KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Before he became president, Donald Trump repeatedly criticized President Obama for his reluctance to use the phrase radical Islamic extremism. One of Obama's key anti-terror programs was called Countering Violent Extremism - no r...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Americans are used to the hurly-burly of political and legal debate. But historically, presidents have been careful not to criticize individual judges or their motives. Of course, President Trump has broken with a lot of institutio...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: In New Orleans, hundreds of families are trying to put their lives back together after a devastating tornado earlier this week. The tornado tore up homes and businesses in New Orleans East, a predominantly black neighborhood that...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The White House says Prime Minister Abe will be the president's guest at Mar-a-Lago this weekend. That word guest helps avoid a possible violation of the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution, which forbids U.S. officials from ta...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump says he would like to cut what he sees as unnecessary federal spending. There have been few concrete proposals, but one of the budget lines reportedly under review, as it has been before, is the National Endowment f...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The music industry owes the swing-era big-band leader Glenn Miller a thank you. It was because of his record label that we award gold records to hit songs. Seventy-five years ago today, Miller's song about a train trip became the...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A writer who's acclaimed as a genius of the short story has written his first novel. It reads like part Our Town, part ghost story, even part Ken Burns. It's a story that gives voice to a child who's died and resonance to the silen...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Amnesty International released a report this week that may make you wonder how much of what we conscientiously report as important news truly is by comparison. The human rights group, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977, s...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Grammy Awards are tomorrow night. Kanye West, Drake and Justin Bieber have all said they're skipping the show, even though they're all nominees. Justin Bieber called the show irrelevant. Frank Ocean didn't even submit his accla...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a hell of a headache for New Year's Eve in 2006. She was 33, and within a day, her world had turned upside down. At least, that's how it truly looked to her. She could hold things in her mind fo...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Earlier today, one of President Trump's top advisers might have violated federal ethics rules. The White House says Kellyanne Conway has been counseled, although there are calls for more. Conway got into trouble during an intervi...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, here's something that will come as no surprise to anyone who drives to work. Maybe you're driving to work right now. Commuting times are just getting longer and longer. The Census Bureau says the average commute takes 2...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When he was running for president, Donald Trump talked about the country's opioid epidemic. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: As I campaign across this country, I hear so many stories and pleas from women...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When he was running for president, Donald Trump talked about the country's opioid epidemic. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: As I campaign across this country, I hear so many stories and pleas from women...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's examine now the contradictory statements the president has made about drug prices. He has said he wants the U.S. government to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare, but he's made other statements that seem opposite to t...
