NPR's Michel Martin speaks to former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman about the clash at the Justice Department over the position of U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
COVID-19 infections are on the rise in Tulsa, Okla., just as President Trump makes his way there for his first in-person political rally since the pandemic began.
The event is moving ahead as scheduled. None of the staffers who tested positive for the virus or anyone who was in immediate contact with them will attend.
The attorney general said Trump has removed Geoffrey Berman as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. But the president quickly sought to distance himself from the decision.
Hot-button issues like immigration and family values have been part of American politics for decades. But as the country deals with multiple crises, attitudes are changing.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito about the Republican policing reform bill, a response to nationwide protests over police shootings of Black people.
Last night, Attorney General Bill Barr and the head of New York's Southern District got into a tussle about whether or not he would be resigning. NPR talks to Elie Honig, a former SDNY prosecutor.