Politics & Government

El Salvador Pressures U.S. To Reunite Migrant Families

5:14pm June 23, 2018

by Emily Green

Migrants deported back to their Central American homelands sometimes are forced to leave without their children. El Salvador now says it won't allow the U.S. to return deportees until they have been reunited with their children.

Barbershop: The Media And The White House

5:14pm June 23, 2018

The media has been grappling with how to cover an openly hostile White House that hasn't been reliable when it comes to the facts. Michel Martin speaks with The Washington Post's Paul Farhi, Daniel Dale of The Toronto Star, and former presidential speechwriter Mary Kate Cary.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, pictured above at the White House daily briefing on Monday, was heckled inside a Mexican restaurant.

Politics & Government

The Hypocrisy Of Eating At Mexican Restaurants

4:41pm June 23, 2018

by Monique Truong

In the past week, two of the most vocal advocates for the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy were heckled while eating at Mexican restaurants in Washington.

Katie Arrington, S.C. Republican Who Beat Mark Sanford, Is Badly Injured In Car Crash

12:21pm June 23, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The state lawmaker surprised the political world when she upset the incumbent in a GOP primary just a week and a half ago. Now, Arrington is in the hospital after a fatal collision Friday night.

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Week In Politics

7:55am June 23, 2018

by Ron Elving

The overwhelming news of the week begins at the Southern border of the United States: 2,300 children separated from their parents as they crossed to seek asylum.

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Gov. Kasich On The State Of The Republican Party

7:55am June 23, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ohio Gov. John Kasich about how the Republican party of Abraham Lincoln is holding up in the era of Trump.

President Trump speaks about immigration alongside family members affected by crime committed by undocumented immigrants, at the White House Friday.

FACT CHECK: Trump, Illegal Immigration And Crime

11:12pm June 22, 2018

by Scott Horsley

In an effort to justify his get-tough policies at the Southern border, President Trump met Friday with victims of crime committed by immigrants who entered the country illegally.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police need a warrant to obtain cellphone location information routinely collected by wireless providers.

In Major Privacy Win, Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Your Cellphone

6:29pm June 22, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The sharply divided justices ruled that police need a search warrant to obtain cellphone location data.

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What The Last Week Says About First Lady Melania Trump

5:02pm June 22, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with CNN reporter Kate Bennett, who covers first lady Melania Trump, about what her actions over the past week say about how she's filling the role.

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The History Of The Flores Settlement And Its Effects On Immigration

5:02pm June 22, 2018

President Trump has ordered the Justice Department to file a request to modify a court agreement known as the Flores settlement to allow for immigrant families to be detained together at the border. The settlement has governed the detention of immigrant children since the mid-80s.

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