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Bond Analysts Discuss Circumstances Around A Debt Ceiling Crisis

6:39pm August 23, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

President Trump threatened a government shutdown unless Congress funded a border wall. Bond analysts try to interpret the impact of a potential debt ceiling crisis.

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Trump's Tone This Week: Calling For Unity; Sowing Partisan Division

6:39pm August 23, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump has displayed very different tones this week, calling for national unity on Monday and Wednesday, while sowing partisan division at a campaign rally Tuesday night.

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Fact Checking Trump On Veteran Affairs

6:39pm August 23, 2017

by Quil Lawrence

President Trump spoke of his administration's achievements in reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs. NPR's Quil Lawrence fact checks the president.

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Republican Congressman Mike Coffman Reacts To Trump's Afghanistan Speech

6:39pm August 23, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel asks Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado for his take on President Trump's Afghanistan strategy.

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John Abercrombie, Jazz Guitarist, Dies At 72

6:39pm August 23, 2017

by Tom Cole

John Abercrombie helped define the sound of jazz guitar: from jazz-rock fusion to funky organ combos to the distinctive less-is-more sound he created on dozens of albums for the ECM label.

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Veterans: How Will Trump's Ban Affect Transgender Troops?

6:01pm August 23, 2017

President Trump has told the military to ban transgender people from serving. Many transgender veterans wonder what that will mean for them and the VA services they have come to depend on.

Chuck E. Cheese's recently renovated San Antonio restaurant. The chain has plans to update its look inside and out — and will retire its (animatronic) house band.

Music & Culture

Say Goodbye To The Pizza Time Players: Chuck E. Cheese Retires Its Band

5:33pm August 23, 2017

by Barry Gordemer

The CEO of the company that runs Chuck E. Cheese pizza parlors says its animatronic house band simply can't live up to the expectations that kids today have for entertainment.

Around the Nation

Bond Analysts Discuss Circumstances Around A Debt Ceiling Crisis

Trump's Tone This Week: Calling For Unity; Sowing Partisan Division

Fact Checking Trump On Veteran Affairs

Republican Congressman Mike Coffman Reacts To Trump's Afghanistan Speech

John Abercrombie, Jazz Guitarist, Dies At 72

Veterans: How Will Trump's Ban Affect Transgender Troops?

Say Goodbye To The Pizza Time Players: Chuck E. Cheese Retires Its Band

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