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From A POW Prison, John McCain Emerged A 'Maverick'
  • NPR
  • 08/25/2018 12:00 AM

From A POW Prison, John McCain Emerged A 'Maverick'

John McCain, a titan in the U.S. Senate, was a consistent conservative, though unafraid to buck Republican Party leadership on issues ranging from campaign finance reform to the GOP-led effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act  Read more

John McCain never quit on us. Not on Arizona, the U.S. Senate, America or the world

John McCain never quit on us. Not on Arizona, the U.S. Senate, America or the world

Arizona Sen. John McCain spent his last days fighting for civility, bipartisanship and a greater role in global security  Read more

Trump's Clean Energy Plan Reinvigorates Federalism

Trump's Clean Energy Plan Reinvigorates Federalism

President Donald J. Trump’s announcing his plan to gut and replace the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP) will be greeted with cheers across America as states reassume control over their own emissions standards  Read more

Trump Rips Cohen Deal and Says ‘Flipping’ Should Be Outlawed

Trump Rips Cohen Deal and Says ‘Flipping’ Should Be Outlawed

Rewarding defendants who give information ‘not fair,’ he says  Read more

US jobless claims fall as labor market holds firm despite trade tensions

US jobless claims fall as labor market holds firm despite trade tensions

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week  Read more

Criminal justice deal faces steep Senate hurdles despite Trump’s push

Criminal justice deal faces steep Senate hurdles despite Trump’s push

Criminal justice reform advocates are escalating their push to shake loose a bipartisan prisons bill backed by President Donald Trump that's been stalled in the Senate — despite few signs that a long-running GOP rift on the issue has healed  Read more

Sessions fires back at Trump's latest slam: DOJ won't be 'improperly influenced' by politics

Sessions fires back at Trump's latest slam: DOJ won't be 'improperly influenced' by politics

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back Thursday at President Trump for saying he “never took control of the Justice Department,” putting out a sharp statement vowing the agency won’t be “improperly influenced” by politics  Read more

Crowd chants 'lock her up' at Trump rally in West Virginia

Crowd chants 'lock her up' at Trump rally in West Virginia

The crowd at President Trump’s West Virginia rally broke into chants of “lock her up” on Tuesday night  Read more

How Police Tracked Down Mollie Tibbetts' Alleged Murderer

How Police Tracked Down Mollie Tibbetts' Alleged Murderer

Iowa authorities say the big break in their investigation into Mollie Tibbetts’ disappearance came when they spotted her alleged killer’s black Chevy Malibu on surveillance video taken the day she disappeared  Read more

Trump torches Cohen and smothers Manafort with praise

Trump torches Cohen and smothers Manafort with praise

The president is offering kind words for his former campaign chairman’s loyalty  Read more

Corporate Gun Control Might Be the Worst Threat to Gun Rights

Corporate Gun Control Might Be the Worst Threat to Gun Rights

It’s time to shine a light on a serious problem  Read more

The opioid epidemic is a cultural problem, it requires cultural solutions

The opioid epidemic is a cultural problem, it requires cultural solutions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that drug overdose deaths rose to 72,000 in 2017, a 10 percent increase from 2016  Read more

In shift, Russians now targeting conservative think tanks

In shift, Russians now targeting conservative think tanks

Microsoft Corp. says hackers linked to the Russian unit formerly known as the GRU are going after US conservative think tanks critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies  Read more

Michael Cohen said he paid hush money at 'direction' of Trump

Michael Cohen said he paid hush money at 'direction' of Trump

Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to campaign finance and other charges  Read more

Manafort Found Guilty on Eight Counts of Tax and Bank Fraud

Manafort Found Guilty on Eight Counts of Tax and Bank Fraud

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty on Tuesday afternoon on eight counts of financial crimes, while Judge T. S. Ellis declared a mistrial on ten other counts for which the jury was unable to reach a verdict  Read more

Trump plan scales back Obama’s coal emissions standards
  • AP
  • 08/21/2018 12:00 AM

Trump plan scales back Obama’s coal emissions standards

The Trump administration on Tuesday came out with new rules scaling back Obama-era constraints on coal-fired power plants, striking at one of the former administration’s legacy programs to rein in climate-changing fossil-fuel emissions  Read more

Protesters topple Confederate statue 'Silent Sam' at University of North Carolina

Protesters topple Confederate statue 'Silent Sam' at University of North Carolina

"Silent Sam," which had stood since 1913, had been the focus of demonstrations in recent years  Read more

CBS News pollster reveals why ‘blue wave’ is unlikely

CBS News pollster reveals why ‘blue wave’ is unlikely

Anthony Salvanto was imprisoned in a windowless office on Nov. 8, 2016. His phone was confiscated; guards escorted him to the bathroom. And all he had to look at were numbers, numbers and more numbers  Read more