Business

New Loopholes Discovered In Trust Separating Trump From His Businesses

9:05pm April 03, 2017

by Peter Overby

The trust intended to build an ethics wall between President Trump and his businesses was quietly changed in February. Now he is allowed unlimited payments from the trust, among other changes.

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At a Jan. 11 news conference at Trump Tower on in New York City, President-elect Trump gestures at a stack of folders that he said contained documentation separating him from his businesses. That revocable trust was modified about a month later to let Tru

Politics & Government

Change To President Trump's Trust Lets Him Tap Business Profits

8:53pm April 03, 2017

by Peter Overby

Trump's lawyer said the trust isolates him from his business interests. A document from the trust says he can take out money whenever he wants.

Each autonomous vehicle has two Uber exployees in the front seat; one is ready to grab the wheel and apply a foot to the brake pedal, the other in the passenger seat, has a computer screen showing what the car's rooftop laser-bouncing radar is seeing.

Pittsburgh Offers Driving Lessons For Uber's Autonomous Cars

4:54pm April 03, 2017

Uber has been testing driverless cars in the city for the past six months. Local officials are happy for the investment the experiment brings and for the boost to the city's reputation as a tech hub.

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Then-Fox News CEO Roger Ailes poses at the network's New York City studios in 2006. Ailes served as CEO from Fox News' first day in 1996 until his resignation in July.

National

Fresh Lawsuit Against Ailes Slams Fox News' Response To Harassment Claims

4:54pm April 03, 2017

by David Folkenflik

Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky says in the complaint that the network's past chairman, Roger Ailes, made unwanted sexual advances while leading her to believe that a big promotion would follow.

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Author Looks To Other Countries To Rethink America's Complicated Tax Code

2:13pm April 03, 2017

When it comes to taxes, T.R. Reid says other countries have done "what the U.S. Congress evidently can't do — they've made it simple." His new book is A Fine Mess.

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The newspaper Norte announced its closure in bold letters, with a front-page letter from its owner explaining that the violence against journalists in Juarez and elsewhere in Mexico made the paper's continued existence untenable.

World News

Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down In 'Act Of Protest' After Journalist's Murder

1:06pm April 03, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The owner of Norte, a paper covering the border city Juarez, told readers Sunday that if the government would not protect his journalists' safety, then he would — by dismissing all of them.

Politics & Government

How Trump's Administration May Get Caught Up In Entanglements

12:14pm April 03, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Norman Eisen and Richard Painter, ethics lawyers for the Obama and George W. Bush presidencies, about financial disclosures that show Trump's administration is the richest ever.

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Google self-driving cars are shown outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., in May 2014.

Self-Driving Cars Raise Questions About Who Carries Insurance

12:14pm April 03, 2017

by Yuki Noguchi

Currently, insurance rates are calculated based on drivers' claims histories and driving records. Driverless cars are expected to shift the liability toward carmakers. But it won't happen all at once.

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Malcolm Mirage and sister Nina Parks operate the cannabis business Mirage Medicinal in San Francisco.

'Brave New Workers': A Burning Desire To Get A Medicinal Marijuana License

10:22pm April 02, 2017

What happens to workers when an industry fails, new technology takes off? NPR brings you stories of Americans adapting to a changing economy. This week: Leaving the black cannabis market to go legal.

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Trump, Xi Jinping Probably Won't Be Golfing While Talking Trade At Mar-A-Lago Meeting

5:59pm April 02, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Contentious issues on trade and North Korea are likely to dominate this coming week when President Trump has his first in-person meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.