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Senate Confirms Ratcliffe Will Be The New Director Of National Intelligence

5:59pm May 21, 2020

by Greg Myre

The Senate on Thursday has confirmed that Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, will become the nation's next director of national intelligence — the fourth one in less than a year.

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Brigid Schulte is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of Overworked.

Pandemic Makes Evident 'Grotesque' Gender Inequality In Household Work

5:46pm May 21, 2020

by Terry Gross

With more people staying home due to COVID-19, journalist Brigid Schulte says it's impossible to ignore "the fact that women bear so much more of the burden of child care and housework."

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U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, appears at his May 5 confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Senate confirmed Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence in a 49-44 vote Thursday.

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Despite Opposition, John Ratcliffe Confirmed For Top Intelligence Post

5:33pm May 21, 2020

by Greg Myre

The Senate confirms the Republican congressman from Texas as the director of national intelligence in a vote along party lines. His detractors say he lacks experience for the job.

In letters obtained by NPR, the Small Business Administration informs local Planned Parenthood affiliates that they are ineligible for loans received through the Paycheck Protection Program because of rules intended to limit the funds to small businesses

Trump Administration To Planned Parenthood: Return Coronavirus Relief Funds

5:11pm May 21, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

The Small Business Administration is asking local Planned Parenthood affiliates to return funds received under a coronavirus relief program.

Open Skies would be the third major international military pact Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from. This photo from 2007 shows Czech soldiers inspecting cameras on a U.S. Boeing plane at a military airbase in Pardubice, Czech Republic, as part of the agree

Trump Administration Confirms U.S. Is Leaving Open Skies Surveillance Treaty

5:01pm May 21, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The 34-nation agreement allows the U.S., Russia and other countries to fly their aircraft over each other's territory. The Trump administration says it will negotiate a new deal with Russia.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, here at a February Capitol Hill hearing, has long championed alternatives to public schools.

DeVos Faces Pushback Over Plan To Reroute Aid To Private School Students

4:57pm May 21, 2020

by Cory Turner

The U.S. education secretary has told public K-12 schools they should use their coronavirus relief money to help private school students, too.

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What It Is Like To Be Evacuated During The Flooding In Michigan

3:50pm May 21, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dawn Porter, a resident of Midland, Mich., about the flooding that forced thousands of people to evacuate.

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A Shoe Repair Shop In Atlanta Struggles To Keep Going After The Shutdown

3:50pm May 21, 2020

Joe and Hattie Jordan, the owners of a shoe repair shop that has been operating in Atlanta for more than 50 years, struggle to keep going after the pandemic shutdown.

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Coronavirus Update: Unemployment Numbers Keep Growing Across The U.S.

3:50pm May 21, 2020

Even as the nation's economy slowly reopens after shutdown, reports of millions more unemployed keep rolling in. NPR's economics and science correspondents discuss the latest coronavirus news.

Food Banks Say SNAP Is A Better Way To Get Food To People

3:50pm May 21, 2020

by Dan Charles

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is buying billions worth of food to give it to food banks. But food banks say that SNAP, also known as food stamps, is a better way to get food to people in need.

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