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The Orlando Fire Department had been working on a plan to respond to a mass shooting. But at the time of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the plan was on hold and the bulletproof vests sat untouched.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with John Clune, a lawyer representing Deborah Ramirez, who accused Brett Kavanaugh of exposing himself during a party at Yale in the 1980s.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has its own airline operation to fly deportees back to their home countries, and this year, it is significantly over budget.

President Trump has ramped up immigration enforcement and the budget has ballooned. A recent congressional report says an agency is spending at "an unsustainable rate."

Medevac helicopter companies are on the congressional radar, as a funding bill for the Federal Aviation Administration nears passage. Consumer protections against deceptive practices could become law.

The EPA is holding hearings on a proposal to relax fuel efficiency standards. Arizona has come out in opposition — the state has a bad smog problem and was counting on the fuel rules to help fix it.

We look at the Kavanaugh nomination as a voting issue for November. Also, the Federal Reserve will likely nudge up interest rates, and we look at the cultural impact of Bill Cosby's sentencing.

Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for a sexual assault in 2004. His conviction marks the rise of the #MeToo movement as well as the downfall of an African-American icon.

The policy, meant to discourage the smuggling of contraband into prisons, was to have gone into effect next month.

A 27-year-old Chinese citizen who enlisted in the Army Reserve under a program for foreigners with "vital" skills, allegedly provided information on U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists.

According to the FBI's latest Uniform Crime Report, overall crime rates are stable but regional variations are quite large.