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GOP Rep. Chris Stewart Reacts To Conclusion Of Mueller Report

By editor • 5 hours ago

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

And Congressman Chris Stewart is with us now. He is a Republican. He represents the 2nd District of Utah, and he serves on the House Intelligence Committee. Congressman, welcome. Thank you so much for joining us.

CHRIS STEWART: Good evening.

Congress Responds To Summarized Mueller Report

By Scott Detrow • 6 hours ago

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CHRIS STEWART: Good evening.

Republican Party Official Reacts To Mueller Conclusions

By editor • 6 hours ago

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CHRIS STEWART: Good evening.

The Legal Implications Of AG Barr's Mueller Report Summary

By editor • 6 hours ago

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CHRIS STEWART: Good evening.

Mueller Report Finds Evidence Of Russian Collusion

By Philip Ewing • 6 hours ago

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

CHRIS STEWART: Good evening.

Congress Reacts To AG's Letter Summarizing Mueller's Findings

By Susan Davis • 6 hours ago

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

CHRIS STEWART: Good evening.

Need A Can't-Miss Wheel Of Cheese? Try Playing It Some Hip-Hop

By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro & Lindsey Feingold • 7 hours ago

If you want healthy plants, some people say you should talk to them. If you want to make delicious cheese, try playing hip-hop music.

That's the finding of a recent experiment by researchers in Switzerland who set out to determine how soundwaves might affect the microorganisms that give cheese its flavor.

Mueller Report Makes No Determination On Obstruction Of Justice

By Carrie Johnson • 7 hours ago

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

CHRIS STEWART: Good evening.

Former AG Alberto Gonzales On Summarized Mueller Report

By editor • 7 hours ago

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

CHRIS STEWART: Good evening.

White House Reacts To Mueller Report Summary

By Ayesha Rascoe • 7 hours ago

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

We want to turn now to reaction from the White House. President Trump has spent the weekend in Florida at one of his estates. He spoke not long ago before stepping on Marine One.

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Mueller concludes Russia probe, delivers report to Attorney General Barr

By Associated Press • Mar 22, 2019

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency, entangled Trump’s family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the president’s closest associates.

The report, still confidential, marks the end of Mueller’s probe but sets the stage for big public fights to come. The next steps are up to Trump’s attorney general, to Congress and, in all likelihood, federal courts.

Legal abortions remain elusive in Argentina, especially for the most vulnerable

By Allison Herrera • Mar 22, 2019

The recent case of an 11-year-old girl in Argentina who was raped by her grandmother’s boyfriend was shocking enough. But when the girl, who’s referred to as Lucia, complained to a doctor of stomach pains, it turned out she was pregnant.

Lucia’s situation was covered in the media, and local news reports said she and her family wanted an abortion. She was 16 weeks pregnant at the time. And in Lucia’s case, it was legal.

My Economy: Using the jobs you hate for creative fodder

By Maria Hollenhorst • Mar 22, 2019

My Economy tells the story of the new economic normal through the eyes of people trying to make it, because we know the only numbers that really matter are the ones in your economy.

Antarctica Dispatch 9: Thoughts on climate change and returning home

By Carolyn Beeler • Mar 22, 2019

The Nathaniel B. Palmer is headed back to port in Chile. Scientists aboard the vessel have spent the last several weeks conducting research at Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica.

There’s a sense of excitement to return home to family.

University of Alabama PhD student Victoria Fitzgerald is excited to see her 10-month-old daughter. “I left and she was barely crawling,” Fitzgerald said. “And now she’s like standing up for herself.”

The legacy of the war on drugs

By Marketplace • Mar 22, 2019

We're in the middle of one of the deadliest drug epidemics in history, with nearly 50,000 people dying from opioid overdoses in the United States in 2017. On this season of our podcast The Uncertain Hour, we look at how these kinds of crises end. Today, we'll play you a bit from the first episode, all about an Oval Office address from George H.W. Bush that turbocharged the war on drugs. Plus, the latest home sales numbers and the struggle to fight extremism online.

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