NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with political commentators, Matthew Yglesias, columnist, editor and co-founder of Vox, and Kelly Jane Torrance, deputy managing editor of The Weekly Standard. They discuss the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
There were many points of contention this week over the firing of FBI Director James Comey, including how to pronounce Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's last name.
China and the U.S. struck a trade deal that allows beef and natural gas exports to China. The agreement will allow U.S. companies to sell liquefied natural gas to China, which is likely to be controversial on the West coast.
With a shortage of lawyers to represent immigrants, the Justice Department has recruited thousands of people without law degrees to help. One of those representatives has come under scrutiny.
There's a lot more going on in the shadowy world of America's spies than just the controversy over the abrupt dismissal of James Comey as director of the FBI.
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that he will not yet call for an independent Russia investigation because it would be a "vote of no confidence" in the Senate panel's current probe.
France and South Korea have new presidents. And Russia's president? He's been making time for some ice hockey. On the international edition of the Friday News Round Up, a panel of journalists joins guest host John Donvan to talk about those stories and more.
The controversial firing of FBI Director James Comey dominated the news this week. Guest host John Donvan and a panel of journalists discuss that and other happenings around the U.S., including the Texas governor's ban on sanctuary cities and how Shaquille O'Neal might do as a sheriff.
The president seemed to be cautioning the former FBI director against "leaking to the press." Democrats have already seized on the tweets and requested that any such tapes be provided to Congress.