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Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired by Trump, says the president's actions undermine the rule of law and threaten to destroy the independence of the Justice Department.

The U.S. attorney general calls out Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf after filing a lawsuit against California over its sanctuary state laws. During a speech in Sacramento, Jeff Sessions targeted The Town, specifically. Today, how Oakland became a defender against the Trump administration’s recent immigration operations in the Bay Area. Guest: Robert Gammon, news editor and … Continue reading How DARE You →

An emotionally exhausting week calls for music that helps you to unwind and just breathe.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli, talks to Robert Siegel from Belgrade about today's meeting between Yugoslav president Vojislav Kostunica and Carla del Ponte, chief prosecutor of the Hague war crimes tribunal. The session broke off abruptly, and neither Kostunica nor del Ponte made a public statement afterwards. Del Ponte was expected to press Kostunica to extradite former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and other former officials to the Hague, for trial on a range of war crimes.

Al Gore's contest of the Florida election results has failed its first test. After two marathon courtroom sessions over the weekend at the Leon County Circuit Court, Judge N. Sanders Sauls ruled against the Gore request for a hand count of thousands of disputed ballots from Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. We hear excerpts of Saul's ruling and NPR's Andy Bowers in Tallahassee talks with Robert Siegel.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that the House has finally finished its pre-election business. After passing an Everglades restoration bill, House members now join their Senate counterparts in leaving Washington to go home and campaign. They now have just a handful of days to reacquaint themselves with voters, who will decide on Tuesday whether to continue GOP control of both chambers. Congress returns to finish up its business in a rare post-election session on November 14.

Tom Terrell reviews a CD of funk collaborations between Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby, The Original Jam Sessions: 1969, and a companion CD called The New Mixes Volume One. He says while the 1969 tracks were fairly ordinary, the remixes are full of musical surprises.

Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee grill chief justice nominee John Roberts about his views on issues from cloning to discrimination. The morning session completed nearly 20 hours of testimony from Roberts over four days.

In this session, Pavement percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Bob Nastanovich talks about the band's enduring legacy and discovery by younger fans.

In a state like Texas, as many as 10,000 bills are introduced in the Legislature every session, but only a fraction of those eventually become law, and there are many ways a bill can meet its maker.