Politics & Government

News Brief: Fallout From Drone Downing, Roy Moore To Make Another Senate Run

6:04am June 21, 2019

President Trump reportedly backs off on airstrikes against Iran. As the dispute escalates, how are Iranians reacting? And Alabama Republican Roy Moore is making a second run for the U.S. Senate.

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A World War I memorial cross sits in Bladensburg, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. The federal government asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the cross.

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Supreme Court: Cross Can Stand On Public Land In Separation Of Church And State Case

9:05pm June 20, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

The high court's conservative majority sided with those advocating for "religious freedom" in a major win for groups like the American Legion.

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Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore announces his run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Thursday. He lost the 2017 special election to Democrat Doug Jones after multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him surfaced.

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Trump Says Alabama's Roy Moore Can't Win, But Moore Is Running Again Anyway

6:41pm June 20, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

During a 2017 Senate race, multiple women accused the former Alabama chief justice of sexual misconduct when they were teens. Democrat Doug Jones won, so President Trump urged Moore not to run again.

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Supreme Court Rules A 40-Foot WWI Memorial Shaped As A Cross Can Stand On Public Land

5:50pm June 20, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court ruled that a 40-foot cross on public land in Maryland can stand as a World War I memorial. The cross, which has been there almost 100 years, is maintained at taxpayer expense.

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A Timeline Of Events Leading Up To Current Tensions Between The U.S. And Iran

5:13pm June 20, 2019

Iran's military shot down an American surveillance drone Thursday marking the latest in a line of events leading up to the current military and diplomatic tension between the United States and Iran.

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President Trump Says Iran Made 'A Very Big Mistake' In Shooting Down American Drone

4:21pm June 20, 2019

by Mara Liasson

As tensions escalate with Iran, the Trump administration is balancing the hardline instincts of President Trump's advisers and Trump's own instincts to avoid a military conflict.

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Biden Faces Criticism For How He Talked About Segregationist Senators

4:21pm June 20, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with unaffiliated Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons about former Vice President Biden's verbal blunders this week, and how concerned the party should be about them.

Former Air Force Drone Chief Discusses Escalating U.S.-Iran Tensions

4:21pm June 20, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Gen. David Deptula, former Air Force drone chief, about the escalating tensions between U.S and Iranian forces.

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U.S. Labor Movement Pushes Back On New Trade Deal For U.S, Mexico And Canada

4:21pm June 20, 2019

by Don Gonyea

President Trump is pushing hard to pass a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada through Congress. Some labor leaders are fighting hard against it because they see it as too similar to NAFTA.

How The Trump Administration's 'Zero Tolerance' Policy Changed The Immigration Debate

4:21pm June 20, 2019

by John Burnett

A year has passed since the Trump administration's family separation policy was rescinded. It sparked a national outcry and changed the immigration debate in America.