Law

House Intel Committee's Adam Schiff On Russia Developments

7:42am October 30, 2017

As DOJ's investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election heats up, Rachel Martin speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, ranking Democrat on the House committee that's leading its own investigation.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, President Trump, center, and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., will have their relationships tested by the a legislative push on a tax overhaul this week.

4 Big Stories To Watch This Week, From Taxes To The Russia Investigations To Niger

5:00am October 30, 2017

The GOP's tax overhaul effort faces a consequential week, more could be learned about Russia's role in trying to influence the election through social media and the ambush in Niger comes into focus.

Former President Barack Obama will report for jury duty in Cook County, Ill., in November.

Former Presidents: They're Just Like Us! Obama Summoned For Jury Duty

2:19pm October 28, 2017

by Maggie Penman

Barack Obama is to report next month in Cook County, Ill. If selected, he wouldn't be the first high-profile juror — Oprah Winfrey served in a murder trial in 2004.

Politics & Government

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

3:43pm October 27, 2017

Infighting in the GOP, Democrats and the dossier and a Twitter feud over restoring power in Puerto Rico.

Attorneys for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — Eugene R. Fidell, left, and Army Lt. Col. Franklin D. Rosenblatt — leave the Ft. Bragg military courthouse on Thursday in Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Bowe Bergdahl And The Troops Who Searched For Him Come Face-to-Face In Court

11:22pm October 26, 2017

Mlitary prosecutors have called on several current and former service members who looked for Bergdahl in the days immediately after he walked away from his post in Afghanistan.

Pharmaceutical Founder Arrested In Alleged Nationwide Opioid Scheme

7:01pm October 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

John Kapoor, who co-founded Insys Therapeutics, has been charged with racketeering and fraud for allegedly bribing doctors to overprescribe the company's powerful opioid spray.

A guard escorts an immigrant detainee at an ICE detention center in Adelanto, Calif., in 2013. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may create new detention facilities around the country to hold record numbers of detainees.

As It Makes More Arrests, ICE Looks For More Detention Centers

6:46pm October 26, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Recent postings by the agency show its interest in sites near Chicago, Detroit, San Antonio, Salt Lake City and St. Paul, Minn., that could accommodate thousands of detainees.

Is The NCAA Equipped To Handle Scandals?

2:22pm October 26, 2017

It might be time to rewrite the rulebook.

Politics & Government

Senate Repeals Rule Allowing Class-Action Suits Against Financial Firms

8:12am October 26, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, about why the Senate's action is a setback for consumers.

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Julie Eldred is back at home in Massachusetts now. But she was sentenced to a treatment program for opioid addiction as part of a probation agreement, then sent to jail when she relapsed. Some addiction specialists say that's unjust.

Court To Rule On Whether Relapse By An Addicted Opioid User Should Be A Crime

5:00am October 26, 2017

by Deborah Becker

The high court in Massachusetts is weighing legal and scientific evidence to decide whether a woman convicted of larceny violated the terms of her probation by relapsing into drug use.