And the prospect for more the council is very unified on the fact that we re all very concerned and it doesn t matter whether it s Christmas or whether it s tomorrow or whether it s February we re all very concerned or news conference comes the day after she brought her colleagues to the White House for a lunch with President Trump where North Korea and Iran were among the topics discussed Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News the State Department the International Criminal Court is ruling out opening a war crimes investigation into members of the u.s. Military Afghan troops and the Taliban predicting little to no cooperation reports a prominent u.s. Attorney has traveled to the Hegde a 2nd loan attorney working for President Trump and representing the American Center for Law and Justice told i.c.c. Judges Afghanistan doesn t even have the right to allow an investigation of alleged war crimes due to legal agreements signed with Washington the fact such a probe was being considered by the i.c.c.
Specter general flagged a report of grave concern about Trump s actions with regard to Ukraine the House Judiciary Committee is slated to hold their next hearing on impeachment on Monday Kelsey snow n.p.r. News the Capitol president from possessing the u.s. Supreme Court to block a lower court order for an accounting firm to release his financial records to a House committee as N.P.R. s Winsor Johnston reports the move sets the stage for a legal battle between 2 branches of government a federal appeals court last month ruled that Trump s accounting firm must comply with the subpoena issued by the House Oversight Committee the president s personal attorneys argue that the committee does not have the authority to conduct what they describe as a law enforcement investigation Trump s appeal is the latest development in a legal battle that could end up before the High Court in the middle of the 2020 election and there is Windsor Johnston reporting a my partisan group in Congress is calling
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Told Congress earlier this year that it didn t discharge the loans of 40 percent of eligible borrowers but data an official provided to n.p.r. Show that over the past few years just 28 percent of people have successfully had their loans discharged or are on track for that to happen Claire Lombardo n.p.r. News Washington the White House has launched a program to give free age i v prevention medication to certain uninsured people as N.P.R. s Selena Simmons deafen reports it s part of what the Trump administration says is its plan to end the age Ivy epidemic by 2030 the new program is called Ready Set prep prep stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis the drug maker Gilliatt donated enough prep to treat 200000 patients for free that s the number of people the government estimates are at high risk for HIV and don t have prescription drug coverage not having insurance is a big deal when it comes to this medicine the list price is $1800.00 a month prep is very effective and has few side effects
It s This American Life a special program today on the wonders of. Fish. Actually Say the word here and the word is. And as you know each we can. Invite a variety of writers and performers to tackle that theme and this week as we stand now in that magical 5 weeks of the year that magical 5 weeks. Served at Thanksgiving the turkey served at Christmas. A period when Americans consume nearly a 4th of all the turkey consumed in this country every year. And for years on this program during this important time of year. This American Life would bring yet another program about. Today we re going back to stories from some of those very old episodes for that s right stories about Turkey. And their mysterious hold over us. Coming up this hour. The story of a typical American family and imaginary poultry. Back to. What poultry positive program would be complete without. In the late 1900. Today my friends again that 3 chickens. In. An opera about. Sang in Italian and. Able to make a grown man cry.