The Trump administration is suing former national security adviser John Bolton. This is an attempt to stop the publication of Bolton's new book, which is titled The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir. The book is scheduled to come out next...
Today Republicans, led by South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the Senate, unveiled a police reform bill. 今天，由南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆斯科特领导的共和党议员公布了一项警察改革法案，斯科...
When we say in conversation that people had a disagreement and it blew up, that is usually a metaphor. North Korea had a difference with South Korea and literally blew something up. The country destroyed a symbol of cooperation, a joint liaison offic...
President Trump unveiled his version of police reform today. It was an executive order signed in the Rose Garden that he says will encourage police departments around the country to adopt better use of force and de-escalation policies. 特朗普总统今...
President Trump complained yesterday that Germany needs to contribute more to the NATO alliance. 特朗普总统昨天指责称，德国需要为北约联盟做出更多贡献。 (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) （录音档案） PRESIDENT DONALD T...
A Russian court today convicted American Paul Whelan of spying and sentenced him to 16 years in prison. Whelan appeared in a glass cage, a common practice in Russian courtrooms. He held up a sign that read, in part, sham trial and no human rights. Th...
A court in the Philippines has found a prominent journalist guilty of cyber libel. Maria Ressa is the CEO and co-founder of an online news portal called Rappler. And some people say this is blatant intimidation of the media. NPR's Julie McCarthy has...
We begin in Atlanta, where protests erupted last night after police killed a black man outside a fast-food restaurant. The Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was shot was set on fire, and protesters blocked a major interstate nearby. And the city's police...
Congressional Democrats have unveiled a comprehensive attempt at remaking policing in America. 国会民主党人公布了一项改革美国警察的全面计划。 (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) （录音档案） NANCY PELOSI: We cannot settle f...
It's official. The United States is in a recession. That might seem like an obvious statement. After all, unemployment last month topped 13% as economic activity slowed to a crawl across the country. But for people who keep track of such things, it's...
Sweden has remained largely open during this pandemic. The government has relied on residents to voluntarily keep their distance to try to contain the virus. But as Maddy Savage reports from Stockholm, there's growing concern about this strategy. 瑞典...
A majority of Americans feels that President Trump has made race relations worse since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. That's according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll taken this week after demonstrations spread around the countr...
Days after police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis, there was another police killing halfway across the world in Jerusalem. There, Israeli police shot an unarmed Palestinian man. While these shootings have occurred in the past, this one sparked pro...
Iran has released an American citizen and sent him home. Navy veteran Michael White was headed out of Iran towards the U.S. today after nearly two years in Iranian custody. The release came a couple of days after an Iranian was freed from U.S. detent...
When General Jim Mattis resigned from the Trump administration, he argued it would beinappropriate to criticize a sitting president. Well, that has now changed. The formersecretary of defense writes that the president is a threat to the Constitution...
