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Also in this week's roundup: the White House outlined its proposals on the Higher Education Act, and only 7 black students were admitted into one of New York's most selective high schools.

This is not the first time Bill Barr has led the Justice Department. The seasoned D.C. lawyer has expressed expansive views on the powers of the president — and supported past presidential pardons.

Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati faces charges of covering up multiple claims of sexual abuse in Chile's Catholic Church. Pope Francis has named Monsignor Celestino Aos Braco as a temporary replacement.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Virginia Republican about the Russia investigation.

There are lots of legal ways that wealthy students get into America's top schools.

NPR's Scott Simon asks John Remus of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about flooding in the Midwest and managing the Missouri River's flow.

Iowa farmer Don Rief tells NPR's Scott Simon about dealing with Missouri River flood damage.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation, and now Attorney General William Barr will decide how much of it the public will see.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the week in sports.

Damon Young's new memoir is full of pointed, thoughtful, barbed and funny essays about the ways race has affected his life, and the lives of his family — and about his hopes for the next generation.