An NPR analysis finds that at least 65,000 absentee and mail-in ballots were rejected this year for arriving late. While it’s a relatively small number, they could prove crucial in a close election.
The president’s decision to grant clemency to his longtime confidant drew vehement criticism from Democratic lawmakers. Republicans largely kept silent, with one notable exception.
The president has used his clemency power to spare Stone a prison sentence following his conviction in a federal court. It’s the latest official intercession in a case involving a friend of Trump.
Joe Biden has received detailed policy proposals from the joint committees he formed with Bernie Sanders, part of an effort to bring progressives into his campaign’s fold. But, with Biden up by double-digits over President Trump, progressive votes seem less essential to his path to victory. And, he’s released a new economic policy plan he calls “Build Back Better,” an explicit counter to President Trump’s economical nationalism.This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and campaign correspondents Scott Detrow and Asma Khalid.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.
Today the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Trump Administration expansions of the religious exemptions in the Affordable Care Act, potentially cutting off free birth control to thousands of women