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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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New York State Bar Association considers expelling Rudy Giuliani

The bar association said it received "hundreds of complaints in recent months" about Giuliani, deciding Monday to launch a "historic" inquiry into the president's attorney.

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Can Trump pardon himself?

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Roger Stone
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Politics & Policy

President Trump and the power to pardon

Trump flexes his pardoning power on the way out of office, including a controversial move to pardon the private military mercenaries responsible for civilian deaths in Iraq.

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A look at the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations

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NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump’s legal losses come fast and furious

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The Justice Department building in DC
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Justice Department investigating possible bribery-for-pardon scheme

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