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Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions pledges his support for then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before speaking to supporters on Oct. 10 at a rally in Ambridge, Pa.

Trump Names Picks For National Security Adviser, Attorney General, CIA Director

12:15pm November 18, 2016

by Carrie Johnson

Sen. Jeff Sessions has been offered the post of attorney general, while Rep. Mike Pompeo and Michael Flynn have been offered the respective positions of CIA chief and national security adviser.

When Georgia Moore (second from left) was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010, her parents, Trevor and Courtney Moore, worried about the germs her younger sister, Ivy, would bring home from school.

Texas Parents Have Unanswered Questions About School Vaccination Rates

11:57am November 18, 2016

by Anna Casey

Data about the number of unvaccinated kids in individual public schools aren't available to parents in Texas. Some of them are looking to change the reporting requirements.

Some of the indigenous corn varieties growing in Taylor Keen's backyard. Cherokee White is a kind of sweet corn with white, purple, and yellower kernels that is ground for flour. Green Oaxacan is processed to make hominy and corn meal.

Tribes Revive Indigenous Crops, And The Food Traditions That Go With Them

11:26am November 18, 2016

by Grant Gerlock

Members of some Native American tribes are hoping to revive their food and farming traditions by planting the kinds of indigenous crops their ancestors once grew.

An artist's depiction of the new GOES-R satellite.

New Satellite Provides Weather Forecasts For The Final Frontier

11:07am November 18, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

The GOES-R satellite is scheduled to enter orbit Saturday. It'll sit 22,000 miles above the Americas, monitoring weather on the planet — and in space.

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Trump Offers Key Posts To Sen. Sessions, Rep. Pompeo, Retired Lt. Gen. Flynn

10:45am November 18, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump announced his picks for attorney general, CIA director and national security adviser. Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Scott Horsley and the Carnegie Endowment's Sarah Chayes.

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Sen. Warner: Trump Advisers Lack Deep Experience In Intelligence Community

10:42am November 18, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about how he expects President-elect Donald Trump to approach national security.

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Transition Meetings Create Traffic Nightmare Near Trump Tower

10:18am November 18, 2016

by Stephen Nessen

As President-elect Donald Trump's transition team meets in Manhattan, additional security and gawking tourists are causing a traffic nightmare outside Trump Tower.

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JPMorgan Chase Agrees To Pay $264 Million In Chinese Bribery Scheme

10:18am November 18, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

JPMorgan Chase and its Hong Kong affiliate have agreed to pay fines totaling $264 million for their role in a scheme to win lucrative contracts in China. The bank acknowledged running a program in which it hired relatives of influential Chinese officials in exchange for certain business contracts. A Justice Department official said the scheme amounted to bribery.

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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in August in support of Donald Trump.

Not Afraid To Ruffle Feathers: How Michael Flynn Became A Trump Confidant

9:15am November 18, 2016

by Tom Bowman

The retired general was one of the first ex-military officers to back Donald Trump. His brazen comments and partisan political work trouble some of his former colleagues.

Ford Escape sport utility vehicles move down the production line at Ford Motor Co.'s Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky.

Trump Takes Credit For Saving A U.S. Ford Plant That Wasn't Planning To Move

8:22am November 18, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

The president-elect tweeted that he had influenced Ford's decision, but Ford says it never planned to close the Louisville, Ky., plant or to reduce jobs there.