From the secretive court that oversees intelligence gathering Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. This hour a whistleblower complaint against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I m David Greene and I m now well King a former investment manager says the church misuse $100000000000.00 that was meant for charity. Also the shutdown of the Boeing 737 Max jet could slow overall economic growth and research shows a racial divide in the opportunity gap will go to Albany New York where kids with the best chances live in a few select neighborhoods It s Wednesday December 18th singer Billy Eilish is 18 today. And the news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington on core of the Coleman today lawmakers in the House of Representatives will take up the impeachment case against President Donald Trump N.P.R. s Brian Naylor reports the lawmakers will debate 2 articles of impeachment the articles charged President Trump with abusing the power of his office and obstructing Congress each wa
As of people are facing food shortages N.P.R. s Carrie Kahn is in the Capitol where there s no political resolution in sight. Also getting federal financial aid for college can be complicated right but Congress has approved changes to simplify the process. Immigrants journey from a lawyer in Nigeria to city councilor in Maine It is Wednesday December 18th happy cooking chef. Is 84 years old today. The news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m sure Rahm the House of Representatives is in session today to consider whether President Trump should be impeached right now members are debating the framework for the impeachment debate Congressman Jim McGovern is chairman of the Rules Committee he says It s unfortunate the house must proceed on this path our inquiry is simply to answer the following question Did President Trump and his top advisers corruptly withhold official government actions to obtain an improper advantage in the next election we now know who the hard work of our
18 primary a conservative group brought suit and a state trial judge agreed that state law required deactivation within 30 days but in subsequent review the commission deadlocked along party lines preventing the purge from going into effect the case is expected to end up at the Wisconsin Supreme Court with its 52 conservative majority for n.p.r. News I m my own silver in Milwaukee advocates for the homeless are cheering the Supreme Court s decision not to hear a case in an appeal by the city of Boise Idaho it could challenge the city s ticketing of homeless people for sleeping outside even when there were no shelter beds available N.P.R. s Kirk Siegler reports major West Coast cities was soaring homeless populations had back Boise and its petition the Supreme Court s denial upholds a lower court ruling that put severe limits on cities ability to enforce anti camping ordinances on streets and in public right of ways Los Angeles attorney Theon a evangelists is representing Boise in the
What exactly is the president s philosophy of international trade I m Steve Inskeep And I m David Greene We ll ask a veteran trade negotiator who was in China when the Trump administration announced a breakthrough in the trade war with Beijing. Also this hour a newspaper investigates what happens to kids who are in foster care but never find a permanent home and then have to leave the system at the age of 18 many end up in prison It s Tuesday December 17th Filipino boxer turned politician many Paki turns 42 years old today. The news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Corba Coleman the House Rules Committee will vote today on how much time each side in the House will get to debate the articles of impeachment against President Trump a full House vote is set for tomorrow if the historic debate goes long the vote could get pushed to Thursday later today a federal judge will sentence Paul Man affords one time business partner Rick Gaines and b.r.s. Ryan Lucas says Gates was a
Prompted the agency to act It s Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. So who really gained when the Sackler family surrendered Purdue Pharma I m David Greene and I m Steve Inskeep an audit says before putting the company into bankruptcy the family put $12000000000.00 in their personal accounts. Also our lawmakers in Ukraine fighting corruption and why did George a purge many homeless people from voter rolls It is Tuesday December 17th this day in 1992 leaders of the u.s. Mexico and Canada signed the North American Free Trade Agreement which is now being updated and renamed. The news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Corba Coleman the House Rules Committee is meeting today to set the parameters for Wednesday s debate by the full House of the impeachment of Donald Trump any lawmaker can appear at today s hearing to speak but the committee is expected to vote to keep the text of the articles of impeachment most Democrats have signaled they will vote for impeachment of the pres