Scott Detrow

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Politics chat: Biden struggles with inflation; Jan. 6 committee hearings continue

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Inflation continues to challenge the Biden administration. Meanwhile, the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues public hearings.

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Biden has changed his tune on Saudi Arabia

Thursday, June 09, 2022

President Biden took a tough tack on Saudi Arabia when he came into office, calling it a "pariah" for its human rights abuses. But he's recently done an about-face. Oil is a big part of the reason.

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Biden allows solar panel imports while also moving to boost domestic production

Monday, June 06, 2022

The Biden administration will invoke the Defense Production Act to increase U.S. manufacturing of solar panels while declaring a two-year tariff exemption on panels from Southeast Asia.

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Politics chat: Jan. 6 findings; gun legislation; Oz and Fetterman on PA ballot

Sunday, June 05, 2022

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack begin hearings in prime time this week; negotiations over gun legislation continue; PA's Democratic senate candidate has medical news.

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In an address to the nation, Biden renews his calls for gun control

Friday, June 03, 2022

President Biden called on Congress to ban assault weapons or to raise the age to be able to buy one from 18 to 21 and other measures to curb gun violence. What's the reaction from Uvalde, Texas?

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Nearly 100-days since Russia invaded, Biden pledges new advanced weapons to Ukraine

Wednesday, June 01, 2022

President Biden pledged new advanced weapons to Ukraine as the 100-day mark since Russia's invasion nears. Biden reiterated that the U.S. will "stay the course" as the conflict drags on.

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First lady Jill Biden spent part of Mother's Day in Ukraine

Monday, May 09, 2022

First lady Jill Biden made an unannounced stop in Ukraine on Sunday during a tour of Eastern Europe. She met with Ukraine's first lady, who made her first public appearance since the war began.

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Jill Biden visits Ukraine, making her first solo trip to a combat zone as first lady

Sunday, May 08, 2022

On Mother's Day, Biden met with Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, who has been in hiding with her children since Russia's invasion began.

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First Lady Jill Biden visits Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia

Sunday, May 08, 2022

First Lady Jill Biden visited Romania and is spending time with Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia today.

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Jill Biden tours Romanian school that brought in Ukrainian refugees

Saturday, May 07, 2022

First Lady Jill Biden visited with Ukrainian refugees in Bucharest while on a four-day trip to Romania and Slovakia — two NATO allies that border Ukraine.

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Jill Biden heads to Romania and Slovakia to show support for NATO and Ukraine

Friday, May 06, 2022

Jill Biden's trip to the Slovakia-Ukraine border will be her most high-profile moment yet as first lady. On Mother's Day she meets with Ukrainian mothers and children who fled after Russia's invasion.

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First Lady Jill Biden head to Eastern Europe to visit Ukrainian refugees

Thursday, May 05, 2022

First Lady Jill Biden is departing on a trip to Eastern Europe to visit Ukrainian refugees, as well as U.S. personnel in the region. It's her most high-profile endeavor since her husband took office.

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Vice President Harris has tested positive for COVID-19

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Vice President Harris has tested positive for COVID-19 and has exhibited no symptoms, the White House announced on Tuesday. She's not considered a close contact to President Biden or the first lady.

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This is what a Ukraine town looks like after Russian troops withdraw

Saturday, April 09, 2022

The residents of Borodyanka are picking up the pieces after Russian forces withdrew and left behind a shattered town. Hundreds of people are still missing, presumed buried under rubble.

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Russian troops left death and destruction behind in Borodyanka, Ukraine

Friday, April 08, 2022

All week, the world's attention has been focused on the death and destruction that's been discovered in towns north of Kyiv, after Russian forces withdrew. One of those towns: Borodyanka.

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Communities have formed among those who have stayed in Kyiv through Russian attacks

Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Misha Smetana lives in Kyiv, and has stayed there throughout Russian attacks on Ukraine. He tells NPR's Scott Detrow what that's been like, and about the communities forming between people who stayed.

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What happens to Kyiv's People's Friendship Arch, now that Russia has invaded?

Wednesday, April 06, 2022

The People's Friendship Arch was gifted to Ukraine by the Russian government and opened in Kyiv in 1982. Ukrainians weigh in on the future of the enormous monument, in the midst of war with Russia.

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What the city of Kyiv looks like as people return

Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Though the city still feels empty, people are slowly starting to return to Kyiv. Signs of war are everywhere in the form of sandbags and big steel and concrete barricades in the streets.

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A bakery in western Ukraine has reopened, providing employment to refugees

Tuesday, April 05, 2022

In Ivano-Frankivsk, in the western part of Ukraine, a bakery that shuttered for two weeks during the war has resumed business — and even employs Ukrainians displaced from other parts of the country.

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Residents of Kyiv who left because of the conflict begin to return

Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Some people who fled Kyiv because of the war in Ukraine are starting to return. At the train station, they share their reasons for returning and fears about the future.

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