Politics & Government

Trump Administration Rescinds Obama-Era Guidance Encouraging Affirmative Action

6:33pm July 03, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The departments of Justice and Education have retracted letters and memos suggesting ways schools and colleges can consider race to encourage diversity.

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With Trump's Supreme Court Pick Looming, Left-Leaning Group Mobilizes In Opposition

5:37pm July 03, 2018

Democrats announced a new group led by former Hillary Clinton campaign staffer Brian Fallon. They plan to try to mount ad campaigns against some of President Trump's Supreme Court nominees.

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Latest On Census Lawsuits In Court

5:23pm July 03, 2018

A federal judge heard arguments in New York City for the largest of the six lawsuits brought against the citizenship question the Trump administration added to the 2020 census.

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New Year, New Laws: What's Going Into Effect In North Carolina This Month

3:24pm July 03, 2018

by Rusty Jacobs, WUNC

The new fiscal year means a host of new laws are taking effect in North Carolina. Here's a brief look.

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Plenty Of Turnover Coming At The North Carolina General Assembly

3:03pm July 03, 2018

by Rusty Jacobs, WUNC

The North Carolina General Assembly will see considerable turnover when lawmakers reconvene next year for a long session.

Immigrant rights advocates pitched their tents for an encampment outside the ICE offices in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. The new liberal rallying cry raises more questions than it answered.

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4 Questions About The Call To Abolish ICE

2:07pm July 03, 2018

by Mara Liasson

Some Democrats want to disband the Homeland Security agency that enforces immigration policy. But the slogan "Abolish ICE" raises more political issues than it answers.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and American action movie actor Steven Seagal visited a newly built wrestling school in Moscow in 2013.

How Did Steven Seagal And Vladimir Putin Become BFFs? Bob Van Ronkel Introduced Them

2:00pm July 03, 2018

by Tim Mak

Van Ronkel has made a business of connecting show business stars with powerful and wealthy Russians. He was even in Moscow for the much-discussed 2013 Miss Universe pageant.

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The Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., is losing one of its most experienced top leaders, the latest official to leave for work in the private sector.

Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down

1:31pm July 03, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

Scott Schools, the highest ranking career official at the Justice Department, will soon leave his position. Schools touched sensitive issues at DOJ including the special counsel probe.

Former Ambassador To Russia Looks Ahead To Trump's Summit With Putin

1:27pm July 03, 2018

by Terry Gross

Michael McFaul, who sat in on meetings between Putin and Obama, warns that the Russian president "doesn't meet just for the sake of a meeting; he seeks to advance Russian interests."

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President Trump spoke to March for Life participants and pro-life leaders at the White House on January 19. He has been signaling that he won't ask potential Supreme Court nominees about their positions on specific cases, but he doesn't need to — all on

Which Trump Should Be Believed On Overturning Roe v. Wade?

12:40pm July 03, 2018

by Ron Elving

The apparently mixed signals of the moment do not really suggest any further evolution in the president's abortion thinking. They suggest a strategy for confirming whomever the president picks.