Politics & Government

Immigration Lawyers Call For More Oversight Of U.S. Representation Program

4:30pm May 12, 2017

by Beth Fertig

With a shortage of lawyers to represent immigrants, the Justice Department has recruited thousands of people without law degrees to help. One of those representatives has come under scrutiny.

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe (from left), Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Vincent Stewart and Nation

4 Big Intelligence Stories You Missed Amid The Comey Headlines This Week

4:19pm May 12, 2017

by Philip Ewing

There's a lot more going on in the shadowy world of America's spies than just the controversy over the abrupt dismissal of James Comey as director of the FBI.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Ben Sasse, a Republican, listens to witnesses Monday during a subcommittee hearing on Russian interference.

Sen. Sasse: Comey Firing 'Troubling' Amid 'Crisis Of Public Trust'

3:20pm May 12, 2017

by Steve Inskeep

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that he will not yet call for an independent Russia investigation because it would be a "vote of no confidence" in the Senate panel's current probe.

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The Labour Party Hold Their Clause V Meeting To Ratify Their Election Manifesto

Friday News Roundup - International

3:19pm May 12, 2017

France and South Korea have new presidents. And Russia's president? He's been making time for some ice hockey. On the international edition of the Friday News Round Up, a panel of journalists joins guest host John Donvan to talk about those stories and more.

New York Reacts To Firing Of FBI Director James Comey

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

3:18pm May 12, 2017

The controversial firing of FBI Director James Comey dominated the news this week. Guest host John Donvan and a panel of journalists discuss that and other happenings around the U.S., including the Texas governor's ban on sanctuary cities and how Shaquille O'Neal might do as a sheriff.

President Trump sent a flurry of tweets Friday morning, saying "The Fake Media is working overtime today!" and suggesting that there could be "tapes" of his private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump Tweet Suggests His Conversations With Comey Might Have Been Recorded

2:35pm May 12, 2017

by Miles Parks

The president seemed to be cautioning the former FBI director against "leaking to the press." Democrats have already seized on the tweets and requested that any such tapes be provided to Congress.

Protesters march during a May Day demonstration outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on May 1, 2017 in San Francisco, California.

Where ICE Already Has Direct Lines to Law-Enforcement Databases With Immigrant Data

1:44pm May 12, 2017

by George Joseph

Immigration and Customs Enforcement documents show that for years, law enforcement in hundreds of jurisdictions, including major sanctuary cities, are feeding information into regional databases.

Politics & Government

After Comey Firing, Are Supporters Still Backing Trump?

12:24pm May 12, 2017

Reverberations from President Trump's decision to fire FBI director James Comey continue to reverberate. David Greene talks to Chris Buskirk, editor and publisher of the website American Greatness.

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Roger Stone has been "indispensable ... to virtually every bigwig in Republican politics since Nixon," says filmmaker Morgan Pehme.

'Get Me Roger Stone' Profiles The Man Who's Wanted Trump To Run Since 1987

9:34am May 12, 2017

by David Greene

Documentarian Morgan Pehme says the political consultant cultivated Trump's candidacy for almost 30 years. "I think he believed from day one that Trump was a legitimate candidate."

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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price says "We're losing as a nation," when it comes to opioid abuse.

Communities Key To Fighting Opioid Crisis, HHS Secretary Says

9:23am May 12, 2017

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is touring communities that have been hit hard by painkiller overdoses and heroin. He says, when it comes to opioid abuse, "We're losing as a nation."

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