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Constitution Is Clear In Impeachment Process, Brettschneider Says

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to constitutional expert Corey Brettschneider about a letter from the White House to Congress, stating the administration will not participate in the impeachment inquiry.
News Brief: Impeachment Inquiry, U.S.-Syria Strategy, Illegal Vaping

White House says it won't comply with the impeachment inquiry. ISIS is likely to benefit from U.S. troops leaving northern Syria. Wisconsin family charged with running illegal vaping operation.
- Rachel Martin
Apprehensions At The U.S.-Mexico Border Decline For The 4th Consecutive Month

Administration officials credit a policy of returning asylum-seeking migrants to Mexico and an end to a policy referred to by critics as "catch and release."
- Richard Gonzales
Supreme Court Hears Arguments On LGBTQ Employment Rights Case

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday over whether employers can fire workers for being gay or transgender. At issue is whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act covers these individuals.
- Nina Totenberg
Portland Hotelier Gordon Sondland To Testify In Trump Impeachment Probe

NPR's David Greene talks to Suzanne Stevens of the Portland Business Journal about U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland, who will be deposed as part of the House's impeachment inquiry.
News Brief: Impeachment Inquiry, Syria Policy, Chinese Tech Firms Blacklisted

A new name is connected to the impeachment probe. Two U.S. officials tell NPR that Trump's policy shift on Syria was surprising to many. U.S. blacklists Chinese tech firms over minorities' treatment.
- Rachel Martin
LGBTQ workers in Washington are protected, no matter what SCOTUS rules

Queer Washingtonians have had job and housing protections since 2006
- Paige Browning
Supreme Court Term Opens With Case Involving The Insanity Defense

Monday marks the first day of the new Supreme Court term. The justices heard arguments in a case that examines whether Kansas' lack of an insanity defense is unconstitutional.
- Nina Totenberg
Wife Of U.S. Diplomat Flees U.K. After Fatal Car Crash, Avoiding Police Investigation

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he hopes the woman will return to face justice. The State Department says the immunity given to diplomats and their family members overseas "is rarely waived."
- Laurel Wamsley
Washington chief justice to step down in January because of cancer

The chief justice of the Washington state Supreme Court, Mary Fairhurst, will retire in January as she continues to battle her third bout of colon cancer since 2008. In a statement Thursday afternoon, Fairhurst said: "It is with a clear head and a sad heart that I have made the decision that it is time for me to leave the Court."
- Austin Jenkins

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