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The Fed wants to make banks "pre-fund" their own bailout should another financial conflagration break out.

In A Financial Fire, Big Banks Will Have An Extra Extinguisher

4:53pm October 30, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

The Federal Reserve is proposing rules that would force banks to add another layer of protection in case of a financial crisis. It wants to be sure taxpayers don't get stuck bailing out banks again.

#NPRreads: White Privilege, FBI Director's Remarks On Policing, And Oyster Farming

4:00pm October 30, 2015

Also this week: a story from an NPR Music reporter about the "lost art of listening."

The Senate passed a bill to fund the government for two years. The measure suspends the debt ceiling and allocates $80 billion to domestic and defense programs.

Senate Passes Budget That Would Fund Government Into 2017

11:15am October 30, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The measure, which passed 64 to 35, would suspend the debt ceiling and fund the government until after the presidential election campaign. President Obama is expected to sign it.

Film director Roman Polanski, 82, seen here leaving an earlier court hearing in Krakow, can't be extradited to the U.S., a Polish court ruled Friday.

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Polish Court Rejects U.S. Extradition Request For Polanski

10:38am October 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The judge in the case, Dariusz Mazur, said the U.S. request wasn't admissible under Polish law. Roman Polanski, 82, has both French and Polish citizenship.

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Courts Say Detained Non-Citizens Have The Right To Bond Hearings

7:04pm October 29, 2015

by Richard Gonzales

Two appeals courts have ruled that non-citizens in prolonged detention have the right to be considered for release every six months while fighting their deportation cases.

Stalled Legal Process Threatens Obama's Executive Actions On Immigration

12:53pm October 29, 2015

by Richard Gonzales

Nearly a year ago, the Obama administration expanded protections to certain immigrants and their parents living here illegally. States, led by Texas, sued and won an initial victory to block implementation. The case is now stalled in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and some advocates suspect the court's delay is deliberate.

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FBI Hostage Rescue Team, SEAL Team 6 Admiral Honored

9:47am October 29, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

The FBI Agents Association honored two men who recovered a young boy seized and held in an underground bunker in Alabama in 2013. They died a year later in a training accident.

President Obama tours a General Electric gas engines factory in Waukesha, Wis., on Jan. 30, 2014. GE has recently said it would shift hundreds of jobs abroad because of the Export-Import Bank's inability to help finance international deals.

Export-Import Bank Debate: 'Retreat From Sanity' Or End of Corporate Welfare?

9:14am October 29, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

Many business leaders say U.S. exporters already are hurting because they lack financing from the Export-Import Bank. Congress is working on legislation to renew the bank charter that expired June 30.

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S.C. Sheriff's Deputy Fired After Arrest Of High School Student

10:41pm October 28, 2015

by Laura Hunsberger

The white deputy who was shown on video tossing a black high school student out of her classroom seat was fired Wednesday. The sheriff says the deputy did not follow proper training or procedures.

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty In Hush Money Scheme

10:41pm October 28, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

Once one of the country's most powerful politicians, former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of evading bank rules. Hastert told a federal judge he structured large payments of hush money to an unnamed individual in order to keep those payments and details about past misconduct secret.

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