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José spent three months in the hospital being treated for COVID-19. "All of the nurses clapped for me as I was leaving the hospital," he says. But now he faces a long recovery at home.

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  • Investigations

Undocumented With COVID-19: Many Face A Long Recovery, Largely On Their Own

People can spend months recovering from COVID-19 and sometimes have lasting disabilities. That is especially hard for undocumented people, who often are in high-risk jobs without health insurance.

September 01, 2020
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  • Joseph Shapiro
A U.S. district judge disagrees with the Trump administration's argument that U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees are adequately trained to screen asylum claims.

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  • Law

'Poppycock!': Federal Judge Bars CBP Employees From Screening Asylum-Seekers

"The training requirements cited in the government's declaration do not come close to being 'comparable' to the training requirements of full asylum officers," U.S. District Judge Richard Leon writes.

September 01, 2020
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  • Vanessa Romo
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Violent Protests Draw Comments From Trump, Biden Campaigns

President Trump is headed to Kenosha, Wis., to highlight unrest and violence from protests against the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Trump focused blame on Democrats and opponent Joe Biden.

September 01, 2020
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  • Scott Detrow
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said that agitators from elsewhere had arrived in the District, intent on battling police. Bowser is seen here at a press conference earlier this month.

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  • National

D.C. Mayor Bowser Blames Outside Agitators As Cause Of Weekend Violence

Some 70% of those arrested in weekend unrest came from outside the District, police say. Bowser says the U.S. attorney's office has failed to prosecute those who have been arrested in violence.

August 31, 2020
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Michael Flynn, here at Trump Tower in December 2016, spent less than a month in the role of President Trump's national security adviser.

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  • National Security

Appeals Court Rejects Justice Department Effort To Shut Down Michael Flynn Case

The court has ruled that a judge can hear arguments about the Justice Department's motivations for wanting to end prosecution of President Trump's former national security adviser.

August 31, 2020
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  • Scott Neuman
Patrick Ryan, technical manager at TikTok, is suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order aimed at banning business transactions between Americans and TikTok's parent company ByteDance.

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  • Technology

TikTok Workers Feel 'Anxiety,' 'Anger,' And 'Rage,' Amid Trump Crackdown

TikTok employee Patrick Ryan has launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration to protect TikTok workers. The White House has given the popular app an ultimatum: Sell or be banned.

August 31, 2020
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  • Bobby Allyn
GPB News NPR

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  • Mental Health

California Legislature Passes Mental Health Parity Law

California lawmakers cleared a bill for one of the country's strongest mental health parity laws. If signed, it would improve insurance coverage for substance use disorders and addiction.

August 31, 2020
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  • Yuki Noguchi
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Wisconsin Republican State Senator On Police Reform Proposals

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Wisconsin Republican state Sen. Van Wanggaard about the police reform legislation he introduced and the governor's reform package he has rejected.

August 31, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Are Citizen Militias Legal?

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Georgetown University law professor Mary McCord about the legality of citizen militias, like the one that took to the streets in Kenosha, Wis.

August 30, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
People march in support of Jacob Blake and his family to the Kenosha County Courthouse on August 29, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake was shot seven times in the back in front of his three children by a police officer in Kenosha.

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  • National

Kenosha Mayor Does Not Want President Trump To Visit 'At This Point In Time'

President Trump is scheduled to visit the Wisconsin city this week to survey damage from recent protests. Mayor John Antaramian says it would be better for him to wait "for another time to come."

August 30, 2020
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  • Christianna Silva
GPB News NPR

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  • National

After Several Deaths At Fort Hood, Lawmakers Call For Congressional Investigation

NPR's Debbie Elliott asks Stars and Stripes reporter Rose Thayer about ongoing violence at Fort Hood. Several soldiers have been killed or have gone missing on or near the Texas base.

August 30, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
A Milwaukee Brewers player wears a Black Lives Matter shirt before a game with the Chicago White Sox earlier this month in Chicago.

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  • Sports

Opinion: The Greatest Athletes Know That The Children Are Watching

As sports teams make visible their support for Black Lives Matter, NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the tradition of athletes speaking out on behalf of civil rights and social justice.

August 29, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Simon
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Updates From Kenosha, Wisconsin Following Jacob Blake Shooting

We get the latest from Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a teenage gunman is now facing criminal charges over the deadly shooting of protesters.

August 29, 2020
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  • David Schaper
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

How The Republican National Convention Broke Legal Norms

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government Ethics, about the legality of the Republican National Convention events at the White House this week.

August 29, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Law enforcement holds a line Tuesday in Kenosha, Wis. The union representing police officers in Kenosha says Jacob Blake, who was shot multiple times at close range and severely wounded by a police officer, was armed with a knife.

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  • National

Police Union In Kenosha, Wis., Provides Account Of Jacob Blake Shooting

The union says Blake was armed with a knife and fought with the officers who tried to arrest him, putting one of them in a headlock.

August 28, 2020
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  • David Schaper
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