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The ahead road for Republicans after the 2022 midterms

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Linda Chavez, former White House official in the Reagan administration, about what the midterm results say about the challenges ahead for the Republican party.

Trump aims to lower drug prices. And, Harvard's tax-exempt status threatened

Trump has signed an executive action aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. And, the president threatened to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status after it rejected government demands.

Sailors and Coast Guardsmen erect tents for a migrant holding facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. President Trump has directed the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare for 30,000 detained migrants.

The first group of migrants has been sent to Guantánamo, but legal challenges loom

President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

Special counsel Robert Mueller leaves after making a statement about the Russia investigation on Wednesday at the Justice Department. After the investigation, he said, "if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so."

Mueller Hands His Caseload To Congress, As Impeachment Calls Grow Louder

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to stress that Democrats will conduct investigations and pursue facts before opening potential impeachment proceedings.

This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. President Joe Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, an administration official said on Sunday.

As Biden weighs the Willow oil project, he blocks other Alaska drilling

The move to limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean comes as regulators prepare to decide on the Willow project, a controversial plan pushed by ConocoPhillips.

Pet surrenders increase as inflation ups the price of ownership

Scott Simon speaks with Jessica Petalas, director of Humane Indiana, about an increase of owners surrendering their pets at animal shelters in her region.

One of the many abandoned homes outside Ogallala, Neb.

Rural America Faces A Crisis In 'Adequate Housing'

Small towns have their own version of the housing crisis: not enough homes being built, plus a lack of move-in ready homes. Local leaders say it's hard to expand the tax base without more homes.

Election 2022

The latest WGLT reporting about what's on the ballot in the 2022 elections.

Davis: Tax Bill Will Win Over Voters Before November Election

Fresh off their first major legislative victory since President Donald Trump took office, Republican lawmakers went on a bit of a victory tour back home…

Kinzinger's Rising Star Burns A Bit Brighter In Trump Era

Twenty years ago, Adam Kinzinger was a college kid navigating the politics of the McLean County Board, pushing for fiscal discipline, evening meeting…

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