AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A Mexican journalist who had sought asylum in the U.S. is now free. Immigration authorities released him last week after he and his son spent nearly eight months in detention. His discharge took his legal team by surprise, and it...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: OK, Apple has become the first private sector company to be worth a trillion dollars. That's after its share price hit an all-time high today. Reporter Ryan Kailath has the story now that he's worked out exactly how many zeroes are...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Cartoonist Thi Bui's graphic memoir is called The Best We Could Do. It tells the story of her family in the years before, during and after the Vietnam War. It was nominated for an Eisner this year, mainstream comics' top award. N...
NOEL KING, HOST: A basic principle of economics is that when demand for something goes up, the cost of it goes up, too. So economists wonder why today's high demand for workers isn't translating into bigger increases in pay. Even Federal Reserve Chai...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on China over trade. The administration today threatened to raise proposed tariffs on Chinese imports from 10 percent to 25 percent. That would turn the ongoing tensions between Washing...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The laws of economics works smoothly except when it comes to cartels. Cartels happen when businesses get together and fix prices. Think OPEC for oil or De Beers for diamonds. Cartels hurt competition, drive up prices. And that's ge...
U.S. Palestinian Aid Cuts Hit Programs Providing Food And Health For Gaza's Poorest RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. government is a major aid donor to the Palestinians, but this year, the Trump administration has withheld millions of dollars even for p...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Facebook gave us fresh evidence today that other countries are still trying to interfere in U.S. politics. It announced that it had shut down several accounts and pages that it says were being used to stoke divisions among American...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Special counsel Robert Mueller was tapped to look into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. At the same time, Mueller was empowered to pursue any possible crimes that might come up in...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There are slightly more than 2 million people who are incarcerated in the U.S. That is nearly equal to the entire population of the city of Houston. Among those prisoners, thousands serve time in solitary confinement, isolated in...
NOEL KING, HOST: Hospice services can offer some peace at the end of life, helping to relieve pain and providing emotional support. But a new government report highlights the ways in which some hospices cheat Medicare and neglect patients. NPR's Ina...
Trump Says 'No Problem' With Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding AILSA CHANG, HOST: President Trump is threatening to shut down the federal government this fall unless Congress approves more funding for his controversial border wall. In a Wh...
