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Democrats Are Moving Quickly In Carson City But Can They Keep The Pace Going?

Feb 19, 2019

The Democrat-controlled Assembly and State Senate moved fast on gun background checks. Can they keep up that pace with other big issues: school funding formulas, minimum wage and controlling the cost of health care drugs?

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Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, will testify publicly on Capitol Hill next week about payments to women who say they had affairs with Trump. Cohen will report to prison in May for crimes related to those payments.

After Delay, Michael Cohen To Testify On Capitol Hill Next Week

Feb 20, 2019
President Trump's former lawyer is scheduled to appear Feb. 27 before the House oversight committee. Members of Congress are expected to ask him about hush money payments ahead of Election Day 2016.
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National
The City of Sarasota announced on Tuesday that workers had scrubbed off the #MeToo graffiti scrawled onto the leg of the woman being kissed.

#MeToo Graffiti Scrubbed From Sarasota V-J Day Kissing Statue

Feb 20, 2019
A towering statue depicting the famed embrace between a sailor and a woman in white, celebrating the end of World War II, has become an unwelcome symbol of assault to some.
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Europe
A Russian sailor checks his smartphone aboard a warship while supervising visitors during Russian Navy day at the Vistula lagoon in Baltiysk, Russia, in 2016. On Tuesday, Russian lawmakers passed a bill restricting service members from using smartphones.

Russia Moves To Mask Military Trail By Telling Troops To Put Down Smartphones

Feb 20, 2019
Russian lawmakers have passed a bill restricting social media and smartphone use by service members.
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National

'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett Charged With Filing False Police Report

Feb 20, 2019
The actor had reported being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. Prosecutors say that report was not true.
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Planet Money

Why Americans Can't Quit Tipping

Feb 20, 2019
Tipping is ingrained in America's retail culture. And there's not much we can do to stop that.
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Politics
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, left, listens to Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing last week. The two will meet tomorrow as negotiations continue.

Trade Talks With China Continue, As Trump Shies From A Hard Deadline For A Deal

Feb 20, 2019
March 1 "is not a magical date," President Trump said this week, about his self-imposed deadline when tariffs would spike. Whether a deal will resolve key structural issues isn't clear.
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Europe
British politicians Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Anna Soubry (from left to right) announced Wednesday that they were breaking away from their party to join the newly formed, more centrist Independent Group.

3 Conservative Politicians Abandon Party For Britain's Fledgling 'Independent Group'

Feb 20, 2019
"The hard-line, the anti-EU awkward squad that have destroyed every leader for the last 40 years are now running the Conservative party from top to toe," lawmaker Anna Soubry said Wednesday.
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Planet Money
Robert Bork is shown in 1987. (AP Photo)

Antitrust 2: The Paradox

Feb 20, 2019
How Robert Bork won the fight over antitrust law, changed the meaning of competition in America, and paved the way for some of the biggest companies we've ever seen.

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