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'New Yorker' Report Details How Israeli Spies Tried To Discredit Iran Deal

5:30pm May 07, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise speaks with journalist Ronan Farrow about his article in The New Yorker describing how the Israeli company Black Cube was by hired Trump aides to try and dig up dirt on former Obama officials to discredit the Iran deal.

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David Rennie, Washington Bureau Chief For 'The Economist' Reflects On 6 Years In The U.S.

5:30pm May 07, 2018

After nearly six years as Washington bureau chief for The Economist, David Rennie is headed off for another assignment. He talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his impressions of the U.S., and how it's changed in his tenure.

Southern Baptist Women Protest Church Leader's Comments

5:30pm May 07, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

More than 1,400 Southern Baptist women have signed a letter to their church leaders denouncing "sinful" and "unbliblical" comments about women and divorce by one of their most prominent leaders.

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Security Has Improved, But The American Voting System Is Still Vulnerable

5:29pm May 07, 2018

by Miles Parks

Six months before Election Day 2018, efforts to secure U.S. voting systems have made considerable progress — but there is still a long ways to go.

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Don Gregorio has lived all his life in the same home in Humacao, a city on Puerto Rico's eastern coast that was hard-hit by Hurricane Maria. Many of his old friends have since left for the mainland, the former carpenter says, and he feels very alone.

Listless And Lonely In Puerto Rico, Some Older Storm Survivors Consider Suicide

5:29pm May 07, 2018

by Sarah Varney

The electricity is back on across much of the island, but the disruption to community spirit continues. Isolation, anxiety and depression are up, as are suicides, especially among older adults.

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Schoolgirls walk home from school in a rural area in Southern Natal Province, South Africa.

4 Ideas To Stop Violence Against Girls: A Walking School Bus, Sports Talk And More

4:59pm May 07, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

The World Bank and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative are betting on local solutions to protect girls and women from abuse.

How The NRA Views Recent Protests Over Gun Violence

4:36pm May 07, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with prominent gun-right advocate Marion Hammer about her work defending the National Rifle Association — an organization that she was formerly president of — in light of recent protests over gun violence.

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CIA Nomine Gina Haspel To Face Tough Questioning At Confirmation Hearing

4:36pm May 07, 2018

by Greg Myre

Gina Haspel, the first woman nominated to be CIA director, faces tough questioning at her confirmation hearing Wednesday. She met with Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Monday.

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Pentagon Wants To Deploy 'Low-Yield' Nuclear Weapons To Deter Russia From Similar Ones

4:36pm May 07, 2018

by David Welna

Even as the Trump administration excoriates Iran and North Korea on nuclear arms, Congress is set to fund a new, "low-yield" atomic weapon. The Pentagon says one is needed to plausibly deter any plans by Russia to use smaller nukes. Critics say such a "useable" nuke would increase, not decrease, the likelihood of the nuclear war that military planners say they want to avoid.

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Connecticut is the latest state to pledge its electoral votes based on the outcome of the national popular vote. Here, an aide opens Electoral College ballot boxes during a joint session of Congress in January of 2017, to tally ballots for the president a

Connecticut OKs Bill Pledging Electoral Votes To National Popular-Vote Winner

2:58pm May 07, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Connecticut is set to join 10 states that commit their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the nation's popular vote — regardless of who wins in those states.