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Politics & Government

Former DOJ Employee Weighs In On William Barr's Confirmation Hearing

6:10pm January 15, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jennifer Daskal, an associate law professor at American University and a former Justice Department employee, about William Barr's confirmation hearing.

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Politics & Government

Senate Judiciary Committee Questions William Barr, Trump's Pick For Attorney General

5:17pm January 15, 2019

by Carrie Johnson

William Barr is in line to be President Trump's next attorney general and the Senate Judiciary Committee had a lot of questions for him.

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Protestors Rally In Support Of Sex Abuse Survivors At R Kelly's Chicago Studios

Music & Culture

Black Women, #MeToo & 'Surviving R. Kelly'

3:43pm January 15, 2019

Allegations about the singer date back to 1994.

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday, where judges dropped the charges against him.

World News

International Criminal Court Drops War Crimes Charges Against Ex-Ivory Coast Leader

1:07pm January 15, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Laurent Gbagbo had been charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the wake of his 2010 electoral loss. Charges against his former youth minister also were dropped.

Politics & Government

Attorney General Nominee Appears Before Senate Judiciary Committee

10:56am January 15, 2019

by Ryan Lucas

William Barr appears has written critically about the Mueller investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Democrats are concerned he could meddle in the probe.

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Politics & Government

Barr Plans To Allow Mueller Probe To Conclude, Sen. Klobuchar Says

7:25am January 15, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota about confirmation hearings for William Barr, the president's attorney general nominee. NPR's Ryan Lucas weighs in on the topic.

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News Brief: Rep. Steve King, William Barr, Brexit Vote

5:57am January 15, 2019

Steve King is stripped of House committee assignments. Confirmation hearings begin Tuesday for Attorney General nominee Barr. And, the big Brexit vote takes place in Britain's Parliament Tuesday.

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Rick Romley, former Maricopa County Attorney, held a news conference on Monday, explaining his role in the internal investigation of management and security practices at Arizona's Hacienda Healthcare.

National

Nursing Home Launches New Investigation After Woman In Vegetative State Gives Birth

9:49pm January 14, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

A former prosecutor of Maricopa County, Ariz., "will have unfettered access to every facet of [Hacienda Healthcare's] business — including all the records related to this matter," the company said.

Unauthorized immigrants leave a court in shackles in McAllen, Texas. More than 40,000 immigration court hearings have been canceled since the government shut down.

Government Shutdown Leads To A Spike In Canceled Immigration Hearings

9:34pm January 14, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The backlog of more than 800,000 immigration cases awaiting hearings, which has grown almost 50 percent under the Trump administration, is forecast to grow even larger.

Igor Kochetkov, the head of the Russian LGBT Network, in Paris in 2017.

Activists Say 40 Detained And 2 Dead In Gay Purge In Chechnya

7:03pm January 14, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The "new wave of persecution" began when a social media group administrator's phone contacts were accessed by Chechen authorities, according to the Russian LGBT Network.