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Win McNamee / Getty Images 8:22pm Sep 20, 2018National National Politics & GovernmentKavanaugh Accuser Open To Testifying About Sexual Assault Allegations
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who alleges Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s, is open to appearing before a Senate panel next week.
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10:49pm Sep 18, 2019National National
New York City Debates Repealing Conversion Therapy Ban
Facing a federal lawsuit by an anti-LGBT group, city officials are considering repealing the 2017 ban. Officials say a repeal may avoid setting nationwide precedent if judges side against the city. -
Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty Images 9:34pm Sep 18, 2019World News World News National Politics & GovernmentOnce A 'Rocket Ship,' National Security Council Now Avoided By Government Pros
Career foreign policy professionals tell NPR they increasingly fear that joining the NSC, which is part of the White House, will taint them as political operatives. -
5:35pm Sep 18, 2019National National
Hearing On Military Domestic Violence
The House Armed Services committee held a hearing from survivors of domestic violence serving in the U.S. military and how the Pentagon has addressed their cases. -
5:04pm Sep 18, 2019National National Environment
California AG Discusses Fuel Standards Fight With Trump Administration
Audie Cornish talks to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra about President Trump moving to revoke his state's ability to set auto emissions standards stricter than federal requirements. -
5:04pm Sep 18, 2019National National Politics & Government
Robert O'Brien, Trump's New National Security Adviser
President Trump's choice for a new national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, has been the point man on American hostages held overseas. He's been a private lawyer punctuated by stints in government. -
5:04pm Sep 18, 2019Sports Sports
The Chess Grandmaster's Diet
Chess grandmasters spend hours sitting over game boards. And yet, high-level players lose 10 to 12 pounds on average over a 10-day tournament. ESPN's Aishwarya Kumar dug into that statistic. -
3:49pm Sep 18, 2019World News World News Politics & Government
Trump's Evolving Relationship With Saudi Arabia
Before he was elected president, Donald Trump was a critic of Saudi Arabia. Now, he says the U.S. is "locked and loaded" to respond to an attack on their behalf. -
3:49pm Sep 18, 2019National National
U.S. Military Researchers Work To Fix Easily Fooled AI
Researchers in the U.S. military are working to combat what they call "adversarial artificial intelligence." That's when someone hacks into an AI system to transmit the wrong information. -
3:49pm Sep 18, 2019National National
Tracking The Sackler Family's Hidden Assets
NPR's Audie Cornish interviews attorney Chris Redmond, an expert on tracing and recovering assets internationally, about how to claw back Sackler assets from off shore accounts. -
3:49pm Sep 18, 2019
Pompeo Visits Saudi Arabia Following Oil Facilities Attack
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Saudi Arabia to discuss the recent attack on its oil facilities. -
3:49pm Sep 18, 2019
Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates A Quarter-Point
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, in an effort to goose the slowing U.S. economy. -
3:49pm Sep 18, 2019
Ohio Mayor Hopes A Strike Will Lead To GM's Return
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mayor Arno Hall of Lordstown, Ohio. As of May a General Motors plant in his village has stood idle. The mayor hopes an auto worker strike will lead to GM reviving it.
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