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Investigative reporter with the Los Angeles Daily News, focusing on government accountability
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Michael Reicher
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FROM Michael Reicher
Which Way, L.A.?
A "Public Relations Nightmare" for the Department of Water and Power The Job Training and Joint Safety "institutes" at LA's Department of Water and Power were created by the City Council 14 years ago. Since then, they've received about $4 million a year — with no requirement for public accountability. In fact, nobody seems to know what they do.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
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White House budget proposal slashes and burns President Trump's first budget request is considered dead on arrival in Congress — a familiar development in Capitol Hill. We hear what it reveals about the priorities of the new administration. What's likely to die… and what might survive?
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.