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I'm Troubled By Trump Authorizing Force At The Border, Gonzales Says

5:44am November 22, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who served under George W. Bush, about Trump administration plans to allow U.S. troops to use force at the southern border.

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Rhetoric Indicates A Solution To U.S.-China Trade War Won't Happen Soon

5:40am November 22, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

Hopes for a resolution to the U.S.-China trade war at the G20 summit look increasingly dim. The U.S. says Beijing's unfair trade practices continue, and China appears to be preoccupied with Germany.

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Despite Strong Economy, Interest On U.S. Debt Builds

5:31am November 22, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, about what to do now that the U.S. will soon pay more to service debt than it does on the military.

Chief Justice John Roberts says the Supreme Court "doesn't have Obama judges, or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges."

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Chief Justice Roberts Issues Rare Rebuke To Trump; Trump Fires Back

9:16pm November 21, 2018

Roberts took issue with the president's calling a federal judge who ruled against the administration's policy toward asylum-seekers "an Obama judge."

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Counterterrorism Expert Says He Thinks Trump Made A Mistake By Defending Saudi Arabia

6:05pm November 21, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with counterterrorism expert Daniel Benjamin, a Dartmouth researcher and former State Department official, about U.S.-Saudi relations, and which country needs the other more.

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Where U.S.-Saudi Relations Stand Following The Killing Of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

6:05pm November 21, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, about the current relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in light of Jamal Khashoggi's killing.

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In Texas, Some Republicans Say The Party Needs To Embrace Latino Voters

6:05pm November 21, 2018

by Ashley Lopez

Republicans still hold every statewide position in Texas. But some of the victory margins this year were so slim that it's making the Texas Republicans more nervous than they've been in a long time.

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President Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in March.

Opinion: Trump's Saudi Statement Is A Moral Abdication And Strategic Failure

5:04pm November 21, 2018

by Daniel B. Shapiro

The statement will further empower the Saudi leadership to lash out in pursuit of other priorities in ways that damage our shared interests, writes former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro.

Democrat Mike Espy and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith participate in a televised Senate debate Tuesday night in Jackson, Miss.

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Racial Controversy Stirs Mississippi Senate Runoff

3:01pm November 21, 2018

At a debate Tuesday night, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith apologized to anyone offended by her "public hanging" remark. Her African-American opponent Mike Espy said she reinforces stereotypes about the state.

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Georgia voters at an Atlanta high school on Nov. 6, 2018. Voting issues became a central issue in the hotly contested governor's race between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams.

Georgia Set To Remain A Battleground For Voting Rights Ahead Of 2020

11:53am November 21, 2018

by Johnny Kauffman

Perhaps more than any other state in the last decade, Georgia has put new restrictions on voting, which became a central issue in the recently concluded governor's race.