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Five women, including a former staffer, accused former Congressman Eric Swalwell of sexual abuse.
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The White House is urging Republican-led states to crack down on immigration in new ways, like reporting undocumented immigrants who enroll in public schools, visit hospitals, or apply for benefits.
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Eric Swalwell is facing new allegations of sexual assault, days after the California Democrat formally submitted his resignation from Congress.
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Congress was late to adopt workplace laws that protect private sector employees. How has that shaped its culture? NPR speaks with Rutgers professor James R. Jones, author of "The Last Plantation."
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former Rep. Jackie Speier, who represented a California district as a Democrat, about sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill following the #MeToo movement.
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President Trump wants to do away with the filibuster in order to pass the Save America Act. But many Senate Republicans are reluctant, wary of what it would mean if they were to lose their majority. -
The Trump administration has said that enforcement of the FACE Act by the Biden DOJ represents "the prototypical example" of the weaponization of the law against conservatives. -
TACO is the Wall Street acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” It’s an allegation that the president shrinks from his most extreme threats and an explanation for why the markets have mostly shrugged off his rhetoric.
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A controversial social media post appeared to show Trump as a Christ-like figure, dressed in robes and seemingly performing a healing.
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The 1979 Iran hostage crisis reverberates in how the U.S. deals with the country today. -
With Virginia on board, the National Popular Vote Compact is now enacted in states worth 222 electoral votes. Here's what that means. -
NPR's A Martinez asks Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.
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House Ethics Committee member Rep. Suhas Subramanyam and law professor Richard Painter break down why controversy might have forced Representatives Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales to resign. -
Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power. How Weyland-Yutani helps explain monopsony — and the rise of inequality on Earth.
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Local TV giant Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival Tegna won speedy approval from Trump administration regulators. But it faces a tough challenge from a pair of antitrust lawsuits. -
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is responsible for a huge share of intel collected by the U.S. Lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are worried it enables warrantless spying on U.S. citizens. -
NPR's A Martinez speaks with former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter about the planned resignations of Congressmen Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales and the ethics behind them.
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Swalwell's resignation follows allegations of sexual assault and misconduct made by multiple women against the California Democrat. -
Magyar ended Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year grip on power in a landslide victory on Sunday. The former Orbán loyalist burst onto the scene as an opposition leader in 2024. -
Viktor Orbán had been in power for 16 years and made a number of major changes to the country's constitution to weaken the judiciary.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his California gubernatorial campaign Sunday night amid sexual assault allegations. -
In the order issued Monday, the judge wrote that President Trump had failed to make the argument that the article, which described a letter to Epstein that the newspaper said bore Trump's signature, was published with the intent to be malicious. -
The U.S. Military’s blockade of Iran’s ports and coastal areas came into effect this morning.
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The year began with many people becoming U.S. citizens, but by December, fewer people were doing so, driven by ramped-up scrutiny of applications and eroding trust in the system. -
Last year, Congress approved $75 billion for immigration enforcement. That money has allowed ICE to operate nearly unfettered during a record-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. -
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell is suspending his campaign for governor of California, as he faces allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.
