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Democratic Candidate Julián Castro Talks With Voters About His Climate Policies

4:59pm October 04, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her round table discussion with Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro and what he told voters about his climate policy platform.

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Rep. Eric Swalwell Discusses Inspector General's Testimony On Whistleblower Complaint

4:59pm October 04, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., about Friday's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee by the inspector general who received the whistleblower complaint.

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What To Know About The Ukrainian Company At The Heart Of Trump's Biden Allegations

4:45pm October 04, 2019

by Lucian Kim

Burisma Group, the company where former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter served on the board of directors, keeps a low profile even as it promotes itself as a major natural gas producer.

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Week In Politics: Impeachment Inquiry Developments

4:27pm October 04, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution and Mary Katharine Ham of CNN about this week's developments in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump.

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Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts greet each other at the start of the Democratic presidential debate in Detroit in July.

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Progressives Sanders And Warren Lead Democrats In Fundraising, Biden Lags

12:49pm October 04, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are showing they will have the money to be around for some time. Former Vice President Biden lagged behind with $15.2 million.

The Supreme Court will weigh in on a Louisiana abortion law that put restrictions on clinics that provide abortions.

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Supreme Court Revisits Abortion With Louisiana Case

11:55am October 04, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

At issue is a Louisiana law that mirrors a Texas law the court struck down. What's different, however, is that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who cast the decisive fifth vote in the 2016 case, has retired.

Kurt Volker, former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, arrives for a closed-door interview with House investigators on Thursday. House Democrats are proceeding with the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

Texts Detail Top U.S. Diplomat's Concerns About Possible Trump-Ukraine Quid Pro Quo

10:13am October 04, 2019

In texts released by House Democrats, a career diplomat worries that Washington is tying military aid and a White House visit for the president of Ukraine to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden.

President Trump returns to the White House Thursday after traveling to Florida earlier in the day. He did not take questions from gathered reporters.

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Republicans Call For A Kavanaugh-Like Strategy In Whistleblower Fight

8:18am October 04, 2019

Republicans who support President Trump say the next three weeks are crucial to determine whether he can keep Republicans united behind him or if emerging cracks break open even wider.

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Neal Katyal On Ukraine Investigation

7:31am October 04, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks with Neal Katyal, a former Justice Department solicitor general. He says the phone call at the center of an impeachment inquiry was among other things a campaign finance violation.

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Former Ambassador On Kurt Volker And Ukraine

7:07am October 04, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Estonia James Melville about his friend Kurt Volker, who gave a closed-door deposition to lawmakers on Thursday.

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