Philip Ewing
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Pelosi Is Narrowly Reelected Speaker
The long-serving Democratic House leader begins another term as the Capitol waits to see what kind of political dynamic will prevail in a new Congress and with a new administration. → Read More
Congress Overturns Trump Veto On Defense Bill After Political Detour
Senate Republicans rejected their own president's veto on New Year's Day, and the National Defense Authorization Act is set to take effect despite President Trump and a feud over relief payments. → Read More
Biden's National Security Adviser: Pentagon Hasn't Granted Meetings Since Dec. 18
Jake Sullivan tells NPR in an exclusive interview that the transition isn't getting what it needs from the outgoing Trump administration to take power properly next month. → Read More
House Rejects Trump's Defense Bill Veto In Highly Unusual Vote
Members of Congress voted to override President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, which had passed overwhelmingly in both parties. The Senate's next moves are unclear. → Read More
Biden Faults 'Roadblocks' As His Team Manages Transition From Trump
The president-elect says his advisers have encountered some obstacles as they try to get a sense of the national security and budget postures of the nation ahead of Inauguration Day. → Read More
National Security Adviser Says It Looks Like Biden Has Won The Election
Robert O'Brien's remarks, made last week at a security forum, stand in contrast to President Trump's refusal to acknowledge he lost the Nov. 3 election. O'Brien promised a professional transition. → Read More
Legal Avenues Closing As Trump Lawsuits Meet With Defeat Or Dead Ends
On Friday, courts in Pennsylvania and Michigan shot down Trump campaign challenges to the states' elections and counting processes. And in Arizona, another case was "rendered unnecessary." → Read More
Trump Launches Broad Legal Gambit Paired With Moves To Raise Public Doubts On Results
The Trump campaign wants to cease or pause ballot counting in key states. Meanwhile, he and his supporters continued years of deliberate denigration of the integrity of U.S. elections. → Read More
The 2020 Election Was Attacked, But Not Severely Disrupted. Here's How
Federal officials credit years of preparation and tough lessons from the Russian attack on the 2016 election for what they called a much better showing by government agencies at every level. → Read More
Voters' Guide To Election Security In The 2020 Presidential Campaign
Voters and national security officials are focused as never before on assuring the security of the election. Here's what you need to know in the final days of voting. → Read More
Security Gaps Persist, Report Warns, After U.S. Blames Iran In Election Scheme
A report published on Thursday described how many government and political domains don't observe a security practice that makes it more difficult for attackers to run spoof email scams. → Read More
U.S. Blames Iran For Threatening Election Emails, Says Russia May Interfere Too
The director of national intelligence and the FBI director said on Wednesday night that U.S. officials believe Iranian influence-mongers are behind an election-intimidation scam. → Read More
DOJ Unveils More Sweeping Cyber-Charges Against Russian Intelligence Officers
Prosecutors linked the men with a globe-hopping campaign of sabotage, espionage and election interference. They work for the same spy agency that targeted the U.S. in 2016. → Read More
Closing Arguments: Democrats Say Barrett Augurs What They Call Dangerous Regression
The Senate minority can't stop Amy Coney Barrett from ascending to the Supreme Court, so it did as much as possible to tar her in the eyes of the public as an extremist rubber stamp for Trump. → Read More
Crapo Scoffs At Implication Barrett Will Be A Judicial 'Activist'
The Idaho senator sought to puncture what he called Democrats' caricature of Amy Coney Barrett as someone who, despite her claims, would bring an activist mindset to the Supreme Court. → Read More
TV Cameras In The Supreme Court? Republicans Are Divided; Barrett Says Maybe
Amy Coney Barrett said she would "keep an open mind" on the question about whether to admit TV cameras to the now-closed Supreme Court. → Read More
Voting Is An 'Individual Right,' Barrett Testifies, But Critics Remain Leery
The Supreme Court nominee discussed voting laws, rights and practices with her Democratic questioners on her third day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. → Read More
Why Do Judges Wear Black Robes? Amy Coney Barrett Has The Answer
When majority Republicans don't need to make a case to sell their candidate, they're free to ask her broader, gentler and, sometimes, random questions. → Read More
Republicans Blast 'Hypocrisy' Of Democrats Calling Barrett Hearings Political
Assured about the likelihood of victory in confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the Judiciary Committee majority stressed the importance of the government's separate powers. → Read More
Republicans Slam 'Religious Test,' 'Bigotry' In Counterattacks Defending Barrett
GOP members on the Senate Judiciary Committee decry what they call inappropriate questioning about Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic faith and call it un-American persecution of her religion. → Read More