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Some businesses and employee advocates say they're not getting much help from the federal government to ensure workers' safety from the coronavirus pandemic.

David Greene talks to soybean farmer Michael Petefish, head of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, about how farmers are preparing to take the hit from Chinese tariffs.

Socialism has re-entered the political debate this year. Steve Inskeep talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about socialism.

Democrats force the Senate to delay a vote on John Bolton's nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. A Senate motion to end debate on Bolton failed by a vote of 56-42. Republicans needed 60 votes to move Bolton's nomination to a vote of the full Senate.

Federal civil rights lawyers are investigating more than a dozen departments, from Arizona to New Jersey, asking whether officers are discriminating against minorities or using too much force. "This is not a gotcha exercise," says the head of the Justice Department's civil rights unit. "We're in this to fix the problem."

The so-called Turing Law would automatically issue pardons to thousands of men who had been convicted for having consensual relationships with other men under laws that have since been repealed.

If confirmed, Huntsman would take over a high-profile post amid ongoing probes into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential ties between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.

A new poll from Gallup finds increased dissatisfaction with the nation's abortion laws, mostly among Democrats, who want fewer restrictions.

An unnamed South Korean presidential official tells Reuters that the summit would be held ahead of a proposed meeting with President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un expected in May or June.

The two-week pilot program will put five autonomous semitrucks on the road, making the journey between Phoenix and Dallas.