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A Veterans Affairs Department hospital in Denver.

Senate Passes $55 Billion Veterans Affairs Reform Bill

4:12pm May 23, 2018

by Quil Lawrence

The bill will change how the VA pays for private care, expand a VA caregiver program and start a review of the VA's aging infrastructure. President Trump has said he will sign it.

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The Rotondos' house in Camillus, N.Y., where Michael Rotondo, 30, is being evicted at the request of his parents.

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Judge Backs N.Y. Parents, Saying Their 30-Year-Old Son Must Move Out

12:05pm May 23, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"I don't see why they can't just, you know, wait a little bit for me to leave the house," Michael Rotondo told the judge in the case.

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Reports: Former Cohen Business Partner To Cooperate With Prosecutors

10:26am May 23, 2018

Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti tells Steve Inskeep about what it means that a former business partner of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is reportedly cooperating with the Mueller investigation.

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Lawsuit Challenges Laws Barring Israel Boycott

5:46am May 23, 2018

by Will Stone

Many states have laws requiring any company contracting with the state to agree to not boycott Israel. A federal lawsuit in Arizona is the first to challenge these "anti-BDS" laws.

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Court Sides With Transgender Student In Bathroom Case

5:46am May 23, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

A federal court has ruled in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who wanted to use the boys' restroom at school. The school had blocked him from doing so.

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Hunt For Escaped South Carolina Inmate Intensifies As Second Wanted Man Is Captured

8:14pm May 22, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

After a 2 1/2-day manhunt across three states only one of the three inmates who escaped on Saturday night is still on the lam. The men escaped when a system glitch unlocked the doors to their cells.

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has agreed that the Justice Department and the FBI will meet with members of Congress who want secret information about the Russia probe.

WH Brokers, But Will Not Attend, Meeting About Secret Russia Probe Documents

5:46pm May 22, 2018

by Philip Ewing

Members of Congress and top federal law enforcement and intelligence officials are set to convene on Thursday at the urging of President Trump amid his "spying" charges.

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A Bible and other religious symbols sit on a table inside Ms. A.B.'s home.

This Salvadoran Woman Is At The Center Of The Attorney General's Asylum Crackdown

3:50pm May 22, 2018

by Joel Rose

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is personally intervening in the case of one woman from El Salvador. He is questioning whether she and other crime victims deserve asylum in the U.S.

Judge Orders Boy Who Started Oregon Wildfire To Pay $36 Million In Restitution

3:39pm May 22, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The judge acknowledged the teenager is unable to pay the full amount. He admitted throwing fireworks that started the Eagle Creek Fire, burning nearly 47,000 acres last year.

Supreme Court Breaks Ground With Workers' Rights Ruling

8:05am May 22, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled employees can no longer sue companies with class-action suits. The court's liberal minority warned that could lead to state and federal statutes that go unfollowed.

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