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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai during a hearing on net neutrality on Feb. 26, 2015.

Federal Regulators Seek To Ease Rules For Internet Providers

The debate over net neutrality is back. That's the principle that internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon shouldn’t block or slow down user access to specific websites, or allow individual sites to pay for faster access to customers.

Federal conflict-of-interest laws require officials like commerce secretary nominee Wilbur Ross (right) to divest holdings, but President Trump is not covered by those requirements.

Ethics Watchdog Has Big Impact On Federal Workers, But Not On Trump

The Office of Government Ethics has been in the spotlight since President Trump ignored its call to divest his businesses. It has no enforcement power, but still has a big impact on federal workers.

(Above) Looking out from the Javits Center in Manhattan, New York City, at the start of Hillary Clinton's election night event. (Bottom left) The crowd reacts as they watch results roll in, and members of the media cover the race (bottom right) as attendees file in.

PHOTOS: The Emotional Arc Of A Political Upset

Trump supporters in New York City were jubilant as results rolled in. Mere miles away, Clinton fans hugged one another and cried.

Ethics Watchdog Has Big Impact On Federal Workers, But Not On Trump

The Office of Government Ethics has been in the spotlight since President Trump ignored its call to divest his businesses. It has no enforcement power, but still has a big impact on federal workers.

James Bounds is a West Virginia miner with black lung disease; it took him 4 1/2 years to get compensation benefits. A provision in Obamacare later made qualifying for those benefits much easier.

Obamacare Repeal Threatens A Health Benefit Popular In Coal Country

The Affordable Care Act made it faster and easier for a coal miner with black lung to get compensation benefits. Many in coal country want that provision retained, even if the larger law is repealed.

Host Su-Mei Yu discusses native foods with Kristine Orosco and Stan Rodriguez at Sycuan, in El Cajon, Calif. Orosco is an indigenous ethnobotanist and Native Kumeyaay from the San Pasqual Band of Indians. Rodriguez is a singer from the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Indians reservation in San Diego County.

SAVOR SAN DIEGO: Season 4: Indigenous Foods

Airs Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

White House chief of staff John Kelly is pictured at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., last month.

Transcript: White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly's Interview With NPR

NPR's Southwest correspondent John Burnett speaks with White House chief of staff John Kelly.

Hillary Clinton campaigns alongside former Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, in August 2016.

Clinton Campaign Had Additional Signed Agreement With DNC In 2015

NPR has learned that Hillary Clinton's campaign had an agreement, separate from one also signed by Bernie Sanders' campaign, providing control over party decisions in exchange for relieving DNC debt.

"Come From Away," which had its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in May 2015, received seven Tony Award nominations including one for artistic director Christopher Ashley.

Two Plays Born At La Jolla Playhouse Garner Tony Nominations

'Come From Away' and 'Indecent' receive multiple nominations

Colored Pencils, Watercolors, Brushes: Art Supplies Add Up

Teachers spend a lot of their own cash on school supplies. But art teachers, with all kinds of special materials, can spend even more.

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