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Senate Judiciary Committee Considers 4 Nominees, With Only 2 Lawmakers Attending

5:46pm October 24, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The Senate is holding hearings and advancing Judicial nominees during recess and with few Senators in attendance. Four more nominees appeared on Wednesday.

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In Washington, D.C.'s most violent neighborhoods, officers frequently stop pedestrians and pull over cars, searching for illegal guns.

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D.C.'s Aggressive Confiscation Of Illegal Guns Leaves Residents Feeling Targeted

11:58am October 24, 2018

by Patrick Madden

The police department in Washington, D.C., has seized thousands of illegal weapons, but an investigation finds that 4 out of 10 cases of illegal gun possession are dismissed in court.

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Thousands of Honduran migrants and families walk towards the southern Mexico border from Guatemala. Many say they are headed to the U.S. The White House said on Tuesday that a record number of migrant families have arrived at the Southwest border over the

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U.S. Apprehended Record Number of Migrant Families At Southwest Border

6:22pm October 23, 2018

by Joel Rose

A record number of migrant families arrived at the Southwest border over the last year, despite the Trump administration's effort to deter illegal immigration by separating families at the border.

Sandra Day O'Connor Announces She Has Dementia, Steps Back From Public Life

5:26pm October 23, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is stepping back from public life, announcing Tuesday that she was diagnosed with "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease."

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A superior court judge slashed the punitive damages for Dewayne Johnson — a groundskeeper and pest-control manager at a Northern California school district who contracted cancer — by more than $200 million.

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California Judge Cuts Award To $78.5 Million In Monsanto Weedkiller Case

3:04pm October 23, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The jury had awarded $250 million in punitive damages and $39.25 million in compensatory damages to a groundskeeper who contracted cancer after spraying a powerful version of the weedkiller Roundup.

Politics & Government

Gerrymandering Is A Threat To Democracy, Eric Holder Says

5:04am October 23, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to ex-U.S. Attorney General Holder, who's raising money for Democrats running for statehouses. Holder's focusing on state legislatures because they redraw congressional boundaries.

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Demonstrators hold signs in support of trans equality outside the White House on Monday. The Trump administration is reportedly considering defining "sex" in a way that would restrict civil rights protections to transgender Americans.

Trans People Say They #WontBeErased As Trump Administration Mulls Defining 'Sex'

6:16pm October 22, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"The agency's proposed definition would define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with," The New York Times reported. Reaction was swift.

Medical Marijuana Loophole Case Headed To Arizona's Supreme Court

5:13pm October 22, 2018

by Will Stone

A court in Arizona recently ruled that much of what medical marijuana dispensaries sell in the state is illegal. People with legitimate medical marijuana prescriptions could face prison sentences.

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Navajo Nation police Lt. Clifton Smith's department is among those with access to national anti-crime databases. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expanding that program.

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Justice Department Expands Tribal Police Help, Calling It 'Right Thing To Do'

5:00am October 22, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice and Interior Departments are expanding a program that connects tribal law enforcement with national crime databases. The initiative has helped solve crimes and register sex offenders.

President Nixon 45 years ago precipitated the departure of the attorney general, deputy attorney general and Watergate special prosecutor as the criminal investigation of his administration escalated.

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Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre Casts Shadow As Trump Considers Fate Of DOJ Leaders

3:02pm October 20, 2018

by Ron Elving

President Nixon 45 years ago precipitated the departure of the attorney general, deputy attorney general and Watergate special prosecutor as the criminal investigation of his administration escalated.