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Judge to appoint special monitor to oversee detention facilities

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

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Les Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corp., in September 2017. CBS is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against him. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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CBS responds to sexual harassment claims against CEO Les Moonves

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ronan Farrow's story may also go into the broader culture at CBS.

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(From left) Executive Producer Elisa Gambino; Director Neal Broffman; father, Akhil Tripathi; and mother, Judy Tripathi; during a Q&A after a screening of 2015 documentary, Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi. The documentary was screened in Sunil's hometown for the first time on July 26, 2018, at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, in Sunil's hometown. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)

Family of man falsely accused in Boston Marathon bombing screens film in Bryn Mawr hometown

'Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi' shows how unverified accusations on social media can snowball into mainstream news coverage.

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The South Pool of New York's 9/11 Memorial, which honors victims of the attacks. On Wednesday, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, announced it identified the remains of Scott Michael Johnson, a 26-year-old securities analyst. (Craig Ruttle/AP Photo)

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9/11 victim identified, nearly 17 years later

About 40 percent of victims still await identification.

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Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush

George W. and Laura Bush to receive Liberty Medal for work with veterans

On Veterans Day, former President George W. and Laura Bush will be awarded the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center.

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The Trump administration has indicated it intends to issue a proposal to halt Obama-era emissions targets. (David Goldman/AP Photo, File)

Pa. prepares to sue over expected Trump vehicle emission changes

State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said if emissions standards are indeed rolled back, he plans to file suit against the federal government.

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Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y. (center) held a press conference earlier this month outside Manhattan federal court with Liz OuYang (left) of the New York Immigration Coalition and other critics of the new citizenship question on the 2020 census. (Hansi Lo Wang/NPR)

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Multi-state lawsuit against census citizenship question to move ahead

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All day, unmarked white vans and chartered buses carrying the migrant children released from shelters across the country roll into the parking lot of the Port Isabel Detention Center in south Texas. (David J. Phillip/AP)

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Under deadline, government scrambles to reunite migrant families

The U.S. government is racing to meet Thursday's court-ordered deadline.

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CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins talks during a live shot in front of the White House on Wednesday. Collins says the White House denied her access to an open press event because officials found her earlier questions to the president

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CNN reporter: White House called my questions inappropriate, banned me from event

"Did Michael Cohen betray you, Mr. President?"

"Mr. President, are you worried about what Michael Cohen is about to say to the prosecutors?"

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and FBI Director Christopher Wray, left, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on June 28. Some members complain they are stonewalling

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House conservatives file impeachment articles against Rod Rosenstein

The group of 11 lawmakers, led by Freedom Caucus leaders Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, have been threatening to file impeachment articles for months

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This image taken from surveillance video released by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, shows Markeis McGlockton (far left) and Michael Drejka involved in an altercation in a convenience store parking lot in Clearwater, Fla., last week. (AP)

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After parking lot shooting, Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law scrutinized again

Under Florida's stand your ground law, a person in fear for his or her life is justified in using deadly force to stop an attack.

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photograph at the beginning of a one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll: Americans don’t think Trump is tough enough on Russia

Americans don't think President Trump has been tough enough on Russia, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll conducted after Trump's summit in Helsinki last week

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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross attended an investment summit in June in National Harbor, Md. In March, Ross, who oversees the census, approved adding a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Commerce Secretary grew impatient over census citizenship question, emails reveal

The administration is facing six lawsuits from more than two dozen states and cities, plus other groups, that want the question removed.

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Former CIA Director John Brennan and other former top national security officials could lose their security clearance if the White House follows through on a threat made Monday. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

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