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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, visits the CAMcare Gateway Health Center in Camden Monday to talk about the brewing battle over President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

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Immigrants recently processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection wait at the the Catholic Charities RGV, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Security figures obtained Friday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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U.S. says it will release, reunite 50 immigrant children

At least 50 immigrant children under age 5 will be released with their parents by Tuesday's deadline for the Trump administration to reunify families forcibly separated.

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President Trump said at a rally Thursday in Great Falls, Mont., that he is confident about going into a planned July 16 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Jim Urquhart/AP)
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The Russia investigations: ‘Putin’s fine. He’s fine. We’re all fine’

Members of a Republican delegation to Russia over the Independence Day holiday said they made a clear request of their hosts: Don't attack any more American elections.

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The Rev. Brad Wells, left, the Rev. Patrick Mahoney and Paula Oas, kneel in prayer in front of the Supreme Court, as the court hears the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
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Religion, the Supreme Court, and why it matters

For most of U.S. history, the court, like the country, was dominated by Protestant Christians. But today, it is predominantly Catholic and Jewish.

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 President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on women in healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Trump administration takes another swipe at ‘Obamacare’

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Demonstrators clashed with police on Inauguration Day last year, resulting in more than 200 arrests. The last of those cases have now been dismissed by prosecutors. (Stephen J. Boitano/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Prosecutors will drop remaining cases against Inauguration Day protesters

Federal prosecutors said Friday they will drop all of the remaining cases stemming from the demonstrations in Washington, D.C. last year.

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Brett Kavanaugh (left) speaks in 2006 when he was a nominee for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee looks on. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

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The finale hour of Sunday morning's marathon General Assembly session saw lawmakers give final approval to a bill that would guarantee expungement to those with one conviction of marijuana possession or use. (bigstockphoto.com)
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(Clockwise from left) This composite photo includes  Judges Amy Coney Barrett, Thomas Hardiman, Raymond Kethledge, Joan Larsen, Amul Thapar, and Brett Kavanaugh (AP Photos)
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