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The Onion wants to turn InfoWars into a parody of itself.

Both the state of Maryland and the Justice Department have sued the Water Authority in Washington, D.C.

This is over a mammoth sewage spill in January into the Potomac River.

The lawsuit claims D.C.

water failed to keep sewage pipes in good repair.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.

It's still unclear whether the U.S.

and Iran will hold peace talks soon in Pakistan.

Reporter Duri Buskaran has more from Van, Turkey.

The Senate Banking Committee holds a confirmation hearing today for President Trump's nominee for the next Federal Reserve Board chair, Kevin Warsh.

Democrats are asking how independent he'll be from Trump, who wants to cut interest rates.

NPR's Scott Horsley says Warsh has come around to that point of view.

NPR's Scott Horsley reporting.

But Warsh's nomination could be in trouble.

North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis says he will not support any nominee until President Trump drops a probe into the current Fed chair, Jerome Powell.

The U.S.

Supreme Court will again consider the doctrine of separation between church and state.

The justices will decide a case that tests whether Catholic preschools may be excluded from a publicly funded program if the preschools refuse to enroll the children of gay or transgender parents.

NPR's Nina Totenberg has more.