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 Left; White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file) Right: Jemele Hill attends ESPN: The Party 2017 held on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, file)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Since when is it a ‘fireable offense’ to knock a president?

There I was yesterday, all set to spoon out a dollop of praise for Trump, who reportedly plans to sign a newly passed congressional resol ...

9 years ago

Community

Delaware crews head to Florida to help with Irma cleanup

Two separate teams from Delaware are heading to Florida to help the state recover from Hurricane Irma. On Monday, a crew of 25 Del ...

9 years ago

People are evacuating parts of Florida likely to be hard-hit by Hurricane Irma. (AP Photo)
Community

Pennsylvania deploys additional personnel to help with hurricane relief

After sending dozens of members of its Urban Search and Rescue task force to Texas to help with Hurricane Harvey recovery, Pennsylvania i ...

9 years ago

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Money

Equifax says data from 143 million Americans exposed in hack

Credit monitoring company Equifax says a breach exposed social security numbers and other data from about 143 million Americans. T ...

9 years ago

 Sen. Bob Menendez, center, arrives at the courthouse with his children, Alicia Menendez and Robert Menendez Jr., in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Judge warns prosecutors against turning Menendez case into ‘tabloid trial’

Minutes after the first witness took the stand Thursday in the federal corruption case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from Ne ...

9 years ago

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 A flare stack puts out a flame at a refinery near an area hit by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Science

Summer gas requirements waived in face of Harvey damage

The Environmental Protection Agency has ended summer fuel requirements early for states affected by fuel disruptions due to Hurricane Har ...

9 years ago

 In this Aug. 2, 2017 file photo, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives on Capitol Hill Washington, for a closed-door meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

With his legacy and Democrats’ plans to thwart Trump at stake, Menendez to begin corruption trial

Opening arguments begin Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a case that could alter the future of Presid ...

9 years ago

 In this Aug. 2, 2017 file photo, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives on Capitol Hill Washington, for a closed-door meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

With his legacy and Democrats’ plans to thwart Trump at stake, Menendez to begin corruption trial

Opening arguments begin Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a case that could alter the future of Presid ...

9 years ago

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National Interest
Community

The irony of Labor Day

Labor Day – launched in New York City in 1882, legalized as federal holiday in 1894 – was a way to honor the overworked worki ...

9 years ago

Health

Toxic waste sites flooded in Texas; EPA not on scene

The Associated Press visited seven Superfund sites in and around Houston during the flooding. All had been inundated with water; some wer ...

9 years ago

Science

Toxic waste sites flooded in Texas; EPA not on scene [video]

The Associated Press visited seven Superfund sites in and around Houston during the flooding. All had been inundated with water; some wer ...

9 years ago

 Members of the KKK are escorted by police past a large group of protesters during a KKK rally Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. A month later, as white supremacists protested the proposed removal of a Confederate monument, counter-protester Heather Heyer was killed when James Alex Fields drove a speeding car into the crowd. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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We are the land of the free, but at what price?

Is our ability to tolerate Nazism in the United States vis à vis our First Amendment protections really something for which w ...

9 years ago

 (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY, file)
Money

Americans are least satisfied with pay, retirement plan, health benefits, Gallup poll shows

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

9 years ago

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A car sits in floodwater from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Harvey blows away Trump’s border wall

Once upon a distant time — actually, it was only last week — a demagogue stood on a Phoenix stage and titillated his acoloytes by dec ...

9 years ago

A supporter of LGBT rights holds up an 'equality flag' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass. in response to President Donald Trump's declaration that he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military 'in any capacity,' citing 'tremendous medical costs and disruption.' (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

ACLU sues Trump over transgender military ban

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals joining ...

9 years ago

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