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Donald Trump Calls On Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Resign

7:23pm July 13, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is calling on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign after she slammed him as a "faker."

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Akeem Muhammad stands with a group of protesters in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday. The 24-year-old student was one of more than 120 people who were arrested during the protest.

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Baton Rouge Protester On Arrest: 'I Didn't Know If I Was Going To Survive'

6:53pm July 13, 2016

Akeem Muhammad was one of 120 people arrested in Baton Rouge, La., in largely peaceful protests over the weekend. The 24-year-old student talks about his arrest and reflects on the protests.

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The platform will be voted on Monday at the start of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Republican Platform Tilts Right Of Trump On LGBT Issues

5:33pm July 13, 2016

by Brian Naylor

The platform is the work of party activists, making no concessions on issues such as same-sex marriage or transgender rights.

Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh is standing by a tweet he sent after the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas in which he warned President Obama to

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Public Figures Struggle With Social Media Boundaries After Dallas Shooting

5:30pm July 13, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Politicians, police officers, and media personalities have all gotten blow-back for inflammatory social media posts about the shooting of officers in Dallas.

Girl Up activists pose during their leadership summit in Washington, D.C. Top row, left to right: Keza Latifah Mashenge, Fiona Adams, Nehal Jain, Sarah Gulley. Second row: Kyung Mi Lee, Sarah Hesterman, Janice Catherine Yang.

Why These Teen Girls Give Helen Clark More Snaps Than Beyoncé

5:13pm July 13, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

Girl Up's teen leaders reveal their (surprising) girl heroes and talk about what feminism means in 2016.

Trump Tweets Justice Ginsburg's 'Mind Is Shot,' Calls On Her To Resign

4:52pm July 13, 2016

by Amita Kelly

After Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg disparaged Donald Trump in several interviews, he fired back, saying her comments are "highly inappropriate" and "a disgrace to the court."

President Obama pauses during remarks at an interfaith memorial service for the victims of the Dallas police shooting at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on July 12 in Dallas, Texas.

Obama Walks Fine Line On Race And Policing

4:43pm July 13, 2016

by Scott Horsley

In the wake of last week's deadly police shootings and the attack on officers in Dallas, President Obama's message has been fairly consistent. Is anyone listening?

GOP Delegates Draft Conservative Party Platform Ahead Of Convention

4:36pm July 13, 2016

by Brian Naylor

The Republican Party is set to adopt a platform with reliably conservative positions, even as the country has moved in a liberal direction.

Arizona Hispanics Poised To Swing State Blue

4:36pm July 13, 2016

by Jude Joffe-Block

The GOP carried Arizona in nine of the last 10 presidential elections, but Hispanics in Maricopa County could swing the state to the Democrats this November.

Sam Tahour, district manager for Travel Centers of America, stands next to a travel plaza outside Kansas City. Tahour was trained by a new effort to identify and stop sex trafficking at truck stops.

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Truckers Take The Wheel In Effort To Halt Sex Trafficking

4:36pm July 13, 2016

by Frank Morris

A group called Truckers Against Trafficking is helping states enlist truckers to spot and report forced prostitution. The effort has sent traffickers to prison and liberated hundreds of sex slaves.