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Trump Travels To Wisconsin To Tout 'Buy American, Hire American' Policy

4:33pm April 18, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump traveled to a tool making company in Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday and announced an executive order that calls for stricter enforcement of laws requiring the federal government to buy American-made products when possible. The second part of the order will sharpen the focus on the H1-B visa program. The executive order calls on the departments of commerce, labor, homeland security and state to more strictly police the visa program, which is used to recruit foreign tech workers.

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Trump's Latest Executive Order Targets High Skilled Worker Visa Program

4:33pm April 18, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

President Trump announced an executive order on Tuesday that will sharpen the focus on the H1-B visa program. The tech industry is a key beneficiary and hopes this will prod Congress to overhaul the program.

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Police Say Facebook Murder Suspect 'Shot And Killed Himself'

4:33pm April 18, 2017

by Nick Castele

The suspect in a killing that was recorded and posted to Facebook is himself dead. Police in Pennsylvania say he shot himself after a two-day manhunt.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Cleveland Murder

4:33pm April 18, 2017

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave his condolences to the family of a man murdered in Cleveland on Sunday, whose attacker shared videos of the killing on the social network.

On Tax Day, An Economist Outlines How The Payroll Tax Works

4:33pm April 18, 2017

It may be tax day, but many workers pay more in taxes every time they get a paycheck. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Eugene Steuerle, co-founder of the Tax Policy Center, about the payroll tax and how it works.

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'Locking Up Our Own' Details The Mass Incarceration Of Black Men

4:33pm April 18, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with author James Forman, Jr., about his new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. It tells the story of how African Americans in law enforcement made the war on drugs very much their war.

Alyssa Mastromonaco sits with President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One in 2012. Mastromonaco served as the president's director of scheduling and advance from 2009 until 2011, then became his deputy chief of staff for operations from 2011 until 2014.

'I Basically Ran On Adrenaline': A Staffer Remembers Obama's White House

4:12pm April 18, 2017

by Terry Gross

Alyssa Mastromonaco worked in the West Wing for six exhilarating and exhausting years. She describes that era in her new memoir, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?

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Vice President Pence and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Taro Aso leave the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Tuesday. Pence said the U.S. and Japan had launched talks that could eventually result in a bilateral trade

In Japan, Vice President Pence Pushes For Bilateral Trade Deal

3:05pm April 18, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump's administration has rejected the Trans-Pacific Partnership and is seeking one-on-one talks. Japan, meanwhile, has indicated it wants to push ahead with TPP — with or without the U.S.

A mountain lion — not this one — is suspected of making off with a 15-pound Portuguese Podengo in the middle of the night in Pescadero, Calif.

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'Shadow Of An Animal' Sneaks Into Woman's Bedroom And Snatches Dog

3:04pm April 18, 2017

by Amy Held

A California woman was woken up at 3 a.m. to see an animal that authorities suspect was a mountain lion making off with her Portuguese Podengo through her bedroom's open French doors.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams answers questions during a news conference on Tuesday.

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Facebook Murder Suspect Has 'Shot And Killed Himself,' Police Say

2:29pm April 18, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Authorities were looking for Steve Stephens, 37, in connection with the killing of 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr. on Sunday. Stephens was spotted Tuesday morning by Pennsylvania State Police.