Search results for

African-American, Latino and other non-white Republicans are often labeled as "sell-outs." Now that their party controls Congress and the White House, NPR's Phillip Martin reports on what minority Republicans are saying about their politics and their expectations of George W. Bush.

NPR's Peter Overby spent time with Andrea McWilliams, one of President George Bush's campaign fundraisers, who was in town for the inauguration. McWilliams, who is based in Texas, is a member of the elite Bush Pioneer team for supporters who raise $100, 000 dollars to support the Republican party.

Likud party challenger Ariel Sharon defeated Prime Minister Ehud Barak in a record-setting landslide in yesterday's election for Israeli prime minister. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Arye Carmon, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, about the challenges that confront Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon in building a working coalition in the Israeli Parliament. His Likud party only holds 19 of 120 seats.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports that the results in the state legislative elections on Tuesday mirror the presidential race: partisan control of the states is dead even. But unlike the situation in Washington, many states' parties have learned to work together in establishing cordial relationships and even (sometimes) joint control of the committees.

Both the major party presidential candidates woke up this morning in states they had not expected to worry about this late in their campaigns. Texas Governor George W. Bush was in Florida, where his brother Jeb is governor, and Vice President Al Gore was in his own home state of Tennessee. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Japan's Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori, today faces a battle for political survival in Parliament. The opposition, backed by many members of his own ruling party, say they will submit a no-confidence motion to have him removed from office. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports Congress is trying hard to prevent a bipartisan crisis. With the state of the current election, any post-impeachment co-operation between republicans and democrats risks falling to pieces, but both parties seem to be making an effort to prevent this from happening.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the death of screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr., the last surviving member of the Hollywood Ten. He and nine other writers and directors appeared before the House Unamerican Activities Committee in 1947 to answer--or refuse to answer--questions about their involvement with the Communist Party.

Hisham Kassem, vice president of international affairs for the Tomorrow Party, discusses political reform in Egypt, including the weekend release from prison of opposition leader Ayman Nour and President Hosni Mubarak's calls for democratic reforms.