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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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Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing at U.S. District Court on June 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

The Mueller Russia investigation: A full docket of developments set for Friday

Friday is shaping up as a busy day in the Justice Department's Russia investigation.

7 years ago

President Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves federal courthouse in Washington on July 10. Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and is scheduled to be sentenced later this month. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
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Politics & Policy

The rise and fall of Michael Flynn

Flynn has been on a roller-coaster ride.

7 years ago

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis testifying in October 2017 on Capitol Hill about immigrant military recruits (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
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Courts & Law

Pentagon will train recruits holding green cards following court order

The Department of Defense will begin assigning thousands of immigrants with green cards to basic training, reversing a Trump administration policy that delayed their service.

7 years ago

Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves federal courthouse in Washington, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, following a status hearing. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Robert Mueller’s ominous black bars

We can only hope that Donald Trump reads pages 2 and 4 of the addendum to Robert Mueller's new sentencing memo. They're guaranteed to give him night sweats.

7 years ago

A final salute is rendered by the honor guard standing watch over the flag-draped casket of the late president, George H.W. Bush, as the public viewing comes to an end at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

George H.W. Bush’s funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral

The funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush begins at 10 a.m. ET Wednesday, with a motorcade from the U.S. Capitol to the Washington National Cathedral.

7 years ago

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in the east Room of the White House in Washington (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Citing ‘substantial’ cooperation in probe, Mueller recommends Flynn get no jail time

Prosecutors have released a sentencing memorandum in the case of former Trump adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI.

7 years ago

Corrections officers arrive for a shift at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pa. touted as criminal justice reform model, but officials say there’s more to do

As Washington lawmakers debate a proposal to ease harsh federal sentencing guidelines, Pennsylvania is being cited as a role model.

7 years ago

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in the east Room of the White House in Washington (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Mueller to detail ex-NSA Flynn’s cooperation in Russia probe

Special counsel Robert Mueller is set to give the first public insight into how much information the president's former national security adviser has shared with prosecutors.

7 years ago

Crabs like these, caught off the coast of Alaska, have been affected by the neurotoxin domoic acid because of algae blooms in recent years, which makes them unsafe to eat (Michael Melford/Getty Image).
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Courts & Law

Fishermen sue big oil for its role in climate change

Fishermen are suing oil companies for allegedly concealing from the public the knowledge that burning fossil fuels could have catastrophic impacts on the biosphere.

7 years ago

Residences leveled by the Camp Fire line a cul-de-sac in Paradise, Calif., earlier this month. A massive federal report says climate change is contributing to larger wildfires as well as other deadly extreme weather.
(Noah Berger/AP)
Education

Children return to school 3 weeks after California wildfire

Schools had been closed since Nov. 8, when the blaze swept through the town of Paradise and surrounding areas, destroying nearly 14,000 homes and killing at least 85 people.

7 years ago

Michigan's Democratic Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel. Republican lawmakers meet Tuesday to try to limit some of her authority
NPR
Politics & Policy

In states they lost, some GOP lawmakers rush to limit new Democrats’ power

Less than a month after the midterm elections, Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan are working to limit the powers of newly elected Dem in statewide office.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 1988 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Vice President George H.W. Bush,  right, and his running mate Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., wave to the assembly of the Republican National Convention in New Orleans after their acceptance speeches for the presidential and vice-presidential nomination.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Before he was ‘kinder, gentler,’ Poppy Bush pioneered TV ad lies

What Bush did during that 1988 campaign - and what we in the press allowed him to get away with - can't be whitewashed.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2007, file photo, former President George H.W. Bush arrives at the 2007 Ronald Reagan Freedom Award gala dinner held in his honor in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bush has died at age 94. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush died shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
Politics & Policy

President George H.W. Bush to lie in state in Washington, D.C.

The former president’s body will arrive in Washington, D.C., today to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

7 years ago

Rep.-elect Lucy McBath, D-Ga., reacts after drawing her number during the Member-elect room lottery draw on Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday.
(Susan Walsh/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Office real estate is a game of chance for new House members

The lottery is the answer to how incoming freshmen get to pick their office spaces. Since no member has seniority, it's all a game of chance.

7 years ago

Neil deGrasse Tyson visits SiriusXM Studios on Nov. 8, 2018 in New York City.
(Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Neil deGrasse Tyson responds to claims of sexual harassment

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has responded to recent allegations of sexual misconduct by posting a lengthy statement online, in which he denies wrongdoing.

7 years ago

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