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Is It Steen Or Stine? How To Pronounce Rod Rosenstein's Name

4:30pm May 12, 2017

There were many points of contention this week over the firing of FBI Director James Comey, including how to pronounce Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's last name.

U.S., China Strike Trade Deal On Beef, Poultry And Natural Gas

4:30pm May 12, 2017

by Jackie Northam

China and the U.S. struck a trade deal that allows beef and natural gas exports to China. The agreement will allow U.S. companies to sell liquefied natural gas to China, which is likely to be controversial on the West coast.

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U.S.-China Deal On Cooked Chicken Imports Raises Safety Concerns

4:30pm May 12, 2017

by Maria Godoy

The U.S. and China reached a new trade deal that would allow U.S. beef imports to China and Chinese cooked chicken imports to the U.S. market. NPR takes a look at the historical significance of the deal and the safety concerns associated with it.

Immigration Lawyers Call For More Oversight Of U.S. Representation Program

4:30pm May 12, 2017

by Beth Fertig

With a shortage of lawyers to represent immigrants, the Justice Department has recruited thousands of people without law degrees to help. One of those representatives has come under scrutiny.

Bob Ryan Reflects On Nearly 3 Decades Of ESPN's 'The Sports Reporters'

4:30pm May 12, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Bob Ryan what he will do Sunday mornings now that The Sports Reporters roundtable on ESPN is off the schedule.

U.N. Aid Workers Question Russian Calls For De-Escalation Zones In Syria

4:30pm May 12, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Russia's calls for "de-escalation zones" in Syria sounds rather Orwellian to a top United Nations aid official. Kevin Kennedy says it is not clear how people living there would be protected, and he worries that countries will try to return refugees to those zones.

Emergency vehicles crowd Main Street in Kirkersville, Ohio, on Friday morning, after a shooting at a nursing home that left four dead, including the town's police chief.

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4 Dead, Including Police Chief And Suspect, After Shooting At Ohio Nursing Home

4:24pm May 12, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Chief Steven Eric Disario responded to a report of a man with a gun at the Pine Kirk nursing home Friday morning. Disario had been on the job for only three weeks.

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe (from left), Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Vincent Stewart and Nation

4 Big Intelligence Stories You Missed Amid The Comey Headlines This Week

4:19pm May 12, 2017

by Philip Ewing

There's a lot more going on in the shadowy world of America's spies than just the controversy over the abrupt dismissal of James Comey as director of the FBI.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Ben Sasse, a Republican, listens to witnesses Monday during a subcommittee hearing on Russian interference.

Sen. Sasse: Comey Firing 'Troubling' Amid 'Crisis Of Public Trust'

3:20pm May 12, 2017

by Steve Inskeep

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that he will not yet call for an independent Russia investigation because it would be a "vote of no confidence" in the Senate panel's current probe.

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Mitch Daniels, shown leaving the White House after a meeting in 2012, was governor of Indiana in 2011 when the state adopted its voucher program. These days he's the president of Purdue University.

The Promise And Peril Of School Vouchers

3:03pm May 12, 2017

Indiana's private school voucher program is the largest of its kind in the U.S. Whether it's "social justice" or "an assault" on public schools depends on whom you ask.