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In this May 24, 2018, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee want federal investigators to examine charges that immigrants have suffered sexual, physical and emotional abuse at two government agencies’ detention centers. Grassley of Iowa and California’s Dianne Feinstein have written to the inspectors general of the departments of Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services, that the allegations are “extremely disturbing and must be addressed. This is not a partisan issue. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Politics & Policy

Official says agency warned family separation bad for kids

A Department of Health and Human Services official told senators that his agency had warned the administration that separating families would be dangerous for children.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump pauses during remarks at a campaign rally at Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump calls on Sessions to end Mueller’s Russia probe

Trump called Wednesday for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put an end to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

7 years ago

A 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form for 2018.
NPR
Money

More taxpayers will owe the IRS in April due to under-withholding, report says

Based on simulations run by the Treasury Department, the GAO says taxes for 30 million Americans are being under-withheld by their employers

7 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, center, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., Thursday, July 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s gun views are clear

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh believes the Constitution limits how far the government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime.

7 years ago

Marchers carry an LGBTQ pride flag during the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City in June.
(Rick Bowmer/AP)
NPR
Community

Senate bill to require sexual orientation, gender identity data by 2030 census

If the Census Equality Act becomes a law, sexual orientation and gender identity questions would have to be added to forms for the census by 2030

7 years ago

The Justice Department has ended the $61 million contract for 2020 census forms that the U.S. Government Publishing Office awarded to the now-bankrupt printing company Cenveo, which has already produced materials for this year's census test run.
(Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Bankrupt contractor will get $5.5 million for not printing 2020 census forms

With less than two years before the start of the 2020 census, the U.S. government is back on the market for a new contractor to print forms and letters.

7 years ago

Student picking book from bookshelf at university (bigstockphoto.com)
Education

With the new ‘Aim Higher Act,’ House Democrats want states to make community college free

House Democrats unveiled the Aim Higher Act this week, which they say would give students the opportunity to go to college debt free without compromising their education.

7 years ago

Paul Manafort (center), standing with his lawyers, is introduced to jury pool on Tuesday. (Sketch by Art Lien)
NPR
Courts & Law

Jury is seated as Manafort trial begins, ushering in new phase in Mueller probe

Lawyers working for special counsel Robert Mueller plan to call witnesses they say demonstrate where Manafort spent his allegedly ill-gotten gains

7 years ago

Then- Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, shown at a campaign rally in Springfield, Mass., in October. (Michael Dwyer/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Libertarian policy center study: ‘Medicare for all’ projected to cost $32.6 trillion

Sanders' plan builds on Medicare, the popular insurance program for seniors. All U.S. residents would be covered with no copays and deductibles for medical services.

7 years ago

Health

Child victims of toxic stress face a long road to healing

Reuniting families separated at the U.S. border is only a start.

7 years ago

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is proposing new rules to the Borrower Defense program. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

DeVos to make it tougher for defrauded students to seek debt relief

The U.S. Education Department is proposing changes to Obama-era rules that offer debt relief for students who were defrauded by their colleges.

7 years ago

Participants from the college’s Summer Bridge program traditionally leave their mark on campus in the school colors of black, purple and gold. (Delece Smith-Barrow/ The Hechinger Report)
Education

Can ‘work colleges’ in cities become a low-cost, high-value model for the future?

The nation’s first urban work college will open a second site in Texas and launch a work-college consortium.

7 years ago

In this file photo taken Nov. 22, 2014, Blue Bridge Benefits LLC agent Patricia Sarabia, right, and Adolfo Briceno, left, with Spanish Speaking LLC, help a potential customer with Blue Cross Blue Shield at a kiosk promoting Obama Care at Compare Foods in Winston-Salem, N.C. A new poll finds that more than half of Hispanic adults have encountered a communication barrier in the health care system. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, file)
Community

AP-NORC Poll: Latinos see health care communication barriers

Nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic adults have had a difficult time communicating with a health care provider because of a language or cultural barrier.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order establishing a National Council for the American Worker during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump said he’s willing to hit all imported goods from China with tariffs. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo, File)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Americans believe tariffs will hurt U.S. economy, Gallup poll finds

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

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A plaque marks the U.S. border on the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry bridge which connects the U.S. and Mexico on July 23, 2018. As many as 2,551 migrant children ages 5 to 17 were separated from their families after they crossed into the U.S. from Mexico along the border. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Judge to appoint special monitor to oversee detention facilities

The parties have until Aug. 10 to agree on a proposed monitor.

7 years ago

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