ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And now a story that brings together a couple of recurring themes about national security under the Trump administration, Russia's meddling in the U.S. election and leaks of sensitive government information. Yesterday, the Justic...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The two candidates running for an open House seat in Georgia held their first debate last night. NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the race that has become the most expensive congressional campaign in American history. BRIAN NAYLOR,...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Last July, the country's attention was focused on Dallas. A peaceful protest against police shootings of black men had turned atrociously violent. A single gunman shot and killed five cops. He injured nine more as well as two pro...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There have been all kinds of societal effects because of the current political climate. Here's one you might not have heard of, though. It's causing celebrities and others to gain weight. Here's NPR's Allison Aubrey. ALLISON AUBR...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Fairly or unfairly, the specter of the Watergate scandal increasingly hangs over the Trump administration. The parallels have been spurred by a drumbeat of events, among them the firing of the FBI director, the apparent attempt t...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A Russian intelligence agency launched a cyberattack last year against a company that helps run American voting systems. That detail appeared today in a top secret National Security Agency document that was posted by the news web...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Republican health care plan the House passed back in May dramatically scales back Medicaid funding. The Senate is wrestling with that issue now, and it's a huge sticking point. So we're taking a look at where Medicaid money a...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Republican health care plan the House passed back in May dramatically scales back Medicaid funding. The Senate is wrestling with that issue now, and it's a huge sticking point. So we're taking a look at where Medicaid money a...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The White House announced a plan today to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system. This is part of the administration's focus this week on the country's aging infrastructure. President Trump says the FAA has been trying to...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: If you turn on a television in East Africa, you'll eventually see something like this. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, YO NO CREO EN LOS HOMBRES) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) You asked for my trust, Daniel (ph). You asked for my...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The arguments over Confederate monuments and their ties to slavery continues almost daily across the South. Confederate memorials in Norfolk and St. Louis were vandalized while the small town of Brandenburg, Ky., welcomed a Confe...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today in Your Health, we're going to look at teen pregnancy because nationwide the rates of teen pregnancy have been on the decline. Reporter Lauren Silverman from member station KERA in Dallas has been looking into this, and she...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to start the program in London where there are reports that a van reportedly drove into pedestrians on London Bridge. Police also say they are responding to incidents at two other locations nearby. NPR's Frank Langfit...
(SOUNDBITE OF POEM, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU, WOULD I HAVE THIS LOOK ON MY FACE?) ALAN ALDA: (Reading) People are dying because we can't communicate in ways that allow us to understand one another. That sounds like an exaggeration, but I don't think it is...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to spend the next few minutes talking movies. If the new Wonder Woman film was part of your plan for the weekend and you are wondering just where she came from, we will tell you in a few minutes. But first to India, w...
