The war in the Middle East risks worsening an inflation problem that the Federal Reserve has struggled for years to subdue.
Category: Politics
Senate Votes to Fund Most of D.H.S. in Bid to End Partial Shutdown
The bill excludes funding for ICE and Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.
House committee investigating Florida congresswoman for alleged ethics violations
The House Ethics Committee held a rare public hearing on allegations that Rep. Shelia Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democrat, committed financial crimes.
Rep. Jason Crow, a former paratrooper, on US troop deployments to the Middle East
NPR’s A Martínez speaks with Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, who served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, about U.S. troop deployments […]
Tracking the Early Vote in Virginia’s Redistricting Referendum
Voters in Virginia will decide on April 21 whether to redraw the state’s congressional map. Turnout is even higher, thus far, than it was in […]
Will ICE Change Under Its New Leader?
Markwayne Mullin, the new homeland security secretary, has promised a different approach, but how much change is likely? Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz describes what we […]
One Republican Farmer in Wisconsin Is Bitter Over Trump’s Deportations
For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a combat veteran, shares his thoughts on the war in Iran
NPR’s Steve Inskeep sits down with Governor Wes Moore, Democrat of Maryland, to talk about the troops heading to the Middle East and what he […]
Senate votes to fund much of DHS, but not immigration enforcement
The Senate approved a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security early Friday. The bill does not fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
War in Iran tests loyalty among Trump’s base at this year’s CPAC
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference, underway in Dallas this week, is typically a MAGA pep rally of sorts. This year, the war with Iran […]