
All Things Considered
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Trump administration and the courts continue to clash over immigration
by Ximena Bustillo
Courts and the Trump administration have clashed repeatedly in two high profile immigration cases this week, with another Supreme Court showdown looming.
USAID Contractor, Four Years In Cuban Jail, Asks Obama For Help
Robert Siegel talks with Peter Wallsten of The Washington Post about the story of Alan Gross, a USAID contractor held in a Cuban prison for the last four years. Gross had been working on a covert project installing internet in a Jewish community in Cuba.
Washington State Growers Roll The Dice On New Pot Licenses
by Martin Kaste
The deadline to apply to legally grow and sell pot is coming up in Washington, but growers are finding there are pros and cons to going legit. Applicants must invest big money to qualify for a license, and it's unclear what the new system will mean for existing medical growers.
Obama Offers Second Chance For Missouri Court Nominee
by Carrie Johnson
President Obama quietly nominated Ronnie White, who was rejected for a federal judgeship in 1999, to the bench last month. Experts say they can't remember a time when a judge who's been voted down in the Senate has been renominated.
Why Chaucer Said 'Ax' Instead Of 'Ask,' And Why Some Still Do
by Shereen Marisol Meraji
Televangelist Paul Crouch, Who Started Trinity Network, Dies
by John Burnett
Televangelist Paul Crouch, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, died Saturday at the age of 79. The Pentecostal minister's broadcasting network came to be the world's largest Christian television system with Praise-a-Thon fundraising efforts that brought in as much as $90 million a year in mostly small donations.