Law

Words You'll Hear: What's A Conference Committee?

6:57pm December 03, 2017

by Kelsey Snell

As the Senate and House work to create one tax bill that can pass both chambers and become law, we take a look at the phrase "conference committee" in our "Words You'll Hear" segment.

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How The Tax Rewrite Could Impact Charitable Giving

6:57pm December 03, 2017

United Way CEO Brian Gallagher tells NPR's Michel Martin how the current versions of the Senate and House tax bills would negatively affect charitable giving.

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Republican Congressman On The GOP Tax Bill

6:57pm December 03, 2017

Early Saturday morning, Senate Republicans passed a major tax overhaul bill. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Representative Tom Cole (R-Okla.) about what's shaping up to be the GOP's biggest legislative win this year.

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National

Sexual Harassment In National Security

8:08am December 03, 2017

Wendy Anderson, who worked in the Pentagon during the Obama administration, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro why she signed an open letter about sexual harassment in the national security community.

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Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller leaves after a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in June at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Mueller Removed FBI Agent From Russia Probe Over Anti-Trump Messages

9:14pm December 02, 2017

Newspaper reports about the agent's removal came just a day after Robert Mueller's team revealed a plea deal with a key figure in the Trump campaign — a sign the probe could be in a new phase.

Trump And The Federal Judiciary

7:44am December 02, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks to former U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance about President Trump's appointments to the federal judiciary, almost all of whom have been white and male.

The Consequences Of Flynn's Guilty Plea

7:44am December 02, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon asks Jonathan Turley, George Washington University law professor, what he thinks of the latest developments in the the Russia investigation.

Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives for his plea hearing at the Prettyman Federal Courthouse on Friday in Washington, D.C.

Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty To Lying To FBI

11:32pm December 01, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

The former national security adviser is becoming a central figure in the special counsel's probe of Russian election interference and any possible connections between Russia and the Trump campaign.

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Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is led into a San Francisco courtroom by his lawyer in 2015. Garcia Zarate faces a new federal warrant and deportation.

National

Arrest Warrant Issued For Undocumented Immigrant Acquitted In Steinle Murder Trial

7:41pm December 01, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Federal officials say they will seek custody of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate and ultimately deport him. The warrant says he violated terms of his supervised release by possessing a gun.

White nationalists clash with police as they are forced out of Emancipation Park after the "Unite the Right" rally Aug. 12 in Charlottesville, Va.

What Went Wrong In Charlottesville? Almost Everything, Says Report

6:59pm December 01, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The Virginia city "protected neither free expression nor public safety on August 12," says the report, an unsparing record of the chaos that unspooled in protests by right-wingers and their opponents.