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Week In Politics: Senate GOP Health Care Bill, Georgia Special Election

4:38pm June 23, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the Senate Republican health care bill, the special election in Georgia, and the latest on the investigations into the Trump administration and Russia.

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Mistrial Declared Again In Case Against Cincinnati Ex-Cop Ray Tensing

4:38pm June 23, 2017

by Tana Weingartner

The case against former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing has just ended in a mistrial. The jury was unable to reach agreement against Tensing for fatally shooting Sam DuBose during a traffic stop in 2015.

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Carrier Steelworker Responds To Movement Of Jobs To Mexico

4:38pm June 23, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with T.J. Bray, a steelworker at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis where President Trump said he saved over 1,000 jobs. Last month, Carrier told the state that 600 people will be laid off, and those jobs will be transferred to Mexico.

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Supreme Court Sides With Wisconsin In Property Rights Case

4:38pm June 23, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court sided with the state of Wisconsin on Friday in a land dispute case. The justices upheld Wisconsin court rulings that the family was not entitled to compensation over development regulations that block the sale of the family's adjacent lot.

Wisconsin Ironworker Challenges Paul Ryan For House Seat

4:38pm June 23, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Randy Bryce, a Wisconsin ironworker, who announced this week he will challenge House Speaker Paul Ryan in the 2018 midterm election.

President Trump Praises Senate Republican Health Care Bill

4:38pm June 23, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump is praising the Senate's health care bill. But the bill lacks a mechanism requiring people to have continuous coverage, which could create problems in the individual health care market.

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Shakespeare Companies Suffer Backlash After 'Julius Caesar' Controversy

4:38pm June 23, 2017

by Hady Mawajdeh

The uproar over the New York Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar has spread to other cities. And it appears to be only because they are companies with the word "Shakespeare" in their name. Staff at Shakespeare Dallas have received death threats, even though the company isn't performing Shakespeare at the moment.

Andy Slavitt was in charge of running the federal agency that oversees the Affordable Care Act from 2015 to 2017.

What The Man Who Ran Obamacare Thinks About the Republican Health Plan

4:38pm June 23, 2017

Andy Slavitt was acting administrator of the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services until January. He calls the new Senate health care bill "the ugly step-sibling" of the House bill.

The vast majority of contingent or independent workers in the U.S. do not receive employee benefits, though some companies and lawmakers are trying to change that.

Efforts Increase To Bring Health And Other Benefits To Independent Workers

4:38pm June 23, 2017

by Yuki Noguchi

The vast majority of the estimated 54 million to 68 million contingent or independent workers in the U.S. don't receive employee benefits, though some firms and lawmakers are trying to change that.

The silver carp captured Thursday in Illinois just downstream of the T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam. It weighs about 8 pounds and measures 28 inches long.

'Cause For Serious Concern': Invasive Carp Caught 9 Miles From Great Lakes

4:31pm June 23, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

A commercial fisher captured the silver carp beyond the barriers built to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes. The incident is raising alarms from local lawmakers.