Corruption, Clemency, and Mayoral Memes: The Biggest Political Stories Of 2020
It’s been a wild year in Illinois and Chicago politics. Two political watchers break down the year that was.
It’s been a wild year in Illinois and Chicago politics. Two political watchers break down the year that was.
Jake Sullivan is the president-elect’s top national security adviser. He told NPR’s Scott Detrow that he is worried that a lack of communication from top Trump officials could jeopardize a safe transition.Sullivan also emphasized that Americans’ economic well-being will be a central tenet of Joe Biden’s foreign policy. Although he served in the Obama administration, Sullivan now feels that it didn’t do enough to tie foreign policy to domestic concerns.This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben and political correspondent Scott Detrow.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station. Produced by Barton Girdwood and Lexie Schapitl.
Education policy expert Cristina Pacione-Zayas is Martinez’s hand-picked successor to serve in the Illinois State Senate.
Misinformation about the election and the coronavirus is also gaining a foothold in American society, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll.
The consulates of some European Union countries in Chicago have seen a big increase in applications for citizenship and passports this year.
Joe Biden’s climate policy will look a lot different to that of President Trump’s… and President Obama’s. And, on top of responding to the pandemic, the president-elect will have to wrangle all of the other problems endemic in the American healthcare system.This episode: White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, political correspondent Scott Detrow, climate editor Jennifer Ludden, and health reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
While the cannabis industry is booming, there are still problems with equity and access within Illinois.
After bemoaning elements of a COVID relief deal that his administration helped to negotiate, President Trump ended up signing it anyway. The delay could cost the millions of Americans some of their unemployment assistance.READ: Trump Signs COVID-19 Relief Deal After His Criticism Threatened To Derail ItThis episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
More than 20,000 Chicagoans have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine as nursing homes and outpatient health clinics start inoculations.
President Trump’s signature, even after his bashing of the legislation, puts an end to uncertainty over when millions of Americans will receive the economic relief provided in the massive bill.