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President-elect Donald Trump takes the stage before he speaks at the FOX Nation Patriot Awards on Dec. 5 in Greenvale, N.Y.

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  • Politics

Trump focuses on tariffs, immigration in first network TV interview

President-elect Trump lays out plan for his first 100 days during interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press."

December 09, 2024
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  • Luke Garrett
A surveillance camera is seen at the 54th Street entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York on Thursday, where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot on Wednesday.

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  • National

Internet sleuths are trying to solve the New York CEO killing

The public is racing to find evidence that might lead to the gunman who killed health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. When does crowdsourcing detective work help police, and when can it cause harm?

December 07, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Memphis police officers work a crime scene in 2023. A new report says that "Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve."

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  • Race

Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against Black people, the DOJ finds

A Justice Department investigation launched after the beating death of Tyre Nichols in 2023 found that "Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve."

December 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This undated file photo shows Fabio Ochoa Vasquez.

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  • National

Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from U.S. prison after serving 25 years

One of Colombia's legendary drug lords has been released from prison and is expected to be deported. Ochoa was first indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1986 killing of a DEA informant.

December 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

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  • Law

Supreme Court seems ready to uphold ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Three Tennessee families—and the Biden administration—are challenging the state's ban.

December 04, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
Trump's Transition: President-elect's legislative priorities: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • Law

Trump seeks to have Georgia election case dismissed, citing presidential immunity

President-elect Donald Trump is trying to get the Georgia election interference case against him dismissed. He claims the state's courts will not have jurisdiction over him once he returns to the White House next month. 

December 04, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The Supreme Court hears argument in a case involving gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee.

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  • Law

Supreme Court hears challenge to law banning gender-affirming care for trans kids

At issue is a Tennessee law that bans access to hormones, puberty blockers and other treatments for trans kids in the state.

December 04, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
Kash Patel speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Thomas & Mack Center, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Las Vegas.

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  • Politics

J. Edgar Hoover's biographer weighs in on Trump's pick to lead the FBI

Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI, may test internal guardrails, historian and J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage tells Morning Edition.

December 03, 2024
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Obed Manuel
At issue in the case before the Supreme Court Monday is the manner in which the FDA regulates e-cigarettes.

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  • Law

FDA battles vaping industry at the Supreme Court

The justices will hear arguments about the FDA's rejection of some e-cigarettes. High schoolers are at the center of the case.

December 03, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
The Supreme Court heard arguments on the FDA's refusal to approve flavored e-cigarettes over public health concerns.

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  • Law

At Supreme Court, vaping may be frowned upon, but that could change with Trump

The focal point of the case is 2009 law enacted by Congress that gives the Food and Drug Administration a mandate to curb the availability of nicotine products for minors.

December 02, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
The Fox News studios and headquarters in New York City, March 21, 2023.

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  • Law

Federal judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News

A judge threw out a suit against Fox News by a former Trump supporter who said he got death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

November 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Federalist Society co-chairman and former Executive Vice President Leonard Leo speaks to media at Trump Tower in New York, Nov. 16, 2016.

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  • Politics

The man who helped roll back abortion rights now wants to 'crush liberal dominance'

Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society helped overturn abortion rights. He spoke to Morning Edition about the Teneo Network's plan to disrupt Hollywood and other perceived centers of liberal thinking.

November 26, 2024
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  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Obed Manuel
The Onion's home page on Nov. 14 featured a satirical story titled, "Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'InfoWars' " following the bankruptcy auction as part of Alex Jones' defamation settlement over the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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  • National

Was the Infowars auction fair? A judge wants to hear arguments in December

The Onion's bid came out on top, but a bankruptcy judge must sign off on the sale. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the losing bidder says the process was "rigged" against them.

November 26, 2024
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  • Tovia Smith
Special counsel Jack Smith led the Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump. That case is now all but dead.

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  • Law

Judge grants dismissal of Jan. 6 case against Trump

The move came after federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss both the Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago documents cases against Donald Trump.

November 25, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference regarding congestion pricing in New York City on November 14, 2024.

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  • Law

Adultery is no longer illegal in New York

It was considered a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a jail sentence of up to three months.

November 25, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
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