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Former Vice President Biden Faces Criticism For His Stance On Busing In The 1970s

4:20pm June 28, 2019

by Tamara Keith

Sen. Kamala Harris criticized former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday for opposing busing to integrate once-segregated schools in the 1970s. This may hurt his support from African Americans.

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Week In Politics: Takeaways From The First Debates Of The 2020 Presidential Race

4:20pm June 28, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and Hugo Gurdon of the Washington Examiner about the Democratic debates and Supreme Court decisions.

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President Trump Meets With Russian President Vladimir Putin At G20 Summit

4:20pm June 28, 2019

by Scott Horsley

President Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin, among other world leaders, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan

Historic Pennsylvania Law To Seal Millions Of Criminal Charges Automatically

4:20pm June 28, 2019

by Aaron Moselle

Starting Friday, Pennsylvania will be the first state to automatically seal records for non-convictions, summary offenses and most nonviolent misdemeanor convictions.

President Trump owes his 2016 election win to Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President Jimmy Carter said on Friday. Here, Trump and Putin are seen meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka.

Jimmy Carter Says He Sees Trump As An Illegitimate President

4:16pm June 28, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The former president says President Trump "was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf."

People brought to the U.S. illegally as children, known as DREAMers, and other supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program listen as lawmakers speak at the U.S. Capitol.

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Supreme Court Takes Up DACA Appeal

1:41pm June 28, 2019

The high court agrees to review the Trump administration's elimination of a program designed to help children brought to the country illegally.

The ACLU, Planned Parenthood and several abortion providers in Georgia are asking a federal court to stop the state's new abortion restrictions from taking effect. Here, a woman is seen during protests last month after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bill.

Georgia Abortion Providers File Federal Suit Against State's 'Fetal Heartbeat' Law

1:12pm June 28, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"This is a constitutional challenge" to Georgia's law, the plaintiffs say in the lawsuit, in which they call the abortion restrictions "an affront to the dignity and health of Georgians."

Venezuelan Constituent Assembly's member Nicolás Maduro Guerra, son of Venezulan President Nicolas Maduro, walks before a session in Caracas on August 8, 2017. The U.S. government targeted the younger Maduro with sanctions on Friday.

Trump Administration Slaps Sanctions On Son Of Venezuelan President Maduro

12:12pm June 28, 2019

by Franco Ordoñez

Nicolás Maduro Guerra is a member of the pro-government National Constituent Assembly. It's the administration's latest effort to unseat the country's government.

Trump To Talk Trade With China's President At Crucial Weekend Meeting

7:47am June 28, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Clete Willems, former deputy director of the National Economic Council under President Trump, about Saturday's meeting at the G-20 summit in Japan.

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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a television interview after the second night of the first Democratic presidential debates in Miami.

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5 Takeaways From Night 2 Of The Democratic Debate

7:40am June 28, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

Sen. Kamala Harris of California was the breakout star of the second part of the Democratic debate — and may have reshaped the contest as she took on former Vice President Joe Biden over race.