Biden is heading to Saudi Arabia for a controversial trip Transcript After two days with Israeli leaders, President Biden heads to the Israeli-occupied West Bank before making the most controversial stop on his Mideast trip Saudi Arabia. STEVE INSKEE...
North Carolina's Green Party says Democrats are working to keep it off 2022 ballot Transcript Ralph Nader in 2000. Jill Stein in 2016. Many Democrats think those Green Party candidates cost Democrats the presidency those years. In North Carolina's hi...
Remembering Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's first wife Transcript In 1976, she met Donald Trump while on a work trip to New York. The couple married in 1977, according to the biography. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Ivana Trump has died. The first wife of Donald...
Biden's second day in Israel; the U.S. economic outlook; what's happening in Sri Lanka Transcript Biden continues a second day of meetings in Irsael. What company earnings can tell us about the economy. And, Sri Lanka sees another day of chaos. RACHE...
Bonus checks! One year free! How states are trying to fix a broken child care system Transcript WASHINGTON, D.C. Child care provider Damaris Mejia is about to get the biggest pay raise of her life, starting this summer: the District of Columbia will...
Experts question the FDA's COVID booster strategy ahead of autumn Transcript COVID vaccine makers are developing new boosters for a fall campaign. But some experts question the FDA's decision to tell companies to make shots against the BA.4/5 subvari...
The U.S. student population is more diverse, but schools are still highly segregated Transcript The U.S. student body is more diverse than ever before. Nevertheless, public schools remain highly segregated along racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines...
Lost beagle returns home with a third prize ribbon in a dog show Transcript Bonnie, a beagle in England got lost and was found by a man driving in a dog show. He picked her up and decided to enter her and she won third place. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Goo...
Saudi Arabian residents prepare for Biden's arrival Transcript Many Saudis in the port city Jeddah are aware of President Biden's criticisms of the Kingdom but they hope his visit there Friday will strengthen ties between the two countries. STEVE INS...
One man recounts his near death COVID story Transcript Randy Shiefer contracted COVID in the spring and was put in a medically induced coma. He describes his experience and brush with death. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We can't know what happens when we die...
Inflation hit a new high last month. Here's how it's changing life in the U.S. Transcript NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with William Spriggs, economist for the AFL-CIO, about inflation, which hit 9.1% for the twelve months ending in June. STEVE INSKEEP,...
Germany rushes to decouple itself from Russian gas Transcript Germany is scrambling to build infrastructure to replace its dependence on Russian gas. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports that time is not on its side. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Germany relies on Russi...
Why visas are a hot topic right now at the International AIDS Conference Transcript Within minutes of the kickoff of the opening session of the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montreal, the emcee actor and activist Omar Sharif Jr. stepped onsta...
A statue honoring Mary McLeod Bethune is unveiled at the U.S. capitol Transcript Educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune makes history as the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, r...
An update on the crisis in Sri Lanka Transcript Sri Lanka spent its first night under curfew, with a government in chaos, and protesters on the streets of the capital Colombo. How will calm be restored? RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to go to Sri L...
