this year's presidential election. One of those...
View ArticleSusan Rice, Perhaps An Unlikely Contender, Lands On Biden's VP Shortlist
One of a series of reports looking at Joe Biden's potential running mates Susan Rice has a ready answer when asked about possibly being Joe Biden's pick for vice president. "Whether I'm his running...
View ArticlePolitical Conventions Will Likely Never Be The Same
It's a nondescript, utilitarian room in the bowels of a sports arena. The presidential nomination is on the line. Aides to three candidates still in the contest are haggling with convention staff over...
View ArticleToday's GOP 'Is Donald Trump's Party'
Ask any Republican strategist about the state of their party in 2020 and you'll get an answer something like this from GOP consultant Antonia Ferrier. "This is Donald Trump's party," she said, "and I...
View ArticleSen. Lindsey Graham Faces Competitive Race In South Carolina
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Republican Senator Ben Sasse spoke at length about the president this week. He was on a call with constituents in his state of Nebraska....
View ArticleLindsey Graham Warmed To Trump, And Some Voters Feel Left In The Cold
Even the most optimistic Democrats didn't have South Carolina on the list of Republican U.S. Senate seats they seriously thought they could flip at the start of 2020. But a little more than two weeks...
View ArticleCampaign Volunteers In North Carolina Push To Turn Out More Voters
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: North Carolina is a key presidential swing state. Democrats think they can flip it because of its growing suburban population and large African...
View ArticleBiden Supporters In Pennsylvania Look Ahead To A 'Traditional Presidency'
Even as President Trump continues to undermine the election results that made Joe Biden the president-elect, states have begun certifying their votes. In some places, it's been controversial, as in...
View ArticleTrump's Influence On GOP Endures, Even As New Impeachment Trial Looms
No one expected him to ride quietly into the sunset. But when Donald J. Trump vacated the White House — freshly impeached for a second time, and still insisting on the lie that the election was stolen...
View ArticleBiden Infrastructure Plan Aims To Please Both Labor And Environmentalists
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Joe Biden pledges to be the most labor-friendly president ever, and unions are a key part of his political coalition. He's now enlisting their...
View ArticleBiden Faces 'Balancing Act' Advancing Clean Energy Alongside Labor Allies
In mid-February — barely a month into his term — President Biden gathered 10 union leaders in the Oval Office. The meeting lasted two hours. "Every once in a while as president you get to invite close...
View ArticleWith Trump Off The Ballot, Republicans Look To Regain Votes In The Suburbs
The suburbs used to belong to the Republican Party. But those days are gone. Driven by demographic change and increasing diversity, the political leanings of the suburbs have shifted. In many areas,...
View ArticleWest Virginia Unions Pressure Manchin To Back Biden On Infrastructure Plan
If President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan is going to become a reality, it will very likely need the vote of every Democrat in the evenly divided Senate. That simple fact puts a...
View ArticleWhat Voters In Pennsylvania Suburbs Say About Biden And Trump Now
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: Gains with suburban voters helped Joe Biden win the presidency. Suburbs were long Republican terrain, but their move to the left accelerated...
View ArticleMuch Of Ohio Is Trump Country. And That Complicates Things For The GOP
In Licking County, Ohio, east of the capital city of Columbus, bumper stickers on pickup trucks make it clear it is Trump Country. And at a recent meeting of the county's Republican women's group,...
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