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The Latest On Trump's Legal Challenges

6:11pm May 05, 2018

President Trump says White House lawyer Rudy Giuliani needs to get his facts straight. Politico's Josh Gerstein talks to Michel Martin about how Giuliani's recent comments could affect Trump.

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Gun Control Protests Staged Outside NRA Convention

6:11pm May 05, 2018

While the National Rifle Association continued its convention in Dallas, Texas, protestors gathered nearby at city hall to call for stricter gun regulations.

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DHS Ends Temporary Protected Status For Hondurans

6:11pm May 05, 2018

The Trump administration is ending special immigration protections for some 57,000 Hondurans. They've been allowed to live and work in the U.S. since a devastating hurricane hit Honduras 20 years ago.

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Barbershop: NRA's Annual Meeting

6:11pm May 05, 2018

As the NRA holds its annual meeting in Dallas, Michel Martin talks about the NRA's role with former NRA member Joe Plenzler, author and activist Charles Cobb, and firearms instructor Beth Alcazar.

Trump Policy Leads To Worker Shortage In Crab Industry

6:11pm May 05, 2018

The Maryland seafood industry is facing a labor shortage just in time for crab season. Michel Martin talks with Harry Phillips, the owner of Russell Hall Seafood, about the shortage.

'The Jazz Ambassadors': Cold War Diplomacy And Civil Rights In Conflict

6:11pm May 05, 2018

A new PBS film documents the African-American musicians who spread good will for the U.S. overseas during the war, despite discrimination faced at home. Michel Martin talks to filmmaker Hugo Berkeley.

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New Orleans News Site Finds Actors Were Paid To Support A Power Plant

5:58pm May 05, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Dozens of people in bright orange shirts told the New Orleans City Council they supported a new power plant. Now The Lens reports that at least some were paid to show up and told what to say.

Young protesters chanted on Friday as they marched from City Hall to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center where the National Rifle Association is hosting an annual, four-day convention.

Students, Celebrities And The Faithful Protest Outside Of The NRA Convention

4:18pm May 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The National Rifle Association's four-day convention in Dallas has drawn supporters and opposition alike.

President Trump is confronting federal investigations and civil lawsuits, but he calls the focus on his legal challenges a distraction.

Get Caught Up On Donald Trump's Complex Web Of Legal Challenges

4:09pm May 05, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

The president is dealing with three lawsuits from two women, a federal criminal investigation of his longtime attorney and the Justice Department's probe of the 2016 election.

Teachers Press DeVos; Questions About Koch Brothers' Gifts To Universities

2:40pm May 05, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

Plus an education-related settlement in the Philadelphia Starbucks controversy, in our weekly education roundup.