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President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington. D.C., Tuesday. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Federal judge delays Michael Flynn sentencing in case of lying to Feds

A federal judge delayed sentencing national security adviser Michael Flynn Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about his talks with Russia's ambassador.

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Trump administration moves to ban bump stocks

The devices will be banned under a federal law that prohibits machine guns, according to a senior Justice Department official.

8 years ago

Shown is Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

What the government shutdown means for Independence Mall

The federal government shutdown could ruin your plans to take out-of-town visitors to see the Liberty Bell.

8 years ago

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 23, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Obamacare sabotage is in the news again? Seriously?!

If your head swiveled 360 degrees, Exorcist-style, after learning Friday that a federal judge in Texas had ruled Obamacare unconstitutional, I totally get it.

8 years ago

The Affordable Care Act that protects people with pre-existing conditions is at risk after a federal judge in Texas ruled it unconstitutional. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

What you need to know about the Affordable Care Act after Texas ruling

The decision risks throwing the nation's health care system into turmoil should it be upheld on appeal.

8 years ago

Floods in Ellicott City, Maryland, pushed cars into a pile last May. This year has been a year of record rainfall for cities throughout the mid-Atlantic and Carolinas. (The Washington Post/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

2018 is now the wettest year on record for Washington and other cities

Dozens of other locations have reported record-breaking precipitation, including the cities of Baltimore, Philadelphia and Wilmington, North Carolina.

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President Donald Trump speaks to media as he visits Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. on Dec. 15, during Wreaths Across America Day. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Politics & Policy

Investigations look at Trump’s life from all angles

Investigations now entangle Donald Trump's White House, campaign, transition, inauguration, charity and business.

8 years ago

Manager Brian Murray of Jersey Mike's in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The store donated one half of a day's proceeds to a fund for the families of victims of the Borderline Bar & Grill shooting. (Ina Jaffe/NPR)
NPR
Community

After the Thousand Oaks’ shooting, a community-wide effort to memorialize and heal

No place in Thousand Oaks seems untouched by the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill.

8 years ago

A massive fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., after a PG&E gas pipeline ruptured, killing eight people, in 2010. (Paul Sakuma/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

PG&E falsified gas pipeline safety records, regulators say

The investigation followed the gas pipeline explosion in 2010 that incinerated a neighborhood in San Bruno, just south of San Francisco.

8 years ago

A U.S. Marine salutes as participants in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally rumble through Washington, D.C., in 2017. Organizers say the 2019 event will be the last in D.C. (AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

After decades, ‘Rolling Thunder’ to make its last big ride through Washington, D.C.

Rolling Thunder, the veterans advocacy group that organizes a massive annual motorcycle ride through D.C., announced that the gathering in 2019 will be its last big rally.

8 years ago

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks to members of the media outside the White House in August. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ryan Zinke is leaving the Interior Department, Trump tweets

Zinke will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the year; his successor is expected to be announced next week.

8 years ago

Information cards displayed during an Affordable Care Act enrollment event in San Antonio, Texas, in 2016. A federal judge struck down the health insurance law as unconstitutional Friday.
(Eric Gay/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Federal judge strikes down Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional

A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling Friday declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, apparently setting the stage for a Supreme Court hearing.

8 years ago

Mick Mulvaney (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Politics & Policy

Trump names Mick Mulvaney acting chief of staff

After several others publicly turned down the job, the budget director will step in to replace outgoing John Kelly.

8 years ago

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts (center), was just one of several potential 2020 presidential candidates who came out in support of Sanders' Medicare for All proposal in 2017. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Here are the ‘outside the box’ progressive ideas 2020 Democrats are pitching

A clear trend emerging among Democrats' top 2020 contenders: They've been putting forward a steady stream of uber-progressive economic policies.

8 years ago

In this file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Christie off list of White House chief of staff candidates

Christie cited family reasons, saying he was asking Trump to remove him from consideration. He had met with Trump on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the meeting.

8 years ago

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