Politics

House GOP Leaders Remove Rep. King From Committee Assignments

5:56am January 15, 2019

by Clay Masters

GOP Rep. Steve King of Iowa was removed from two House panels as a punishment for his recent comments in a New York Times interview where he questioned whether "white supremacy" was an offensive term.

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Unauthorized immigrants leave a court in shackles in McAllen, Texas. More than 40,000 immigration court hearings have been canceled since the government shut down.

Government Shutdown Leads To A Spike In Canceled Immigration Hearings

9:34pm January 14, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The backlog of more than 800,000 immigration cases awaiting hearings, which has grown almost 50 percent under the Trump administration, is forecast to grow even larger.

Igor Kochetkov, the head of the Russian LGBT Network, in Paris in 2017.

Activists Say 40 Detained And 2 Dead In Gay Purge In Chechnya

7:03pm January 14, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The "new wave of persecution" began when a social media group administrator's phone contacts were accessed by Chechen authorities, according to the Russian LGBT Network.

Politics & Government

How The 2020 Democratic Field Is Filling Out

6:00pm January 14, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

The Democratic presidential field grew over the weekend, with two more candidates joining the race. But more than a dozen are poised on the sidelines of the 2020 primary.

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President Trump called the idea he might have worked on behalf of Russia a "hoax" at the White House on Monday. "A whole big fat hoax." News reports raised new questions over the weekend.

Trump, Following Explosive News Reports, Denies He Worked For Russia

6:00pm January 14, 2019

by Philip Ewing

The president says he's never worked for Russia after The New York Times and The Washington Post raised new questions about his relationship with Moscow amid the unresolved special counsel probe.

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Demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2014 react to hearing the court's decision on the Hobby Lobby birth control case.

Second Judge Blocks Trump Birth Control Policy Across The Country

5:53pm January 14, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Monday's ruling follows a more limited one by another judge on Sunday. The policy makes good on Trump's promise to peel back the requirement that employers offer contraception coverage at no cost.

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Congress Begins Consideration Of William Barr's Nomination As Next Attorney General

5:12pm January 14, 2019

Congress is considering William Barr's nomination as U.S. Attorney General. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with George J. Terwilliger III, who served as Barr's deputy AG during the H.W. Bush administration.

How The Government Shutdown Is Impacting Airline Safety

5:12pm January 14, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Todd Curtis, aviation safety and security analyst and founder of AirSafe.com, about the risks involved in air safety due to the partial government shutdown.

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Why The Government Shutdown Has A Disproportionate Effect On African-Americans

5:12pm January 14, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Guardian reporter Jamiles Lartey about the shutdown's disproportionate effect on African-Americans, who make up more of the federal workforce than the workforce at large.

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The Dalian Intermediate People's Court in China, where the retrial for Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was held.

Chinese Court Sentences Canadian Man To Death, Escalating Tensions

4:51pm January 14, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, had appealed a 15-year prison sentence for drug smuggling. Some experts say China is retaliating for the arrest of a Chinese tech executive in Canada.