Tunisia's New Prime Minister Is The First Woman To Hold The Role In An Arab Country Facing criticism after recent steps threatening Tunisia's young democracy, the country's president has named a new prime minister — the first woman to hold that position in an Arab country. Eleanor Beardsley
Congress Is On Track To Avoid A Shutdown, But Other Standoffs Persist The Senate voted 65-35 in favor of a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, but other major issues, such as suspending the debt limit, remain unresolved. Kelsey Snell
Biden's Approval Rating Recovers Some From Last Month's Low, An NPR Poll Finds The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds that 45% of U.S. adults approve of the job President Biden is doing, while 46% disapprove. That's a little better than his numbers last month. Domenico Montanaro
No One Wants The Government To Shutdown, Rep. Khanna Says NPR's A Martinez talks with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California about the various deadlines lawmakers face including the midnight deadline to fund government operations.
Democratic Lawmakers Feel The Pressure To Get Things Done On Their To-Do List Democrats haven't come together to pass an infrastructure bill or agree on the size of the reconciliation measure. They've yet to pass a bill to keep the government funded or raise the debt ceiling. A Martinez
The Push For Internet Voting Continues, Mostly Thanks To One Guy Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist and former political operative, announced a new $10 million grant for internet voting development on Thursday. Miles Parks
Facebook Will Be Back On Capitol Hill To Face Senators Questions Facebook executives will appear before a Senate panel following a list of public crises — including Instagram's impact on children. Facebook paused plans to build a version of Instagram for kids. Shannon Bond
The House Passes A Bill To Avoid A Debt Default, But It's Mostly Symbolic Democratic leaders tried to make some headway on one of many looming deadlines by advancing a bill to suspend the nation's borrowing limit. But the measure is expected to fail in the Senate. Caitlyn Kim
House Panel Subpoenas The Organizers Behind A Rally That Preceded The Capitol Attack The 11 individuals subpoenaed are said to have played a role organizing the rally that preceded the deadly Jan. 6 riot. Claudia Grisales
Transmission Lines Are Vital In The Shift To Clean Energy. But They're A Hard Sell Shifting to clean electricity will require many more major transmission lines, something residents of some areas may not want. The infrastructure bill in Congress could make the lines easier to build. Rachel McDevitt