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National

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Politics & Policy

Watch: Senate to vote on immigration proposals

A bipartisan group of senators pitching an immigration bill is pushing back against criticism from the Trump administration.

8 years ago

When Dustin Gordon arrived at the University of Iowa, he found himself taking lecture classes with more people in them than his entire hometown of Sharpsburg, Iowa, population 89. (Ben Smith/The Hechinger Report)
NPR
Education

Who’s missing from America’s colleges? Rural high school graduates

Dustin Gordon bucked the trend. Though neither of his parents finished college, they insisted that he go.

8 years ago

Nikolas Cruz pictured over a photo posted on his Instagram account which shows weapons lying on a bed. Cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, the day after opening fire with a semi-automatic weapon in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (Broward County Jail and Instagram via AP)
Community

Florida school shooting suspect belonged to white nationalist group

The leader of a white nationalist militia called the Republic of Florida said Cruz was a member of his group and participated in exercises in Tallahassee.

8 years ago

A man with a set of maps heads to a federal courthouse in San Antonio last year for a redistricting trial. Texas is one of three states with cases before the Supreme Court in redistricting. (Eric Gay/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Where redistricting fights stand across the country

Even as Democrats and Republicans spend 2018 vying to win key races around the country, a larger legal battle underway this year could reshape the American political map.

8 years ago

The flag above the White House is lowered to half-staff for the shooting victims of a mass shooting in a South Florida High School, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump addresses nation on deadly mass shooting

President Donald Trump to address the nation beginning at 11 a.m.

8 years ago

(From left) FBI Director Christopher Wray, accompanied by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Robert Ashley, National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo, speaks at a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

U.S. intel sees signs of Russian meddling in midterms

Three of the nation's top intelligence officials confirmed Tuesday that they have seen evidence of Russian meddling in the upcoming midterm elections.

8 years ago

In this courtroom drawing, defendant Ahmad Khan Rahimi reads a statement to the judge during his sentencing hearing in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Rahimi was sentenced to multiple terms of life in prison for setting off small bombs in two states, including a pressure cooker device that blasted shrapnel across a New York City block. At right is attorney Xavier Donaldson, Rahmin's attorney. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
Courts & Law

Bomber gets life in prison for New York, New Jersey attacks

Rahimi has also attempted to radicalize fellow prisoners at the federal jail in New York where he has been imprisoned since his arrest.

8 years ago

The public housing project the Farragut Houses in Brooklyn, New York. The budget blueprint President Donald Trump released Thursday calls for the cutting of billions of dollars in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

White House budget calls for deep cuts to HUD

The White House budget is non-binding but carries weight as a statement of the president's spending priorities.

8 years ago

Donal Trump Jr., wife Vanessa Trump, and their children walk out together after attending church service at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Police: Donald Trump Jr.’s wife exposed to white powder

A police department spokesman says a preliminary test of the powder indicated it wasn't dangerous.

8 years ago

Former U.S. President Barack Obama stands with his and former first lady Michelle Obama's newly unveiled portrait during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Smithsonian unveils paintings of Barack and Michelle Obama

Brand new portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were revealed on Monday at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

8 years ago

Rob Porter, White House Staff Secretary, left, speaks to President Donald Trump
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Is Trump putting misogyny on the midterm ballot?

The misogynist-in-chief isn't consciously trying to alienate women on the eve of a midterm election season. Trump simply can't help himself.

8 years ago

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, the sky over The Capitol is lit up at dawn  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

How the deficit affects the economy

With all this boost in spending, and the GOP tax bill, we’ll close today’s show with ...

Air Date: February 12, 2018

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Trader John Panin, (right), works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Stocks struggled to stabilize Friday as investors sent prices climbing, then slumping in unsteady trading a day after the market entered its first correction in two years. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
Money

Stock drop could pose risk to US economy — if it endures

Consumers are the engine of U.S. economic growth, so any sharp pullback in their spending would hurt. Could the result be a weaker economy and lost jobs?

8 years ago

In this Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 photo Jeremy DaRos shows the erroneous tsunami alert he received on his phone on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Portland, Maine. DeRos, who lives near the water, said he is concerned that people won't take seriously the emergency alerts they get in an actual crisis. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
Community

False alarms highlight weaknesses in national alert system

Last month's bogus ballistic missile warning in Hawaii and, now, this week's tsunami snafu have highlighted trouble spots and prompted calls for change.

8 years ago

 In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can for the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

A Pentagon budget like none before: $700 billion

A two-year deal provides what Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says is needed to pull the military out of a slump in combat readiness.

8 years ago

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