Before he was vice president and president, Joe Biden spent most of his adult life in the U.S. Senate. Now he has joined a growing chorus of Democratic voices that want to do away with one of the Senate’s most entrenched traditions: the filibuster. We speak with Ross Baker, a longtime student of the Senate and Rutgers University political scientist.
We conclude our special series on the anniversary of the war in Ukraine by meeting two Capital Region figures who have marshalled local support.
If you listen to WAMC, you probably recognize Ayesha Rascoe from her years hosting Weekend Edition Sunday and covering the White House. What you...
There are just about six weeks left before New York state lawmakers wrap up the legislative session in Albany. It comes after majority Democrats...