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Former White House Director Of Legislative Affairs Discusses New Job At UVA

11:20am August 18, 2018

Marc Short, President Trump's former legislative director, talks with Mary Louise Kelly about his new job at the University of Virginia, the controversy that followed him and how he's moving forward.

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Week In Politics: Security Clearances

8:27am August 18, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

We have the latest on the week in politics, including President Trump's decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.

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St. John of God in McKees Rocks, just outside of Pittsburgh.

'Beyond Anger': Pittsburgh Priest Says Sex Abuse Report 'Shook' Parishioners

5:00am August 18, 2018

by Kathleen Davis

Catholic priests in Pennsylvania will step into pulpits Sunday morning and have to address the massive clergy sex abuse revelations from this week's grand jury report.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (left) and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the city and county of Los Angeles, plus four other cities, were joining California's lawsuit over the 2020 census citizenship question in May.

California Legal Challenges To Census Citizenship Question To Continue

11:23pm August 17, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

A federal judge in San Francisco has rejected the Trump administration's motion to dismiss two lawsuits over the 2020 census question. A potential trial could start in January 2019.

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Brett Kavanaugh's Role In the Starr Investigation And How It Shaped Him

6:01pm August 17, 2018

by Tamara Keith

In the 1990s, Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was part of the team investigating President Clinton as part of special prosecutor Ken Starr's investigation. How did that experience shape his view of whether and how a president should be investigated?

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U.S. To Pull Back Aid From Syria, Asks Other Countries To Pitch In For Rebuilding

6:01pm August 17, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

The Trump administration is cutting money it was going to spend aiding the people of Raqqa — a Syrian city that still has many areas in rubble after the fight to push out ISIS.

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Trump Postpones Military Parade, Citing High Costs

5:57pm August 17, 2018

by Tom Bowman

President Trump has postponed the military parade planned for November after complaints about its anticipated cost. He said he will instead attend the Armistice Day parade in Paris.

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House Majority PAC has unveiled a campaign ad taking aim at top House Republican leaders.

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Democrats Unveil Ad Attacking House GOP Leaders

5:47pm August 17, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

An outside group supporting House Democrats is running a digital ad that uses a strategy the party used in 2006 to challenge Republican control of the House — focusing on personal scandals.

Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell Discusses Security Clearances

5:15pm August 17, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Morell, former deputy director at the CIA, about the letter he signed about security clearances and supporting former CIA director John Brennan.

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Attorney General Sessions Says The U.S. Foreign-Born Population Is Growing Too Fast

5:11pm August 17, 2018

by Joel Rose

Sessions praised immigration restrictions of the 1920s — laws that are widely regarded today as racist. His critics say he's stoking fears about the foreign-born population.

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