Week in Politics: Congress halts a government shutdown, Biden meets with Chinese President
A government shutdown is averted for now, yet tempers flared on Capitol Hill before lawmakers left town this week. Meanwhile,…
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Unpacking developments from this year’s APEC
President Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping was the big news from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s forum. Scott Simon…
Voters in Argentina will select a new president
The two candidates in Argentina’s Presidential runoff are almost neck and neck in an election where the economic crisis dominates…
The waning influence of Moms for Liberty
School board candidates endorsed by the conservative group Moms for Liberty suffered big losses last week. Jim Zarroli reports that’s…
Many voters say Congress is broken. Could proportional representation fix it?
With Congress increasingly polarized, there are growing calls to replace the winner-take-all approach for House elections with a system that…