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Today, there's a lot of talk about civility — and incivility — and who gets to define what those words actually mean. So we want to know: how is all of this playing out where you live?

How Does Your Community Debate Controversial Issues?

6:00am December 18, 2018

by Wynne Davis

Today, there's a lot of talk about civility — and incivility — and who gets to define what those words actually mean. So we want to know: how is all of this playing out where you live?

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Trump To Examine Murder Case Against Former Green Beret Who Said He Killed A Prisoner

10:38pm December 17, 2018

by David Welna

President Trump called the Army major a hero and vowed to review the case. To a military law specialist, it looks like "the commander in chief is putting his thumb on the scales of justice."

The "Medicaid Drug Decisions Transparency Act" would require pharmaceutical companies to disclose their payments to pharmacists and others who serve on state Medicaid drug boards — the advisory groups that decide which drugs Medicaid will and won't cove

Sen. Cory Booker Calls For More Transparency In Medicaid Drug Decisions

8:47pm December 17, 2018

by Liz Whyte

Booker is introducing a bill this week in response to an investigation by the Center for Public Interest and NPR. He calls drug firms' infiltration into Medicaid's decision process "nefarious."

Paul Buckley and his son, Mason, with his wife, Cheryl Becker, and daughter, Ariel Becker. The family's desire to adopt Mason was almost derailed by the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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Native American Adoption Law Challenged As Racially Biased

8:44pm December 17, 2018

by Wade Goodwyn

A federal judge has ruled the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act unconstitutional because it gives Native American families preferential treatment in adoptions of American Indian children.

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A Facebook posting, released by the House intelligence committee, for a group called "Secured Borders." It and others like it were created by Russian specialists posing as Americans.

New Reports Detail Expansive Russia Disinformation Scheme Targeting U.S.

7:33pm December 17, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

The studies for the Senate intelligence committee assess how broadly Russians wielded social media to reach millions of Americans and suppress Democratic and black voting.

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Listeners Share Their Least Favorite Holiday Traditions

5:42pm December 17, 2018

Some holiday traditions are beloved, while others are considered annoying, infuriating and problematic. Listeners share their most hated traditions from mistletoe to Elf on the Shelf.

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At The Border, Some Families Still Face Separation

5:27pm December 17, 2018

by Julie Small

Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to separate families at the border in some cases. On a judge's order, a Salvadoran mother was recently reunited with her toddler after eight months.

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Holiday decorations adorn the letters on the toll booths at the Holland Tunnel last week in Jersey City.

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New York Motorists Vote To Shift Wreaths That Have Infuriated Them For Years

5:23pm December 17, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The Holland Tunnel became the subject of a fervent petition to change which letters its holiday decorations should adorn. In what could be called a Christmas miracle, the Port Authority listened.

Study Finds That Russia Used Social Media To Target African-American Voters

5:00pm December 17, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

The 2016 Russian influence campaign targeted African-Americans and used Instagram in an effort to undermine the confidence of Democratic voters in the electoral process.

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Trump Administration Gives Russia Deadline To Comply With Missile Ban

4:28pm December 17, 2018

by David Welna

The Trump administration is giving Russia until early February to get back into compliance with a ban on all intermediate-range land-launched missiles that was signed 31 years ago.

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