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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., passes a resolution to subpoena special counsel Robert Mueller's full report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House Judiciary panel approves subpoenas for Mueller report

The House Judiciary Committee approved subpoenas for special counsel Mueller's full Russia report as Dems pressure Justice to release the document without redactions.

7 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets with South Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the State Department, in Washington, Friday, March 29, 2019. (Cliff Owen/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Secretary of state talks immigration, Venezuela at Army War College

 At the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told military officers from the U.S. and its allies to be ready to face emerging threats.

7 years ago

In this March 26, 2019 photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., presides at a meeting directing the attorney general to transmit documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  The House Judiciary Committee will ready subpoenas this week for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report. This, as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report’s release. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democrats to prepare subpoenas for full Mueller report

The chairmen of several House committees asked for the full, unredacted report last week after Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary.

7 years ago

Worshippers exiting a mosque in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., are handed fliers encouraging participation in the 2010 census. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

For the first time, U.S. census to collect responses in Arabic among 13 languages

These new additions join English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese in a total of 13 languages — more than doubling the number of options that were available.

7 years ago

This undated photo provided by the Columbia Police Department shows Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina student who was reported missing after last being seen Friday, March 29, 2019. The university on Saturday confirmed the death of the student. (Columbia Police Department via AP)
Courts & Law

Ride-share mistake led to death of New Jersey woman in S.C.

Safety advocates urged college students to match the vehicle color and model, the license tag number, and the photo of their ride-share drivers before getting in a vehicle.

7 years ago

An increasing body of research has documented the addictive nature of social media. (Westend61/Getty Images)
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Community

In an increasingly polarized America, is it possible to be civil on social media?

Tyler and Larry have never met. But almost every day for the last few years, they get into a fight on Twitter.

7 years ago

A person crosses the street at a U.S Mexico border crossing in El Paso, Texas, Friday, March 29, 2019. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Number of asylum seekers sent back over border to grow

Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day.

7 years ago

The Supreme Court ruled in what seem to be contradictory ways in two cases about access to spiritual advisers during executions. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

Supreme Court sees 2 similar death penalty questions very differently

In one, a Muslim was put to death, and in the other, a Buddhist's execution was temporarily halted.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, Judith Enck, (center), former regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency addresses those gathered at a protest against President Trump's plan to expand offshore drilling for oil and gas in Albany, N.Y.  A U.S. judge in Alaska says President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed a ban on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean. (David Klepper/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Judge restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic

Judge Sharon Gleason in a decision late Friday threw out Trump's executive order that overturned the bans that comprised a key part of Obama's environmental legacy.

7 years ago

In this March 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trump’s surprise decision to stop defending the Affordable Care Act in court has opened a new debate among Republicans about how to approach health care heading into the 2020 elections, with some fearing the issue remains a vulnerability for the party. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

GOP scrambles to deal with Trump’s decision on health care

President Donald Trump's decision to revive the fight over the Affordable Care Act has stirred a political and policy debate among Republicans.

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards, an event related to combating campus sexual assault, on Tuesday. Activist and former candidate Lucy Flores says Biden touched her in 2014, in an encounter that
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Politics & Policy

Former Nevada candidate accuses Biden of unwanted touching, which he doesn’t ‘recall’

Lucy Flores writes in New York magazine about her "awkward" experience with Biden.

7 years ago

Smog fills Utah's Salt Lake Valley in January 2017. Winter weather in the area often traps air pollution that is bad for public health. (George Frey/Getty Images)
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Science

EPA panel considering guidelines that upend basic air pollution science

At a public meeting, multiple members of the committee said they do not agree that breathing air polluted with soot can lead to an early death.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, women members of Congress cheer after President Donald Trump acknowledges more women in Congress during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new survey finds acceptance of women in American politics and the workforce is at a record high. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Most see women equal to men in politics, new poll finds

An all-time high of 84 percent of Americans believe women are just as suited emotionally for politics as men, according to results from the General Social Survey.

7 years ago

Attorney General William Barr says he is working to prepare Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report to be released to the public, with redactions. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Redacted Mueller report to Congress by mid-April, AG Barr says

Barr says the report is nearly 400 pages long and "everyone will soon be able to read it on their own."

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a visit to Lake Okeechobee and Herbert Hoover Dike at Canal Point, Fla., Friday, March 29, 2019. Trump says he will close the nation's southern border, or large sections of it, next week if Mexico does not immediately stop illegal immigration. In a tweet, Trump ramped up his repeated threat to close the border by saying he will do it next week unless Mexico takes action. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump threatens to close border with Mexico next week

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to close America's southern border or large sections of it next week if Mexico does not halt illegal immigration "immediately."

7 years ago

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