Feb 20 WATCH: U.S. casts lone veto against UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The Security Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday morning. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the U.S. will veto the resolution because it may interfere with ongoing U.S. efforts to arrange a deal between the warring parties that would bring at… Continue reading
Feb 20 Biden to visit California to rev up fundraising for reelection bid By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press He's trying to make up for lost time after largely avoiding the Democratic donor stronghold during last year's strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 7:18 How 2020 election denialism became a litmus test for the GOP By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat True the Vote, a group that spread false allegations about the 2020 election, recently admitted to a judge – reported first by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – that it has no evidence to back its claims. Yet these conspiracies are still… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 10:21 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on South Carolina's primary and Trump's legal woes By William Brangham, Kyle Midura NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including how the presidential primary season may effectively come to a close this week after voters in… Continue watching
Feb 19 As South Carolina primary closes in, Nikki Haley is sharpening contrasts with Donald Trump By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Nikki Haley is using the closing days of the South Carolina GOP primary matchup with Donald Trump to hone her argument that she is the lone remaining candidate who can unite Americans. Continue reading
Feb 19 U.S. awards $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont By Josh Boak, Associated Press The Biden administration says that the government would provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in New York and Vermont. Continue reading
Feb 19 Democrats celebrate 'major political victory' as Wisconsin governor signs new legislative district maps into law By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Wisconsin's Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has signed new legislative district maps into law that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court draw the lines. Continue reading
Feb 18 Republican opponent of U.S. aid to Ukraine argues his case at Munich Security Conference By Associated Press Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican and ally of Donald Trump, said in Munich that “the problem in Ukraine … is that there’s no clear end point" and that the U.S. doesn't make enough weapons to support wars in eastern Europe,… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 9:26 The often misunderstood legacy of the Black Panther Party By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Andrew Chambers, Winston Wilde, Azhar Merchant, Juliet Fuisz In the 1960s civil rights movement, some concluded that non-violence and the focus on integration had failed — their cry was “Black Power” rather than “We Shall Overcome.” One of the most prominent of these groups was the Black Panther… Continue watching
Feb 18 Hungarian government declines to meet U.S. senators seeking approval for Sweden's NATO bid By Justin Spike, Associated Press A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators has made an official visit to Hungary’s capital to call on the nationalist government to immediately approve Sweden’s request to join NATO. Hungary is the only one of NATO’s 31 members not to have… Continue reading