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President Trump speaks before signing an executive order Thursday requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condition of receiving federal research grants.
(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
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Money

Trump and universities in fight over free speech, federal research funding

The president promised to do something about what he called a political climate on liberal college campuses that chills discourse.

7 years ago

Mustafa Santiago Ali (left) discusses water system vulnerabilities in the U.S. with Zoe Roller (middle) and Emily Kutil (right) at the 12th Annual Global Water Alliance Conference. (Dana Bate/WHYY)
Health

Water access is a problem in the U.S., affecting minority and rural groups the most

The Global Water Alliance symposium focused on challenges to clean-water access and underscored that the problem isn’t confined to the developing world.

7 years ago

A courtroom sketch from November 2018 shows Cesar Sayoc who pleaded guilty in New York on Thursday to sending bombs to media figures and to critics of President Trump. (Elizabeth Williams/AP)
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Courts & Law

Florida man pleads guilty to charges of mailing bombs to Trump critics

Cesar Altieri Sayoc, 56, was arrested in late October and was scheduled to go on trial in July.

7 years ago

A line of migrants released by U.S. immigration authorities waits to check in at the Catholic Charities shelter in McAllen, Texas on Jan. 11. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
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Courts & Law

Border Patrol starts releasing asylum-seeking migrants to South Texas streets

U.S. Border Patrol is releasing asylum-seeking migrants who were recently apprehended without detaining them because officials say detention facilities are full to capacity.

7 years ago

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer supports raising member and staff pay, as well as reviving earmarks. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Pay raises, more staff, earmarks: Lawmakers propose ways to overhaul Congress

Lawmakers' proposals largely fell into two categories: the kind that would change the culture of Congress, and the kind that would change how laws are made.

7 years ago

(From left) Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke; and Sound Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (Elise Amendola, Charles Krupa, and Charles Krupa/Associated Press)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The Electoral College is trending. Guess why.

At least three Democratic presidential hopefuls — Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, and Pete Buttigieg — are currently calling for the artifact's abolition.

7 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller's high-powered team of investigators and lawyers has expertise in everything from white-collar crime and fraud to national security.
(Andrew Harnik/AP)
Politics & Policy

Shifting hopes as Republicans, Democrats wait for Mueller

Barring an eleventh-hour surprise, Trump and his allies are starting to see the investigation as something potentially very different: a political opportunity.

7 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington where the justices ruled that the government can detain certain immigrants without bond hearings. (Susan Walsh/AP)
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Courts & Law

Supreme Court broadens the government’s power to detain criminal immigrants

The U.S. Supreme Court, ruled Tuesday that the government may detain, without a hearing, legal immigrants long after they have served the sentences for crimes they committed.

7 years ago

A railroad crossing is flooded with water from the Platte River in Plattsmouth, Neb. Record high floodwaters inundated regions of the Midwest following an intense winter storm and rapid snowmelt.
(Nati Harnik/AP Photo)
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Community

Nebraska floods: 74 cities, 65 counties declare a state of emergency

Vice President Mike Pence visited Nebraska Tuesday to survey the damage caused by Midwest floods that have killed at least four and displaced hundreds.

7 years ago

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is one of four high-ranking Democrats to sign a letter to the FBI requesting an investigation into the actions of Li
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Politics & Policy

Democrats call for investigation into pro-Trump former owner of massage parlors

Democrats want to know the extent to which Yang or her businesses have been investigated by the FBI or state authorities for human trafficking or other violations of the law.

7 years ago

In this Sept. 17, 2017 file photo, Cori Bush speaks on a bullhorn to protesters outside the St. Louis Police Department headquarters in St. Louis. Six deaths, all involving men with connections to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, drew attention on social media and speculation in the activist community that something sinister was at play. Bush said her car has been run off the road, her home has been vandalized, and in 2014 someone shot a bullet into her car, narrowly missing her daughter, who was 13 at the time. Activists and observers remain puzzled, especially since people involved in the protests continue to face harassment and threats. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)
Community

Puzzling number of men tied to Ferguson protests have died

Some activists say their concerns about a possible connection arise out of a culture of fear that persists in Ferguson 4 ½ years after Michael Brown's death.

7 years ago

In this file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden takes the stage to speak to the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden’s slip of the tongue shows increased likelihood of presidential run

Some national polls already show the former vice president as a favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination.

7 years ago

María de Jesús Caro Villa, 82, and Albano Villa, 83, are being cared for by their granddaughter, Nitzia Chama. The AARP says 1 in 4 family caregivers is a millennial. (Nitzia Chama for NPR)
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Lifestyle

As parents and grandparents age, more and more millennials are family caregivers

According to a study by the AARP, there are some 40 million people in the United States considered to be family caregivers.

7 years ago

In this March 15, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks about border security in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Beyond veto: Trump seeks more workarounds to avoid Congress

President Donald Trump's first veto was more than a milestone. It signals a new era of ever perilous relations between the executive and legislative branches of government.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2019, file photo, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, left, applauds at a campaign house party in Manchester, N.H. While the Democratic primary field has shifted left, polls show registered Democratic voters just want someone who can beat Donald Trump. That’s led to a potential contradiction being worked over by primary voters. Is the best route to victory to build a liberal movement to win converts or choose a more moderate candidate who can appeal to swing voters? (Elise Amendola/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Left or center? Democrats mull best options to beat Trump

The early days of the Democratic contest are dominated by a debate over whether candidates such as Sanders are moving the party too far left.

7 years ago

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