With More Transparency On Election Security, A Question Looms: What Don’t We Know?
Washington and Americans are engaged with the problem of foreign interference as never before — but how much remains unknown about efforts targeting the election?
Washington and Americans are engaged with the problem of foreign interference as never before — but how much remains unknown about efforts targeting the election?
President Trump opposes funding for the U.S. postal service because he believes it will make voting by mail easier. Led by a major donor to the president’s campaign, the postal service has made a number of changes that appear likely to slow election results. The president continues to advance baseless fraud allegations, as a new NPR/Marist/NewsHour poll shows him down double-digits to Joe Biden. This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, voting reporter Miles Parks, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.Want more? Sign-up for the NPR Politics Newsletter.Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Find and support your local public radio station.
A state senator indicted for tax evasion, thousands in the area still without power and police gear up for the weekend.
Concerns about voter fraud are being pushed by President Donald Trump and Illinois conservatives, but whether counties are ready for a deluge of mail-in-voting may be a bigger problem.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said every governor should mandate mask-wearing as a way to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Democratic nominee for president now leads President Trump by 11 points. And more people are worried about the coronavirus, but 35% still say they won’t get vaccinated when one’s available.
Instead of parties and balloon drops, Illinois’ DNC delegates will be voting from their couches. But these first-timers say they’ll still push their platforms.
The mayor announced overnight restrictions on Chicago’s downtown area in response to recent looting.
Federal prosecutors say Link earned much more than the $264,450 he reported to the IRS on his 2016 tax returns.
President Trump announced an executive action last weekend to grant an additional $400 in employment benefits after the White House and Congress failed to strike a deal. But, like the three other pronouncements that came at the same time, it is unclear how the order will be implemented and what the president actually has the power to do.READ: In Executive Actions, Trump Extends Some Unemployment Benefits, Defers Payroll TaxesThis episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.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.