Treasurer, Hospitals At Odds Over State Health Plan
A debate is brewing over changes to the State Health Plan. Some say a new proposal would benefit state workers while putting the future of
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In Garlic Capital, Tariffs And Immigration Crackdown Have Mixed Impacts
Gilroy, Calif., is known as the garlic capital of the world. Two Trump administration policies — one on trade, the other on immigration — are affecting the town in starkly different ways.
N. Carolina Elections Board Calls Challenged House Candidate
The Republican holding a slim lead in the country's last undecided congressional election is expected to explain why he stuck with a North Carolina political operative with a shady track record that even the GOP candidate thought about protesting in the past.
House Panel: Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis
Steve Inskeep talks to ex-Energy Secretary Bill Richardson about a House Democrats' report detailing how Trump administration officials apparently sought to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.
Will President Trump's Border Wall Keep Drugs Out Of The U.S.?
Steve Inskeep talks to ex-Deputy Drug Enforcement Administrator Jack Riley about Trump's national emergency declaration, which could take money from drug interdiction efforts to fund a border wall.
Trump Threatens To Cancel California's $929 Million High Speed Rail Grant
The president is in a Twitter war with California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the rail project and the president's emergency declaration to build a border wall.
Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis, House Panel Finds
Whistleblowers told the Oversight committee that efforts by some national security officials to try to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to the Saudi government potentially violated the law.
Publisher Of An Alabama Newspaper Calls For The KKK To 'Clean Out' Washington
"We'll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them," said Goodloe Sutton, publisher of the Democrat-Reporter, after admitting he wrote an incendiary editorial.
Trump Pushes Ahead With 'Space Force' Despite Hurdles
It would be under the umbrella of the Air Force to try to simplify the process. This represents a shift; Trump had stated that he wanted a space force that is "separate but equal" from the Air Force.
16 States File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over National Emergency
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Robert Chesney of Lawfare about the latest lawsuit brought by 16 states against President Trump and his national emergency declaration to build a border wall.