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Criminal charges against a chemical company that flooded during Hurricane Harvey are raising two big questions: When is pollution an accident? And when is it a crime?

NPR's Michel Martin reviews the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings into the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh with court watcher David A. Kaplan.

The veteran journalist stands behind the reporting in his new book, Fear, and says that administration officials who have denied quotes attributed to them are acting out of "political necessity."

The transfer of nuclear waste to storage canisters at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern California has been put on hold, after a near accident last month. The plant closed in 2013.

President Trump attended the groundbreaking of a $10 billion factory in Wisconsin Thursday. He's touting the new Foxconn plant as a sign his economic policies are working, but the evidence is mixed.

The Federalist Society is a hugely powerful, nationwide organization of conservative lawyers which will be instrumental in helping President Trump pick the next Supreme Court nominee. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Amanda Hollis-Brusky, author of Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution.

Demand Justice launched this year to oppose President Trump's judicial nominees. Now the group is reaching out to left-leaning activists before hearings begin to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Steve Inskeep talks to R. Michael Gadbaw, a former attorney for the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, about the Trump administration's recent moves concerning tariffs and trade.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with North Korean official Kim Yong Chol in New York Thursday ahead of a possible summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The second failed attempt at passing immigration legislation once again highlights ideological splits inside the GOP ahead of the midterms. The debate has raised questions about GOP confidence in Speaker Paul Ryan's leadership.