Nation May 30 Would you plead guilty? Share your story with the Trading Away Justice reporting project You've been arrested and you have a choice: Take your chances in court, or plead guilty and go home with time served and a criminal record? Which do you choose?…
Nation May 29 Self-awareness is key to self-sufficiency at this job training program For workers trying to break the generational cycle of poverty, keeping a job can be as important as getting the job in the first place. As part of our series Chasing the Dream, John Yang reports on a program called…
Nation May 02 Missouri public defenders are overloaded with hundreds of cases while defendants wait in jail The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees every American facing trial the right to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one. But across the country, the public defender system is being stretched to the breaking point, and Missouri may…
Politics Apr 10 Trump anger over FBI raids sparks speculation of Mueller firing According to the White House, President Trump believes he has the power to fire Robert Mueller after the FBI raided Trump's personal lawyer based on information from the special counsel's team. It's widely reported that the FBI seized thousands of…
Science Jan 17 Cracking down on poaching with 3D-printed fake turtle eggs One of the world’s most endangered species, the sea turtle, is under threat from human encroachment and poaching. But a conservation biologist has developed a strategy that could help save them. By placing 3D-printed eggs with GPS trackers in nesting…
Politics Nov 03 Why Trump is on the minds of Virginia voters picking a governor President Trump’s involvement in the race has been limited to four tweets, but polling suggests he is casting a very long shadow over how voters relate to the Republican candidate, Ed Gillespie, who's embraced some of Mr. Trump’s signature issues.
Politics May 11 On Comey’s firing, the White House keeps changing its story When and how Trump reached the decision to fire FBI director James Comey is a moving target.
Nation Mar 16 Trump budget seeks to boost defense spending, slash State Department and EPA President Donald Trump is proposing “an America First budget” that would boost spending for defense, border security, law enforcement and school choice, while seeking to eliminate “the most inefficient, most wasteful, most indefensible programs” in the federal government, budget director…
Politics Jan 12 What reporters saw at the Trump news conference The marble-lined lobby of Trump Tower was standing-room only for the main event: President-Elect Trump’s first full blown news conference since July. The pent-up demand to question Mr. Trump was about to be satisfied.
Politics Dec 01 Trump and Clinton campaign managers clashed angrily, compared war stories at Harvard conference It was clear that the three weeks since Election Day have done little to diminish the bitterness and rancor between the Trump and Clinton camps as the top officials of all the major 2016 Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns --…