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Hurricane Harvey and the upcoming budget battle

Hosted by Warren Olney Aug. 31, 2017 National

The best laid plans of Republicans and Democrats are likely to go astray when Congress returns on Tuesday. Damages from Tropical Storm Harvey will be political as well as financial and the impacts will last until the mid-term elections in November of next year.

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Blasts at Harvey-flooded chemical plant near Houston

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Heavy weather from the Gulf Coast to Washington, DC

The worst rainstorm in American history will still be racking up billions in damages when Congress gets back from its summer recess on Tuesday. With less than a month left...

33 min, 41 sec

Kremlin influence and a widening Russia investigation

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Credits

Host:
Warren Olney

Producers:
Luke Vander Ploeg, Katie Cooper, Sáša Woodruff, Devan Schwartz

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