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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the public's response to the Epstein files

By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including who is facing pressure to make a deal to end the partial government shutdown, how the…

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Settle In: How Lincoln would navigate today's politics

By Geoff Bennett

"What would Lincoln do?" Author and historian Matthew Pinsker's substack uses this question as a framework to explore modern politics. He talks with Geoff Bennett about his latest book, "Boss Lincoln," which examines how Lincoln still shapes our country today.

Texas Republican Ken Paxton is stepping up his Senate bid against Cornyn

By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be in an unfamiliar setting Monday night: heading his first campaign rally since the Republican announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate 10 months ago.

How George Washington rose to prominence and became the stuff of myth

By Michael Casey, Associated Press

No, he didn't have wooden teeth.

How Lincoln would navigate today's politics

By Geoff Bennett

“What would Lincoln do?” Author and historian Matthew Pinsker’s substack uses this question as a framework to explore modern politics. He talks with Geoff Bennett about his latest book, “Boss Lincoln,” which examines how Lincoln still shapes our country today.

NAACP asks judge to protect against 'misuse' after FBI seized of voter data in Fulton County

By Kate Brumback, Associated Press

Georgia residents entrusted the state with their “sensitive personal information” when they registered to vote, and the Jan. 28 seizure of ballots and other election documents from the Fulton County elections hub “breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of privacy,…

Obama shuts down alien buzz: 'no evidence during my presidency'

By Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens “have made contact with us,” after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend.

It's Presidents Day. Here's what's open and closed

By Associated Press

The official designation for the holiday is Washington’s Birthday after first President George Washington, although it has come to be known informally as Presidents Day.

Trump says Board of Peace members promise $5 billion for Gaza rebuild

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes in Gaza and frequently fire on Palestinians despite a ceasefire deal. Trump did not detail which member nations were making the pledges for reconstruction.

Partial government shutdown drags on amid immigration oversight battle

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

A partial government shutdown began Saturday after congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump’s team failed to reach a deal on legislation to fund the department through September.