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News Brief: White House Meeting, 'American Taliban,' China's Hikvision

5:48am May 23, 2019

Trump meeting with Democrats escalates in blame-trading. After 17 years in federal prison, John Walker Lindh is to be released. The White House may blacklist a Chinese video surveillance company.

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Darrell Patterson, a devout Seventh Day Adventist, says he was fired after he refused to work on Saturday.

How The Fight For Religious Freedom Has Fallen Victim To The Culture Wars

5:00am May 23, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

Disputes over LGBT rights and religion's role in public life have derailed a previously non-partisan movement.

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The USS Arlington, shown in December in Morehead City, N.C., has been sent to the Middle East to bolster an aircraft carrier force sent to counter alleged threats from Iran.

What To Know About The Sudden Talk Of War With Iran

8:10pm May 22, 2019

The White House has talked as if conflict with Iran could soon erupt. U.S. officials said Wednesday another 5,000 military personnel might go to the region. Here's a look at the talk and the risks.

Students and activists carry signs during the annual "March for Life" in Washington, D.C., earlier this year.

Anti-Abortion-Rights Groups Push GOP To Rethink Rape And Incest Exceptions

6:11pm May 22, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

The letter, written after Alabama passed a restrictive abortion law, says, "The value of human life is not determined by the circumstances of one's conception or birth."

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White House Spokesperson Discusses Trump's Remarks On Working With Democrats

5:59pm May 22, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with White House spokesperson Adam Kennedy about the president's remarks Wednesday about refusing to work with Democrats on policy until "phony investigations" are done.

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Possible Presidential Pardons Are Coming For U.S. Servicemen Convicted Of War Crimes

5:40pm May 22, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with David Lapan, a former DHS spokesman and retired marine, about possible presidential pardons coming for U.S. servicemen convicted of war crimes.

Democrats Clash With Homeland Security Secretary Over Migrant Children Deaths

5:29pm May 22, 2019

by Joel Rose

Democrats on Capitol Hill clashed with the acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Wednesday over the deaths of five migrant children, who died after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he has not reviewed an IRS memo that says the agency must turn over a president's tax returns to Congress.

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Mnuchin Says He Has 'Not Yet' Reviewed Memo Mandating IRS Turn Over Trump Tax Returns

5:04pm May 22, 2019

by Brian Naylor

The Treasury secretary has refused to comply with a House subpoena from a committee chairman requesting that the agency turn over Trump's tax returns.

U.S. Border Patrol agents conduct intake at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. The center is temporarily not taking in migrants after the outbreak of "a flu-related illness."

Border Facility Temporarily Suspends Migrant Intake After 32 Identified With Flu

5:00pm May 22, 2019

The McAllen, Texas, facility is the same one where a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy became ill last week, and died after he was transferred to another Border Patrol station.

Investigation Into Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's Yearbook Was Inconclusive

4:52pm May 22, 2019

by Mallory Noe-Payne

The investigation into the racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page was inconclusive, but school officials knew of the photo before his election and did not go public.