Lauren Hodges

Lauren Hodges appears in the following:

How The Trump Administration's Transgender Troop Ban Is Affecting One Military Family

Thursday, April 11, 2019

The Trump administration gave transgender service members a deadline to secure a medical diagnosis before the new ban took hold. But military families are struggling with the accelerated timeline.

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GOP Leaders Make Peace With Trump In Favor Of 'Unified Republican Government'

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

After months of criticism, top congressional Republicans were quick to congratulate Donald Trump's win and promised to work together to enact GOP policy priorities.

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In Closing Ads, Trump Goes Dark While Clinton Goes Cozy

Monday, November 07, 2016

Donald Trump's and Hillary Clinton's final appeals to voters display a stark difference in how each candidate ran for president.

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Trump Pushes Health Care, Clinton Scandals Despite His Own Looming Court Dates

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Donald Trump again vows to repeal and replace Obamacare, this time in a policy-laden speech following several days of gleefully endorsing the FBI director's controversial letter to Congress.

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FACT CHECK: Should Mosul Campaign Have Been A 'Sneak Attack,' As Trump Said?

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

In the last days of the presidential election, experts are questioning whether Donald Trump's public stances on defense strategy present him as a qualified commander in chief.

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Did FBI Director James Comey's Email Announcement Break The Law?

Monday, October 31, 2016

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid says FBI Director James Comey violated the Hatch Act — a law barring public officials from influencing elections.

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#NPRreads: Four Great Reads Worth Going Out Of Your Way For

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

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London's Big Ben To Go Silent For Repairs

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Next year, the bell at London's landmark clock will not toll the hours for a few months while repairs are made. It's only the third period of silence in the past 157 years.

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Former Cleveland Browns QB Johnny Manziel Is Indicted On Assault Charge

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

A Dallas County grand jury indicted the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner after an ex-girlfriend accused him of hitting her and rupturing her eardrum earlier this year.

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Editor Of Bangladesh's Only LGBT Magazine Is Hacked To Death

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The killings of gay rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend are the latest in a recent string of grisly attacks in the country.

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U.S. Spy Chief Considers Disclosing Number Of Americans Surveilled Online

Monday, April 25, 2016

National Intelligence Director James Clapper says there are multiple obstacles in calculating just how many U.S. citizens are ensnared in government data-collection programs targeting foreigners.

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Cleveland To Pay $6 Million To Settle Tamir Rice Lawsuit

Monday, April 25, 2016

The city agreed to the settlement Monday in a civil rights suit brought by Tamir's family. The 12-year-old boy was shot and killed by a police officer in November 2014.

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#NPRreads: Two Stories About Mental Health And A Profile Of Pitcher Bronson Arroyo

Friday, October 23, 2015

#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. On Fridays, we highlight some of the best stories.

This week, we bring you four ...

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'Sesame Street' Introduces A New Muppet Character With Autism

Thursday, October 22, 2015

The muppet Julia has not yet made her TV debut, but the wide-eyed little girl with a big smile is the star of her own "digital storybook" called "We're Amazing, 1,2,3."

For over a year now, Sesame Street has been working with organizations such as Autism Speaks and Autism ...

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Attorneys For Jailed Kentucky Clerk Ask For Emergency Release

Monday, September 07, 2015

Attorneys for Rowan County, Ky., clerk Kim Davis have filed an emergency motion with a federal court asking that Davis be immediately released from jail. The motion also reportedly requests that Davis be exempted from issuing marriage licenses.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning found Davis in contempt of court and ...

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Department Of Justice Sued For Fake News Story

Friday, August 28, 2015

The Associated Press has filed a lawsuit against the DOJ related to a 2007 sting operation in which the FBI created a fake AP news story and an agent impersonated a journalist. The FBI was trying to apprehend a teenage suspect in several bomb threats in Washington state.

According ...

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Nation's Only All-Women MBA Program To Close

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Simmons College announced it will close the campus master's degree program in business, the only one of its kind in the nation exclusively for women.

Simmons, a private college in Boston with a women's undergraduate school and a co-ed graduate school, has been operating the brick-and-mortar program for 40 years. ...

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National Portrait Gallery Won't Remove Bust Of Planned Parenthood Founder

Thursday, August 27, 2015

The National Portrait Gallery says it has no plans to heed calls by conservatives and anti-abortion activists to remove a bust of Margaret Sanger from an exhibit on civil rights. Sanger, who died in 1966, was an early supporter and activist for the birth control movement and the founder of ...

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Kentucky Clerk's Office Continues To Refuse Marriage Licenses

Thursday, August 27, 2015

A Kentucky county clerk's office denied a marriage license for a same-sex couple on Thursday, despite a federal appeals court ruling the night before that upheld a judge's order compelling her to issue the licenses.

Citing religious objections, Kim Davis of Rowan County has refused to issue any marriage licenses ...

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'Million Moms March' Walks Washington To Protest Police Violence

Saturday, May 09, 2015

Mothers from around the country gathered in the nation's capital Saturday to protest police brutality in a march from Capitol Hill to the Justice Department.

The Facebook page for the Million Moms March on Washington event is overflowing with posts by mothers who lost their children to violent encounters ...

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