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Sessions Continues To Criticize Sanctuary Cities During His Visit To Miami

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Greg Allen

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in Miami highlighting one of the city's communities cooperating with the Trump administration in helping deport immigrants here illegally, but he's still singling out cities who aren't complying.

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How Do Teachers Talk About Hate Speech?

6:51pm August 16, 2017

One Charlottesville, Va., elementary school teacher grapples with how to have this conversation with her students the week after the violence erupted in her city just as a new school year is about to begin.

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The Best Item In An Astronaut's Care Package? Definitely The Ice Cream

5:46pm August 16, 2017

Unlike other cargo vehicles, the SpaceX spacecraft can return to Earth without burning up. So it's equipped with freezers for transporting medical samples — and the occasional frozen treat.

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Vice President Pence Stays Aligned With Trump Despite Other Republicans Distancing Themselves

4:32pm August 16, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Republican lawmakers are quickly trying to distance themselves from President Trump's latest comments on Charlottesville after he seemed to back away from his earlier criticism of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

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Trump's Comments On White Supremacists Raise Questions

4:32pm August 16, 2017

by Mara Liasson

What did President Trump's return to blaming "both sides" for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., reveal about him and how he approaches the presidency?

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Dreamhost Challenges Department Of Justice Anti-Trump Records Request

4:32pm August 16, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dallas Kashuba, co-founder of DreamHost. The company challenged the Department of Justice's demand that DreamHost hand over 1.3 million IP addresses for people who visited an anti-trump protest site.

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Trump Announces End To Manufacturing Council After Multiple CEOs Resign

4:32pm August 16, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

President Trump has ended both his manufacturing council and Strategic and Policy Forum, following the resignations of many CEOs who had served on them. Trump, who had promised to run government like a business, finds himself at odds with business leaders.

Does Trump's Slippery Slope Argument About Confederate Statues Have Merit?

4:32pm August 16, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegal talks with Ilya Somin, a professor of George Mason University, about President Trump's warning that pulling down Confederate statues may lead to a slippery slope in which monuments to the Founding Fathers are torn down.

President Trump walks out of the White House toward Marine One on the South Lawn on Monday. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most Americans think Trump's response to Charlottesville events was "not strong enough."

Poll: Majority Believes Trump's Response To Charlottesville Hasn't Been Strong Enough

4:24pm August 16, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

After shifting statements from the president about the racist violence in Virginia, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most Americans didn't like the way Trump handled the situation.

Vice President gestures during a joint press conference with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday.

Some Top Republicans Criticize White Supremacists, But Not Trump By Name

4:19pm August 16, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

Vice President Pence did not criticize the president's about-face about blame for violence in Charlottesville, Va. Some GOP leaders have spoken up, but not all derided the president specifically.