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The Milwaukee Bucks are the first NBA champions to visit the White House since 2016

Members of the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors, who won recent championships, had declined to visit President Donald Trump, while the Lakers' visit was canceled because of COVID protocols.
- James Doubek
How did your neighbors vote in the 2021 Seattle mayoral race?

Bruce Harrell is now Seattle's mayor-elect. Where in the city did he draw votes? Seattle-based political consultant Ben Anderstone created the above map of election night results.
- David Hyde
Virginia school revisits its history as a polio vaccine trailblazer with COVID clinic

Franklin Sherman Elementary was the first school to administer the polio vaccine to kids in 1954. Now it's once again at the forefront, hosting a COVID-19 vaccine event with first lady Jill Biden.
- Alana Wise
U.S. and Egypt meet for strategic talks

The Biden administration often says that human rights are at the center of its foreign policy. Egypt is a big test case of that, as it and the U.S. are holding high level talks.
- Michele Kelemen
Candidates peddling conspiracy theories lose races in Western Washington

Up in Snohomish County, candidate Anita Shad ran for a seat on a Public Hospital Commission with an innocuous voter's guide statement that emphasized her experience working with diverse communities in fields including Education and Medicine. It left out her record of spreading medical misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic.
- David Hyde
Rep. Gottheimer is confident Democrats will work out the social spending bill

Moderate Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey tells NPR's Rachel Martin that he will wait to see how the CBO scores the plan before he commits to giving it his vote.
Harris will be the top U.S. official at a large gathering of world leaders in France

Vice President Harris heads to France, a trip where she will have face time with more than two dozen world leaders, and a chance to build up her track record on international diplomacy.
- Asma Khalid
Rep. Ruben Gallego talks new book exploring how the U.S. treats its veterans

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Congressman Ruben Gallego about his upcoming book They Called Us "Lucky": The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit.
Polling Institute director says it may be time to get rid of election polls

Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Patrick Murray, director of the Polling Institute at Monmouth University, about the future of election polls after their recent failures to predict results.
Democrat Eric Adams elected next mayor of New York City

Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to New York City's Mayor-elect Eric Adams about how he plans to run the city and, as a former police officer, how he'd handle calls for police reform.

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