ICE Targets 7-Eleven Stores In Nationwide Immigration Raids
Immigration agents arrested 21 people on suspicion of being in the country illegally. They promised more raids to go after employers who hire unauthorized immigrants.
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How A Massive Pay Gap Occurred In The 'All The Money In The World' Reshoot
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with USA Today's Andrea Mandell, who broke the story about Mark Walhberg being paid $1.5 million for the reshoot of All the Money in the World while his co-star, Michelle Williams, was paid less than $1,000.
Judge Throws Out Challenge to Alabama Voter ID Law
The judge ruled the state makes photo identification cards needed to cast a ballot equally available to every citizen who wants one. Civil rights groups argued the law was racially discriminatory.
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner Discusses Immigration Meeting With Trump
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., about his take on the White House meeting Tuesday about DACA and the potential border wall.
ACLU Says U.S. Government Is Denying Basic Rights To Citizen Captured In Syria
American forces have been holding a U.S. citizen captured in Syria in confinement overseas without formal charges or access to a lawyer. The ACLU says the man is being denied his basic rights to due process.
Elderly Christmas Cannabis Couple Arrested Again, Facing New Drug Charges
In December, the couple reportedly told police in Nebraska they intended to give the pot as gifts. On Tuesday, they were pulled over not far away on suspicion of possessing $18,000 in drug money.
White House Says Judge's Temporary Block On Removing DACA Is 'Outrageous'
The White House says it's "outrageous" that a judge in California has temporarily blocked the administration from removing DACA protections for nearly 700,000 young people who were brought to the country illegally as children. The preliminary injunction adds another degree of complexity to immigration negotiations on Capitol Hill.
Florida Officials Struggling To Find Affordable Housing For Locals Months After Hurricane Irma
With trailer parks destroyed and hundreds of homes ruined by Hurricane Irma, rents have skyrocketed and housing has become unaffordable for many in the Florida Keys. Local officials are scrambling to find ways to provide low-cost rentals affordable for waitresses, fishing guides and others vital to the area's tourist economy.
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner Continues His Standoff With Jeff Sessions Over Marijuana
The Republican lawmaker, who says marijuana laws must be "up to the states," tells NPR he is willing to hold up Department of Justice nominations until the attorney general reverses course.
N.C. Dealing With Chaos After Ruling That Districts Are Illegal Partisan Gerrymanders
A federal judicial panel's ruling that North Carolina's legislature illegally used partisanship as the primary factor in drawing congressional districts is causing political chaos there.