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Gary Gensler, pictured during a Senate hearing in July 2013, will be nominated to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Biden administration.

Biden Taps Veteran Financial Regulators To Lead SEC, CFPB

Selecting Gary Gensler for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a win for progressives who have pushed for aggressive oversight.

With the Washington Monument in the background, President-elect Joe Biden with his wife, Jill Biden, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with her husband, Doug Emhoff, listen Tuesday as Yolanda Adams sings "Hallelujah."

'We Must Remember': Biden, Harris Memorialize COVID-19 Victims

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who will be sworn in as president and vice president on Wednesday, called on Americans to unite through their mourning of lost loved ones.

In this April 13, 2018, photo, Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters. Haley is firing back against a Trump administration official who said she was suffering from 'momentary confusion' when she announced new sanctions against Russia were imminent, saying, 'With all due respect, I don't get confused.'

The Political Junkie: Trump Admin Vs. Haley, Who Will Replace Speaker Ryan, And More

This week marked another rift in the Trump administration , this time over imposing new sanctions on Russia. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki...

Jimmy Eat World's song "The Middle," from its 2001 album <em>Bleed American, </em>was a popular listener pick this week.

All Songs Rewind: The Songs That Got You Through School

School is really hard — and for many, music is the one thing that grounded them or made them feel connected to something bigger. Hear a mix of songs that listeners told us got them through school.

China Questions Warning To Duke Students To Use English

BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday questioned the appropriateness of an email sent by a Duke University medical school administrator warning Chinese students…

Journalists at Connecticut's <em>Hartford Courant</em> newspaper, which is owned by Tribune Publishing, are petitioning to unionize.

'Hartford Courant' Journalists Petition To Unionize

Members of the Hartford, Conn., newsroom said they are petitioning for a union election while also asking Tribune Publishing, the paper's parent, to voluntarily recognize the union.

WUNC Political Reporter Rusty Jacobs talks with Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, with NC Policy Watch, about the week's political news.

NC Legislature Begins, Less Politically Imbalanced

Updated 1:40 p.m. Republican lawmakers re-elected to lead the North Carolina House and Senate are urging colleagues to reach consensus in approving...

State Of Things Producer Amanda Magnus Takes You Behind The Glass

"The State of Things" staff reflects on 2018 by sharing their favorite segments from the last year. Amanda Magnus is one of two new producers on the...

Fallen Trees Litter Standing Indian Campground As Government Shutdown Continues

The partial shutdown of the federal government is in to its third week. BPR headed out past the Great Smoky Mountain National Park on the edge of Macon…

Brenda Fitzgerald, Georgia Department of Public Health commissioner, and Gov. Nathan Deal respond to questions about Ebola victims at Emory University Hospital and efforts to screen for Ebola in 2014. A report in <em>Politico</em> revealed documents showing several new investments, including in a tobacco company, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Brenda Fitzgerald.

CDC Director Resigns Because Of 'Complex' Financial Entanglements

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald had "complex financial interests," according to a statement from the Department of Health and Human Services. News reports say she bought tobacco stock while CDC director.

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