Protesters Interrupt Confirmation Hearing For Sen. Sessions As Attorney General
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The first of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees is getting a hearing this morning. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was one of...
View ArticleSenate Takes First Step To Repeal Obamacare — So What's Next?
At about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Republicans moved one step closer to repealing a law they have railed against since the moment it was passed nearly seven years ago. By a final vote of 51-48, the Senate...
View ArticleTrump Made His Supreme Court Pick. Now What? 5 Steps To Confirmation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hUYlh2MTDs President Trump has made his pick to fill the ninth seat on the Supreme Court. So now what? Trump's pick of Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the seat vacated by...
View ArticleIn Divided Senate, Maine's Susan Collins Emerges As Critical Voice
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The success of President Trump's agenda will also depend on how unified Republicans are in the Senate. That's why all eyes are on Republican...
View ArticleThe Power Center: How A Moderate Wields Big Influence In A Polarized Senate
Susan Collins has broken both of her ankles. She broke her left one when she was running in high heels to the Senate chamber because she so desperately refused to miss a vote. The Maine Republican has...
View ArticleThe Mastermind Behind The International Irish Pub
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Wherever you go in the world, the Irish pub looks the same - dark wood, smoky mirrors. Some of that is Irish immigrants wanting to recreate...
View ArticleOpioids As The New Big Tobacco
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some state attorneys general have been filing lawsuits against the biggest companies in the opioid market. They are suing drug companies over...
View ArticleFamiliar-Looking Numbers Are The Latest Twist In Robocalls
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's something that may sound annoyingly familiar. Your cell phone rings, and the number that flashes across the screen has the same area...
View ArticleAfter Hurricane Katrina, Many People Found New Strength
Long after the floodwaters recede and the debris is cleared, the mental health impacts of disasters like hurricanes can linger. Psychologist Jean Rhodes of the University of Massachusetts-Boston has...
View ArticleSame-Sex Spouses Turn To Adoption To Protect Parental Rights
Meredith and Martha Holley-Miers live in a brick row house in Washington, D.C. with their two kids and a big rainbow flag in front. The couple has been legally married for seven years — and together...
View ArticleRenewed Calls For Patriotism Over Politics When Drawing District Lines
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Next week the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether state lawmakers in Wisconsin went too far in preserving their political power. The case could be the first time the...
View ArticleChinese Dissident Finds Struggles, Independence In America After Immigrating
The Flushing neighborhood of New York's Queens borough is home to the largest population of Chinese immigrants in any city outside Asia. Zhuang Liehong is one of those immigrants. He arrived in 2014...
View ArticleRunner Tells Herself 'Just Show Up For One More Mile' — And Wins The Boston...
Desiree Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon since 1985 — finishing 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 54 seconds on Monday. The 34-year-old two-time Olympian lives in...
View ArticleBasketball, Marijuana And Poetry: These Police Tweet More Than Crime Alerts
Friday is April 20, a day that some people celebrate by smoking marijuana. The Police Department in Lawrence, Kan., is preparing for this week's pot holiday by sending safety tips via their official...
View Article'He Wants To Be Remembered': Tiny Desk Contestant Finds His Voice While...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv6FHEmbhY A couple of years ago, Bernie Dalton was a strong, physically fit, 40-something-year-old surfer. Every morning, he would get up at 4 A.M. to watch the...
View ArticleIn 'The New Face Of America,' Journalist Alex Wagner Saw Herself
In 1993, Alex Wagner saw a familiar face on the cover of Time magazine: It was a computer-generated picture of a multiethnic woman who reminded her of ... herself. Wagner's father is white and from the...
View Article'Insane': America's 3 Largest Psychiatric Facilities Are Jails
In jails and prisons across the United States, mental illness is prevalent and psychiatric disorders often worsen because inmates don't get the treatment they need, says journalist Alisa Roth. In her...
View ArticleEx-CIA Director On National Security, Post-Truth 'Assault On Intelligence'
President Trump has a heaping plate of foreign policy background to consume in May, which will see a possible summit with the leader of North Korea, a deadline to decide on restoring Iranian sanctions,...
View Article'Women Are Not One Thing': The 2018 Turning The Tables List Shines With...
Last year, NPR Music picked the 150 greatest albums made by women for the first year of the Turning The Tables series, an ongoing project dedicated to recasting the popular music canon in more...
View ArticleCamille Thurman Is A Rare Jazz Double Threat
In the world of jazz, most musicians choose one single thing and get as good as humanly possible at it, but not Camille Thurman . She's known as a double threat: The rare jazz musician who has mastered...
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