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New Jersey's state government shut down after state legislators failed to reach an agreement on a budget deal. NPR's Michel Martin talks with New Jersey Public Radio's Karen Rouse about the issue.

Security experts estimate it would cost roughly $400 million to replace voting machines and add paper audits. It's about the same amount the Pentagon spent on military bands last year.

The White House sees the new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico as vindication of the president's hard-nosed negotiating tactics. But the modest benefits may not be worth the cost.

The tit-for-tat trade war is putting pressure on Chinese President Xi Jinping from inside his own country.

With the trade tensions on the rise again, Apple has a lot at stake, with its money-making iPhone assembled completely in China. So far, the tech darling has managed to navigate the dispute unscathed.

In the first of three debates, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz confronted challenger Democrat Beto O'Rourke Friday night in Dallas. They'll face off again Sept. 30 in Houston and Oct. 16 in San Antonio.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been the main story but this past week also saw conflicting reports that the deputy attorney general mused about wearing a wire while talking to Trump.

In addition to documents related to former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, the president has also ordered the DOJ and the FBI to release text messages from key figures in the Russia investigation.

Entertainer Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing got underway Monday in suburban Philadelphia. The 81-year-old comedian faces the possibility of prison time for three counts of aggravated indecent assault.

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby is sentenced to at least three years in state prison after his conviction earlier this year for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.