Cracks are trivializing impeachment he warns Republicans will remember how House Democrats treated them but Trump also has been looking forward to a Senate trial where Republicans in power would have more control and could call witnesses more favorable to the president Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other leaders however are against drawing out a process that they say is bound to come out in Trump s favor N.P.R. s Frank or down yes relatives of 9 Americans who were brutally killed in Mexico last month told their story in Washington this week they want the u.s. Government to get more involved in the fight against drug cartels in Mexico N.P.R. s Joel Rose reports the 9 women and children who were killed in northern Mexico were dual us Mexican citizens members of the extended the Baron family ever since that family has been on a mission they are urging the u.s. To designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations Brian Le Baron is a cousin of the victims who lives in Utah he
Placing him in a more secure archival system than usual curt Voeckler former u.s. Special envoy to Ukraine appears later to say he s testified there was no quid pro quo but Democrats will likely use his text messages to bolster a case that u.s. Military aid was used as leverage to get to crane to investigate the Bidens court and some when the u.s. Ambassador to the e.u. Appears Wednesday he texted with Volcker about Trump wanting the deliverable Amy Held n.p.r. News Washington police in the southeastern European country of Croatia shot at migrants trying to slip into neighboring Slovenia joining kisses reports one man is in critical condition speaking to reporters craters interior minister dogs or biz in a village would not say how many migrants had been shot at he also did not reveal their nationalities he did say that one of the migrants has been hospitalized because of gunshot wounds he promised authorities would investigate creation is cracking down on border security because it s
Department s Inspector General s Office is out with a long awaited report about what it calls improper personnel practices N.P.R. s Michele Kelemen reports it describes cases of career officials being sidelined for political reasons the report describes several cases including an Iranian American who was ousted from the policy planning office by Brian hook right wing media had described the woman as a trusted Obama aide who had burrowed into the Department under President Trump the inspector general determined that her detail was ended because of perceived political views and national origin and said that violates state department policies in a lengthy letter included in the report hook defended his personnel decisions and called those who wrote the inspector general s report biased the woman he sidelined said she hopes the findings will guard against further such misconduct Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News the State Department China is formally lifting a ban on u.s. Poultry products N.P.R
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As you re a little nervous about how the. Republicans try to avoid challenges to President Trump by canceling 2020 G.O.P. Primary It is Friday September 6th. CONSIDERED from N.P.R. News. I m Ari Shapiro and coming up our Friday preview of the week in politics looks at the Democratic presidential candidates and climate change also an investigation into a shooting by Border Patrol has dragged on for years activists say it s emblematic of a larger problem that stretches up to president. North Carolina take stock of the damage from Hurricane Doria it sounds like an airplane and I look outside and there is a 20. Live from N.P.R. News in Washington I m Lakshmi saying hundreds of people could still be trapped by the floodwaters of North Carolina s Outer Banks they were among those who opted to ride out Hurricane Dorian despite mandatory evacuation orders Dorian s ferocity even as a weekend category one storm apparently took some hurricane veterans on over Coke Island by surprise one person w