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A Honduran mother walks with her children next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence as they turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents in February near Penitas, Texas.

Viet Thanh Nguyen Says The U.S. Could 'Lose Its Soul' With Migrant Family Separations

9:43am June 09, 2018

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author was separated from his family as a child. He says the Trump administration's policy is "inhumane, it's immoral and the United States is simply doing the wrong thing."

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Jeh Johnson On Immigration And Trump

8:10am June 09, 2018

The Trump administration's policy of separating parents from children illegally entering the U.S. has drawn much criticism. Scott Simon talks with former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.

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When Police Punch

8:10am June 09, 2018

by Martin Kaste

A handful of recently-released videos of police using their fists on suspects raises the question, When is it OK for a cop to punch someone? We explain the rules and the pressure to change them.

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Remembering Jechon Anderson, Age 11

8:10am June 09, 2018

Jechon Anderson, 11, is the youngest person killed by a gun in Chicago this year.

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The Precedent Of Recalling Judge Persky

8:10am June 09, 2018

Santa Clara County voted to recall a judge this week. But public defender Rachel Marshall is concerned about the implications of this recall for her clients, as she tells NPR's Scott Simon.

Trump Administration Won't Defend ACA

8:10am June 09, 2018

by Julie Rovner

The Justice Department has said the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, which requires Americans to have insurance, is unconstitutional.

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, is facing more federal criminal charges along with a new Russian co-defendant.

Prosecutors Expand Manafort Charges, Add New Russian Defendant In His Case

10:35pm June 08, 2018

by Philip Ewing

Prosecutors are formally charging former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a man they call a Russian co-conspirator with trying to obstruct justice by allegedly suborning perjury.

Then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in May 2017. A special prosecutor said Friday she has decided not to refile an invasion-of-privacy charge against him.

Special Prosecutor Decides Against Re-Charging Former Missouri Governor

9:58pm June 08, 2018

Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says she won't refile an invasion of privacy charge against Eric Greitens, who was accused of taking a semi-nude photo of a lover against her will.

Smoke billows up from a fire burning in the mountains over the Napa Valley last October in Oakville, Calif.

PG&E Power Lines Blamed For Northern California Wildfires

9:49pm June 08, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

A state report finds that the utility's equipment coming into contact with trees caused the fires that ravaged the region, including the wine country.

President Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House on Friday to attend the G-7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec.

Trump Wants Russia Back In G-7

8:14pm June 08, 2018

by Brian Naylor

As he departed the White House for Canada and this weekend's summit of leading economic powers, President Trump said Moscow should be readmitted to the club.