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There's Room To Negotiate Congressional Subpoenas, Groves Says

7:30am May 08, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to White House spokesman Steven Groves about the administration instructing former employees not to testify before the Judiciary Committee. NPR's Mara Liasson weighs in.

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An asylum-seeker rests outside El Chaparral port of entry while he waits for his turn to present himself to U.S. border authorities to request asylum, in Tijuana, Mexico, last month. A federal appeals court has granted the Trump administration's request t

Appeals Court Rules Trump Administration Can Keep Sending Asylum-Seekers To Mexico

4:34am May 08, 2019

A Ninth Circuit panel overturned a lower court's injunction on the administration's policy requiring asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico as they await court proceedings in the U.S.

One student has been killed and seven injured in a school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado.

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1 Student Killed, 7 Injured In Colorado School Shooting

9:23pm May 07, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Officials say one student was killed and seven were injured in a shooting at a STEM school in Highlands Ranch, Colo., a suburb of Denver. Two suspects are in custody.

Former White House counsel Don McGahn, pictured in April 2018, has been subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee, but the White House has directed him not to comply with the document request.

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White House 'Directed' Ex-Counsel McGahn Not To Comply With Congressional Subpoena

8:17pm May 07, 2019

by Brian Naylor

Pat Cipollone, the current White House counsel, says the documents "remain legally protected from disclosure under longstanding constitutional principles."

Cellphone footage shot by Sandra Bland and made public Monday night shows her encounter with state Trooper Brian Encinia that led to her arrest in 2015. Days later, Bland was found dead in her jail cell.

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Sandra Bland's Phone Video Of Her Own Arrest Surfaces, Reviving Calls For New Inquiry

5:13pm May 07, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"Open up the case, period," Bland's sister, Shante Needham, said after seeing a video that Bland made with her cellphone, recording the traffic stop that put her in jail and led to her death.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, pictured at an event last month, signed the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act on Tuesday.

Georgia's Governor Signs 'Fetal Heartbeat' Abortion Law

1:59pm May 07, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The legislation bans abortions as soon as a heartbeat can be detected, which typically occurs about six weeks into a pregnancy. The controversial law is expected to trigger a lengthy legal battle.

Former 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, seen here in 2008, has received a presidential pardon for his 2009 conviction in the killing of an Iraqi detainee.

Trump Pardons Michael Behenna, Former Soldier Convicted Of Killing Iraqi Prisoner

12:24pm May 07, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Behenna was convicted of unpremeditated murder in a combat zone. But his claim of self-defense and a request for clemency drew support from high-profile corners of Oklahoma.

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In Letter, Former Prosecutors Bemoan Lack Of Charges Against Trump

6:55am May 07, 2019

David Greene talks to Paul Rosenzweig about the letter he signed with other ex-federal prosecutors saying President Trump should be charged with a crime for trying to block the special counsel probe.

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Prisoners stand in a crowded lunch line at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala. in June 2015. On Saturday, a U.S. District Court Judge determined the state's Department of Corrections had not adequately addressed a spike in prisoner suicides.

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Judge Rules 'Systematic Inadequacies' Fueled Alabama Prison Suicides, Orders Monitor

8:59pm May 06, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The current prison system fails to protect inmates from killing themselves, a federal court ruled. The decision comes after 15 state inmates died by suicide in 15 months.

Mike Hollinger of IBM joined a group of business leaders at a news conference on the steps of the capitol in Austin, Texas. The business leaders oppose the so-called religious refusal laws currently under consideration in the Texas legislature.

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Business Leaders Oppose 'License To Discriminate' Against LGBT Texans

11:07am May 06, 2019

by Wade Goodwyn

Texas legislators are considering a bill that would allow professionals to deny service to people based on religious beliefs. Critics say the law would sanction discrimination against LGBT Texans.

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