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Major U.S. stock indexes fell Friday as short-term Treasury yields exceeded those on long-term bonds, in what some analysts consider a sign that a recession may be coming. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Money

Stock indexes drop as bond market flashes recession warning

The stock market tumbled Friday as investors digested an ominous warning sign: Interest rates on long-term government debt fell below the rate on short-term bills.

7 years ago

Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on Saturday morning, March 23, 2019.  (Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Barr scours Trump-Russia report to see how much to open

Barr was on pace to release his first summary of Mueller's findings on Sunday, people familiar with the process said.

7 years ago

A growing number of women are incarcerated in the U.S. and many of them give birth in prison or jail.
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Health

Pregnant behind bars: What we do and don’t know about pregnancy and incarceration

The correctional system hasn't adapted to the increase in incarcerated women, and there are profound health and social consequences for the children of incarcerated mothers.

7 years ago

Robert Mueller leaves a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 21, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

All the criminal charges to emerge from Robert Mueller’s investigation

The special counsel investigation has resulted in criminal counts against more than 30 people and three Russian entities.

7 years ago

Attorney General William Barr is being urged by both Democrats and Republicans to make special counsel Robert Mueller's final report public. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

Attorney General Barr faces bipartisan pressure to make Mueller report public

Democrats have been pushing Barr to make Mueller's report public. Friday, as the investigation was finally done, some top Republicans echoed their Democratic colleagues.

7 years ago

The White House is reflected in a puddle, Friday March 22, 2019, in Washington, as news breaks that the special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation into Russian election interference and possible coordination with associates of President Donald Trump. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Now what? Mueller ends the Russia investigation

We may not get all the juicy details uncovered over the past 22 months — at least not right away — but this story is far from over. Here's what to expect next.

7 years ago

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., at an organizing event in February. Warren says she wants to get rid of the Electoral College, and vote for president using a national popular vote. (John Locher/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Abolishing the Electoral College would be more complicated than it may seem

A number of states have signed onto a pact that guarantees their Electoral College votes to the winner of the popular vote, no matter the outcome in their individual states.

7 years ago

Attorney General William Barr departs his home on Friday in McLean, Va. He has notified Congress that he has received special counsel Robert Mueller's report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

READ: Attorney General Barr’s letter on Mueller report

Barr sent a letter on Friday notifying Congress that the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election had concluded. Read the text of the letter below.

7 years ago

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.
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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)
NPR
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)
NPR
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

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