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After the Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken a key provision of the landmark civil rights law, both parties began to ...

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We look at where the willingness among Democrats and Republicans is to end the government shutdown, as well as U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean. We're joined now by NPR senior ...

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