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Martin Shkreli Found Guilty On Several Counts Of Securities Fraud

4:33pm August 04, 2017

by Charles Lane

The man who caused a firestorm of criticism after he bought a small pharmaceutical company and jacked up the price of a life-saving drug was found guilty Friday of securities fraud. Martin Shkreli was convicted on three of the eight fraud charges he faced and could be sentenced to a prison term of as much as 20 years.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Department of Justice during an announcement about leaks of classified information Friday.

DOJ Announces Crackdown On Leaks As Intelligence Agencies' Calls For Probes Triple

3:13pm August 04, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

Top Justice Department officials raised the prospect they could loosen policies on issuing subpoenas to news organizations to stop the flow of information.

What A Grand Jury Means For The Russia Investigation

7:49am August 04, 2017

Rachel Martin talks with Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of the website Lawfare, about what a grand jury could do in the Russia investigation.

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Special counsel Robert Mueller arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in June.

Source: Mueller Using D.C. Grand Jury In Russia Probe

8:29pm August 03, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

A White House lawyer told NPR the administration is "committed to fully cooperating with Mr. Mueller."

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Trump Admin. Looking Into Whether Harvard Discriminates Against Asian-Americans

5:37pm August 03, 2017

by Kirk Carapezza

The Justice Department says it is looking into claims that Harvard University holds Asian-American applicants to higher standards than black and Latino students.

Robert Mueller Impanels Grand Jury In Russia Investigation

5:09pm August 03, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Del Quentin Wilber of The Wall Street Journal about special counsel Mueller's decision to impanel a grand jury in the probe into Russian influence in the 2016 election.

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Judge Lewis Gregory, head of the city court in Greenwood, Ind., began allowing drug court participants to begin taking Vivitrol after meeting with an Alkermes sales representative.

To Grow Market Share, A Drugmaker Pitches Its Product To Judges

4:51pm August 03, 2017

by Jake Harper

The pharmaceutical company Alkermes is trying to increase the number of people taking Vivitrol for their opioid addiction by marketing the drug to judges, who have the power to influence treatment.

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Massachussetts Considers Mandatory Health Insurance

What Would A Popular Health Care Plan Look Like?

1:27pm August 03, 2017

If you locked experts of various political affiliations in a room and told them to draft a health care bill, what would they come up with? We'll find out.

Immigrants Become American Citizens In Naturalization Ceremony At Liberty State Park

Politics & Government

The White House Pushes Limits On Legal Immigration

1:26pm August 03, 2017

President Donald Trump has endorsed legislation that would cut the number of legal immigrations allowed into the United States by half over the next decade.

Hillary Rodham Clinton speakson June 7, 2017, in New York City.

Politics & Government

Calls To Investigate Clinton Pose A Challenge To U.S. Political Norms

6:17am August 03, 2017

by Peter Overby

President Trump and some GOP lawmakers want an investigation into Hillary Clinton and other figures from the Obama era. But a probe of a defeated candidate is not the norm in American democracy.