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Conflicts between President Trump and courts spark constitutional crisis questions
by Nina Totenberg
Every day it seems new conflicts arise between President Trump and the courts. Prompting another round of the question: Are we in a constitutional crisis?
Russia Sees Staggering Income Inequality
In Russia today, 110 billionaires hold 35 percent of the nation's wealth. Host Arun Rath talks with the Wall Street Journal's Lukas Alpert about this post-Soviet phenomenon.
Heaven Is Waiting; Hell Is A Different Question, Nun Says
by NPR Staff
The Catholic Church has long held that saints are in communion with God after death, says Mary Catherine Hilkert, a Catholic theologian and Dominican Sister of Peace. But, she says, "never has there been a statement about anyone definitively being in hell."
Shutdown Takes A Toll On GOP In Virginia Governor's Race
by Brian Naylor
Republican Ken Cuccinelli had been trailing Democrat Terry McAuliffe by a few points in the polls before the partial government shutdown. But since then, McAuliffe's lead has clearly widened in a state that's home to many federal employees.