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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, accompanied by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member, right, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee markup meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in Washington. The committee will vote next week on whether to recommend President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh for confirmation. Republicans hope to confirm him to the court by Oct. 1.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Courts & Law

Republicans brush aside Dems’ effort to delay Kavanaugh vote

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee brushed aside a flurry of Democratic attempts to delay the consideration of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday.

8 years ago

Asylum seekers line up at the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. The ACLU announced today a preliminary agreement with the Trump administration to allow some parents already in the U.S. but separated from their children at the border to apply for asylum.
(Gregory Bull/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Agreement would allow separated families to seek asylum in U.S.

The American Civil Liberties Union says it reached an agreement overnight with the Trump administration regarding the future of families separated at the Southwest border.

8 years ago

Vials of flavored liquid at a store selling electronic cigarettes and related items in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Health

Calling teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ officials weigh flavor ban

U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an "epidemic."

8 years ago

Some runners have more baggage than others. (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Education

If ‘free college’ sounds too good to be true, that’s because it often is

To millions of parents and students, they're magical words: free college. But is the idea pure fantasy?

8 years ago

Jimmy Carter poses for a portrait
Politics & Policy

Jimmy Carter cautions Democrats not to scare off moderates

Former President Jimmy Carter has a warning for his fellow Democrats looking to oust the current administration: Don't go too far to the left.

8 years ago

In this June 23, 2017 file photo, former President George W. Bush speaks during
Politics & Policy

Bush boosting Republicans in places where Trump isn’t strong

Former President George W. Bush is quietly helping boost Republican candidates in places where President Donald Trump has struggled.

8 years ago

Miss New York Nia Franklin reacts after being named Miss America 2019, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Atlantic City, N.J. (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)
Arts & Entertainment

Miss America ratings fall amid drop of swimsuit competition

The Miss America ceremony subtracted the swimsuit competition for the first time in its 98-year history, and subtracted one million television viewers, too.

8 years ago

Hurricane Florence will bring tropical storm conditions to North Carolina and South Carolina on Thursday and hurricane conditions on Friday. This satellite image was captured around 1:45 p.m. ET Wednesday. (NOAA/STAR)
NPR
Community

‘Disaster is at the doorstep,’ N.C. governor says as Hurricane Florence zeroes in

A hurricane warning is in effect for a long stretch of the coast, from the South Santee River in South Carolina to Duck, N.C., which is part of the Outer Banks.

8 years ago

President Trump walks with Melania Trump and National Parks and National Parks superintendent Stephen Clark through the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Tuesday.
NPR
Community

At 9/11 commemoration, Trump praises ‘Heroes of Flight 93’

8 years ago

The President's Daily Briefing, or PDB, is the top-secret intelligence report the CIA presents to the president every weekday. The book shown here is for a briefing delivered to President George W. Bush in 2002.
(Damian Dovarganes/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Sept. 11 revealed the importance and limits of the president’s daily briefing

That landmark day captured both the critical importance — and the frustrating limits — of the President's Daily Briefing, or PDB.

8 years ago

The Ford Focus Active, a small crossover car currently sold in Europe, was slated to begin production in China for the U.S. market. Ford canceled those plans, citing tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
(Ford Motor Company)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ford says despite Trump’s tweet, Focus Active won’t be produced in U.S.

Ford does not intend to start producing the small crossover Focus Active in the United States — no matter what the president has tweeted on the topic.

8 years ago

A Capital Gazette newspaper rack displays the day's front page, Friday, June 29, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. A man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked journalists in the newspaper's building Thursday, killing several people before police quickly stormed the building and arrested him, police and witnesses said. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Community
The Conversation

Violence against the media isn’t new – history shows why it largely disappeared and has now returned

Another news outlet has been attacked in the United States.

8 years ago

Colourful overlapping silhouettes of hands voting in fabric texture. (smartboy10/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

On the sidelines of democracy: Exploring why so many Americans don’t vote

Just in the past few months, elections in the U.S. have been decided by hundreds of votes.

8 years ago

President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Montana on Thursday. His summer was marked by tweeting insults about black Americans who criticize him and praise for black celebrities who back him
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘Low IQ,’ ‘SPECTACULAR,’ ‘dog’: How Trump tweets about African-Americans

NPR examined Trump's Twitter feed between and June 1 and Labor Day. It provided a snapshot of a president who directs venomous tirades at black public figures who bash him

8 years ago

Former President Barack Obama speaks to students at the University of Illinois, where he accepted the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government on Friday in Urbana. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Obama begins midterm push, urging rebuke of Trump and politics of ‘fear and anger’

America, Obama argued, has been through similar trials before.

8 years ago

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