Shutdown Hampers FBI Operations, Agents Association Says
The FBI Agents Association says that the ongoing partial government shutdown is causing all manner of hardships for its members in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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During Shutdown, Farmers And Others Lack Critical USDA Reports
The Department of Agriculture publishes the price, sales and inventory of the country's many agricultural products. Because of the partial government shutdown some of those reports aren't happening.
News Brief: LA Teachers, Government Shutdown And Its Impact On FBI
A Unified School District and the teachers' union reach a tentative deal. Competing bills to end the shutdown head to the Senate floor. The FBI Agents Association warns shutdown hampers operations.
FBI Agents Association Says Without Funding Important Investigations Are Stalled
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with FBI Special Agent Thomas O'Connor, president of the FBI Agents Association, about the report released Tuesday detailing how the shutdown has been affecting agents.
Senate Sets Votes On 2 Bills That Could End Shutdown — But Both Expected To Fail
Democrats say they won't accept Trump's offer of three-year protections for those under DACA and TPS in exchange for full funding of his border wall. Republicans say Democrats should accept the offer.
Harris Wofford, Former Senator, Civil Rights Activist, Dies At 92
In a long public career, Wofford played a key role in JFK's election, marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and led AmeriCorps.
Will He Or Won't He? The State Of This Year's State Of The Union Address
Whether or not President Trump will deliver a traditional state of the union is in doubt because of the partial government shutdown. It's allowing Washington to reexamine a century-old tradition.
Trump Administration To Ask Supreme Court To Decide Citizenship Question's Fate
In a court filing, the Justice Department says it plans to ask for a speedy review by the Supreme Court of a lower court's ruling blocking plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Supreme Court Temporarily Clears Way For Ban On Transgender Military Personnel
The Supreme Court has revived the Trump administration's ban on transgender military personnel, for now. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Shannon Minter of with the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Supreme Court Revives Trump's Ban On Transgender Military Personnel, For Now
The court's decision allows the Pentagon to effectively bar transgender people from joining the military while two lower court rulings that had blocked the policy are appealed.