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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a town hall, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in Perry, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

2020 Democratic race is wide open in Iowa as caucuses near

Presidential candidates have swarmed Iowa for more than a year, making their pitch to potential supporters on college campuses, county fairgrounds and in high school gyms.

6 years ago

An Air Force team moves a transfer case containing the remains of one of the young sailors killed after a Saudi military student opened fire at a Pensacola naval base last month. (Cliff Owen/AP Photo)
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Politics & Policy

U.S. official: A dozen Saudi military students set to be expelled in wake of shooting

About a dozen Saudi nationals receiving military training in the U.S. are expected to be expelled in the wake of a Pentagon review of a Saudi officer who opened fire.

6 years ago

Women got the lion's share of new jobs in December and now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls. This unusual situation reflects the growth of industries like health care where women dominate. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
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Community

Women now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls

Job growth slowed last month as U.S. employers added just 145,000 jobs. But there was an interesting milestone in Friday's report from the Labor Department.

6 years ago

The Secure Act aims to make it easier for small employers to offer retirement benefits. But some analysts say the new law doesn't go far enough because it's optional and doesn't apply to gig workers. (Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

New law aims to help Americans without retirement plans. Will it work?

The most powerful way to get people to save for retirement in recent decades has been through benefits offered at their job.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker speaks at the Teamsters Vote 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum Dec. 7 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Cory Booker is a stirring speaker, Iowa voters say. But his support still lags

Cory Booker is a politician who sounds like a preacher. "We may be down in a valley right now," he said during an Iowa campaign stop this week.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 22, 2019 file photo, pipes lay along a construction site on the Mariner East pipeline in a residential neighborhood in Exton, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

White House seeks to roll back rule on environmental impact studies

President Donald Trump wants to scale back a Nixon-era rule he says slows down major infrastructure projects like new pipelines.

6 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pelosi: House moving to send impeachment to Senate next week

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will take steps next week to send articles of impeachment to the Senate for President Donald Trump's trial.

6 years ago

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., looks on as Negah Hekmati talks about her hours-long delay returning to the U.S. from Canada with her family days earlier, at a news conference on Monday. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
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Community

Border screenings spark travel fears for Iranian Americans amid rising tensions

Iranian Americans say they are scared to travel, and some are dropping international trips after U.S. citizens of Iranian descent were held by U.S. immigration agents.

6 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for a closed meeting with fellow Republicans as he strategizes about the looming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

McConnell: GOP will start impeachment trial, delay witnesses

The trial could start as soon as this week if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi releases the articles of impeachment.

6 years ago

A newly sworn-in U.S. citizen holds the U.S. flag and paperwork during a 2018 naturalization ceremony in New York City. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

To produce citizenship data, Homeland Security to share records with Census

The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to share certain records to help the Census Bureau produce data about the U.S. citizenship status of those who live in the U.S.

6 years ago

People attend the visitation service for Margie Reckard at La Paz Faith Center in El Paso, Texas, in August 2019. She was killed in white supremacist attack that targeted Latinos at a Walmart. (Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images)
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Community

2019 Brought stepped-up efforts to counter white supremacist violence

The torch-wielding racists who marched on Charlottesville, Va., two years ago showed the ugly new face of the far right.

6 years ago

Joey Covino poses for a photo at his home in Saugus, Mass. Covino was abused when he was 9-years-old by Rev. Richard J. McCormick at a summer camp in Massachusetts.  (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Community

Hundreds of accused clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists

Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry.

6 years ago

Liese Siegenthaler (left) and Maggie Feldman-Piltch attended the recent conference. (Rachel Treisman/NPR)
NPR
Community

From a hashtag to a movement: #NatSecGirlSquad empowers women in national security

Dozens of national security specialists clustered inside a Washington hotel, warming up with coffee and checking out booths set up by intelligence agencies.

6 years ago

People silhouetted against a Christmas display, at a park in Lenexa, Kan. Most Americans say the holiday season makes them feel very grateful and generous — but many report feeling stressed, too according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
Community

Poll: Americans grateful at holidays — and a bit stressed

Wade Holcomb has a lot to be grateful for this year. In addition to graduating college and getting a job, he also has a beautiful 4-month-old girl.

6 years ago

White House counsel Don McGahn speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House committee raises prospect of more impeachment articles

The House Judiciary Committee is holding open the possibility of recommending additional articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

6 years ago

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