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People await evacuation at a dock in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, on Saturday in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.

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U.S. Sows Confusion Over How Bahamas Residents May Enter After Hurricane Dorian

8:59pm September 09, 2019

by Brian Naylor

The Customs and Border Protection chief said no one fleeing the destruction will be refused entry to the U.S. But he was contradicted by the Homeland Security Department and President Trump.

The headquarters of the military intelligence agency GRU in Moscow. The FBI and other U.S. agencies want to stop more interference like that launched from here against the U.S. in 2016.

With Next Goal To Secure 2020 Elections, Feds Seek To Absorb Lessons From 2016

8:05pm September 09, 2019

by Ryan Lucas

The FBI and other intelligence and security agencies say they're combing the active measures playbook run against the 2016 presidential election to defend the next one.

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Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is conducting multiple investigations into issues that he and others say could be impeachable offenses for President Trump.

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House Judiciary Tees Up For Impeachment, But Democrats Divided On Moving Ahead

6:46pm September 09, 2019

by Claudia Grisales

The committee is readying rules that will guide its impeachment probe of President Trump. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., opposes formally moving forward, saying public support isn't there yet.

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Voters In North Carolina To Decide The Final Race From The 2018 Midterms On Tuesday

6:22pm September 09, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

The final contest of the 2018 midterms is being decided Tuesday in North Carolina. The original election was close, and the results were thrown out amid evidence of vote tampering by a GOP operative.

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Questions Arise As Trump Says Efforts To Forge A Peace Deal In Afghanistan Are 'Dead'

6:22pm September 09, 2019

by Mara Liasson

President Trump's announcement this weekend that he called off a secret summit with the Taliban and Afghanistan's leader at Camp David again raises questions about his dealmaking prowess.

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Louisiana Attorney General On The Multi-State Investigation Into Big Tech

5:52pm September 09, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry about a new bipartisan, multi-state investigation into the business practices of large tech firms like Google and Facebook.

Senate Democrats Hold A Press Conference On Election Security

The Staggering Weight Of Student Loan Debt

5:04pm September 09, 2019

Twenty percent of American adults are in debt from their — or their children's or grandchildren's — education.

Dr. Rebecca Gomperts says the government has seized abortion drugs she has prescribed from overseas to patients in the U.S. The drugs are approved by the FDA to induce abortion under a doctor's direction.

European Doctor Who Prescribes Abortion Pills To U.S. Women Online Sues FDA

5:03pm September 09, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

A federal lawsuit seeks to block the Food and Drug Administration from taking enforcement actions against a European doctor or her U.S.-based patients for prescribing or buying abortion pills online.

Scientists Says Politicization Of The Weather Will Not Affect How They Do Their Jobs

4:14pm September 09, 2019

by Mary Scott Hodgin

At the National Weather Association conference in Huntsville, Ala., this week, scientists say the politicization of weather is cause for concern, but will not affect the way they do their jobs.

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From the Democratic presidential debates hosted in Detroit, candidates (left) Marianne Williamson, Rep. Tim Ryan, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke former Gov. John Hickenlooper

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Debates, Not Voters, Begin Sending Democratic Presidential Candidates Packing

2:26pm September 09, 2019

The field of Democratic presidential hopefuls has begun to shrink in advance of, and because of, this week's debate. The new, more rigorous rules instituted by the party are causing some controversy.