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President Trump Set To Meet China President For The First Time This Year

8:11am December 01, 2018

President Trump and Xi Jinping will meet for the first time this year at the G20 Summit. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Ambassador Max Baucus about the political and economic stakes at play.

Russia, Ukraine And The U.S.

8:11am December 01, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland about Russia, Ukraine and the United States.

Discussing Operation Desert Storm

8:11am December 01, 2018

by Deb Amos

NPR's Deb Amos speaks to Scott Simon about covering Operation Desert Storm.

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The Latest In Mueller's Russia Investigation

8:11am December 01, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

It was a busy week in the Russia investigation. Special counsel Robert Mueller secured one high-profile cooperation agreement. Another, however, fell apart.

George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, speaks at a fundraiser in Dallas in 1991.

Former President George H.W. Bush Dies At 94

7:42am December 01, 2018

The patriarch of a political dynasty, Bush was the last World War II vet to serve in the Oval Office. His son George W. called him "one of the greatest one-term presidents in the nation's history."

Central American migrants line up to apply for jobs at a job fair in Tijuana, Mexico. More than two thousand migrants have applied for a one-year humanitarian visa that would allow them to hold jobs legally in Mexico.

Stuck In Tijuana, Many Central American Migrants Opt For A Job

11:10pm November 30, 2018

by David Welna

The Mexican government, faced with thousands of destitute migrants on their side of the U.S.-Mexico border, is inviting them to apply for jobs in Tijuana.

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Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has been indicted on a murder charge in the killing of her black unarmed neighbor in his own apartment.

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Ex-Dallas Officer Charged With Murder Of Unarmed Black Neighbor

9:22pm November 30, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Amber Guyger is believed to be the second Dallas police officer charged with murder in the past 45 years. She faces up to life imprisonment if convicted.

Gavin Clarkson of Las Cruces, N.M., speaks at the Albuquerque bureau of The Associated Press earlier this year. On Nov. 20, a Washington, D.C., court clerk failed to recognize New Mexico as a state and said Clarkson's driver's license was not a valid ID f

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New Mexico Resident's ID Temporarily Rejected as 'Foreign' By D.C. Clerk

7:44pm November 30, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

A spokeswoman for the Washington courts system apologized for a failure to recognize New Mexico as a state.

DHS Asks Other Federal Agencies To Send Civilian Law Enforcement Officers to Border

7:26pm November 30, 2018

The request comes as the overall size of the military force at the border will be cut from around 5,900 personnel to 4,000, Pentagon officials tell NPR. The deployment may be extended through January.

After an earthquake on Friday, a car is trapped in a crumbled section of an off-ramp from Minnesota Drive, a major road in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Shakes Alaska, Damaging Roads, Buildings

6:53pm November 30, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The earthquake, with its epicenter just a few miles off Anchorage, has been followed by a series of aftershocks. The Trans Alaska Pipeline System has been shut down.