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Trump Blasts FBI After His Attorney's Office Is Raided

8:03am April 10, 2018

President Trump has lashed out at federal investigators after agents raided his personal attorney's office. It was not immediately clear why investigators targeted Michael Cohen.

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Politics & Government

How Significant Is It That The FBI Searched Michael Cohen's Office?

7:54am April 10, 2018

Getting a warrant to search an attorney's office isn't easy. Rachel Martin talks to ex-federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti about the significance of searching the office of President Trump's lawyer.

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Activist Took On Facebook And Won, Long Before Cambridge Analytica

6:24am April 10, 2018

Facebook's CEO will testify before congressional lawmakers this week. Noel King talks to Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer whose lawsuit against Facebook led to EU digital privacy regulations.

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Anthony Graves, shown here in 2010, was imprisoned in Texas for nearly two decades for slayings he did not commit. Graves said being wrongfully convicted gave him special insight into the power prosecutors have.

National Advocacy Groups Back Candidates To Challenge Local Prosecutors

5:01am April 10, 2018

by Christopher Connelly

The office of district attorney has become a target for those pushing for criminal justice reform.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Mary Daly, 40, to the newly created post of opioid coordinator in February, making her the hub for the Justice Department's efforts to try to get a grip on the epidemic.

Federal Prosecutor Takes On New Case As DOJ Point Person For Opioid Crisis

2:31pm April 09, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

The scale of the opioid addiction problem is immense. It has become so widespread, touching so many in states across the country that the administration has begun calling it "the crisis next door."

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Central American migrants taking part in the "Migrant Via Crucis" caravan toward the United States, arrive in Mexico, on Friday where they will attend a legal clinic with NGOs on human rights. President Donald Trump tweeted his condemnation of the caravan

A Salvadoran Woman Missed Her U.S. Court Date. What Happens Next?

2:54pm April 08, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

After a week full of immigration news, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro has an update on the story of a woman from El Salvador who is seeking asylum in the United States.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to consider tougher charges against people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time.

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Trump Administration Seeks New Border Crackdown

10:19pm April 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The White House has announced plans to end a policy often called "catch and release." The administration also will bring tougher charges against first-time illegal border crossers.

Jacinta Morales learned she was pregnant after she was processed into ICE detention.

Pregnant And Detained

9:29am April 06, 2018

by Liz Jones

Immigration authorities have detained 506 pregnant women since December, when the Trump administration ended a policy to release most pregnant women while their immigration cases are pending.

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U.S. Border Patrol agents patrol the border fence in Naco, Ariz. President Trump wants to send National Guard contingents to assist them.

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Reaction To Trump's National Guard Border Plan Ranges From Yay, Nay To 'Well...'

9:00pm April 05, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Trump's decision to send National Guard troops to the border has won support from GOP governors. Other officials on the border have expressed some reservations.

Gun control supporters held up many signs but had one message at last month's March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C.

How The NRA Worked To Stifle Gun Violence Research

6:45pm April 05, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

For decades, the group stood behind legislation that has ended up suppressing such studies through budget cuts and limits on what data can be shared.