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In this Monday, March 12, 2018, file photo, supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco. A judge on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, blocked the Trump administration from ending protections. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Migrants embrace ruling that keeps temporary status for now

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants got temporary relief after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with its plans.

7 years ago

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, walks on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. A key vote on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, she said Thursday that the FBI investigation seemed
NPR
Courts & Law

Kavanaugh’s fate rests with small number of undecided senators

Only one copy of the report is being made available.

7 years ago

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska
NPR
Money

Kavanaugh nomination battle is fought with millions in secret cash

Advocacy organizations on both sides are able to keep donors' contributions secret. But spending on TV ads must be disclosed to the FCC.

7 years ago

Demonstrators protest before a speech by President Donald Trump at the National Electrical Contractors Convention, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy

As Trump speaks to electrical contractors in Center City, protesters take to the streets

President Donald Trump spoke in Center City Philadelphia at a convention of electrical contractors as protesters marched outside.

7 years ago

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the electric-car company as part of a settlement to resolve a securities fraud charge lobbed by the SEC on Thursday. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Money

Elon Musk settles with SEC, agrees to step down as Tesla chairman

Under the terms of the settlement, Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the Silicon Valley-based company, but will remain in his post as CEO.

7 years ago

Matt Damon played Brett Kavanaugh on the 44th season opener of Saturday Night Live. (Saturday Night Live via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Matt Damon is a sniffing, shouting Brett Kavanaugh on ‘SNL’ season premiere

“I’m usually an optimist, I’m a keg is half-full kind of guy."

7 years ago

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. (Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

FBI contacts Deborah Ramirez, Kavanaugh accuser, as investigation begins

On Saturday, the FBI began its first full day of work on an additional background investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

7 years ago

A police officer stands on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Trump administration moves to escalate census lawsuits to Supreme Court

The DOJ's civil rights division argues that it needs responses to the citizenship question in order to better enforce the Voting Rights Act.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Money

Mayor Kenney vows to clean up audit issues over DNC security funds

He's promising all the money will be accounted for.

7 years ago

(Photo by Saul Loeb/Pool/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via (Photo: Saul Loeb/Pool Image via Associated Press)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

The Kavanaugh/Ford hearings

Guests: Laura Little, Michael Moreland The back-to-back testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh ab ...

Air Date: September 28, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
In a work by Kenyan photographer Mwarv Kirubi, a pupil from St. Martin's School Kibagare plays on the swings at break time on 27th January 2017. It is one of 98 works included in
Arts & Entertainment

International artists reclaim Trump’s insult

Trump once called them "shitholes." Now artists from those countries are reclaiming the epithet.

7 years ago

Christine Blasey Ford arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)
Courts & Law

Kavanaugh denies Ford accusation, sees ‘disgrace’

Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh testified today.

7 years ago

Anita Hill testified in 1991 that she was sexually harassed by then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. (AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Anita Hill says Kavanaugh accuser hearing ‘cannot be fair’

Hill says there is going to be an inherent power imbalance in the hearing.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The looming showdowns

Guests: Howard Fineman, Victoria Bassetti For several hours on Monday we didn’t know if Deputy AG Rod Rosenstei ...

Air Date: September 25, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Governor Murphy defends hiring of former councilman convicted of bribery

Murphy said people who admit they made a mistake, repent, and paid their price need to get back on their feet in society.

7 years ago

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