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Opinion: Lessons from a bad weather forecast
Residents in and around Washington braced themselves for damaging storms earlier this week, but turns out it was a forecast flop. One local meteorolo…
2 months, 1 week ago
What is the current situation on the battlefield in Iran?
The Pentagon is sending two Marine units to the Middle East despite President Trump's denials that he will call for ground troops to fight in Iran.
2 months, 1 week ago
An Iranian-American political science expert talks about Iran's nuclear program
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ariane Tabatabai, the Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about the nature of Iran's nuclear program, and whether it, as Pr…
2 months, 1 week ago
What Colorado is doing about vaccine policy
After RFK Jr. began overhauling the CDC, Colorado has taken vaccine policy into its own hands. It's going to follow the scientific recommendations of…
2 months, 1 week ago
Week in Politics: Trump and the war in Iran; Pentagon funding; Senate debates SAVE Act
President Trumps looks to allies for help with the war in Iran, then says the U.S. doesn't need it. The Pentagon requests 200 billion dollars in addi…
2 months, 1 week ago
Migration policy expert explains the condition of people displaced by the war in Iran
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to World Refugee & Migration Council Chair Ninette Kelley about the condition of people displaced by war in Iran and the imp…
2 months, 1 week ago
What to know about the closure of the Kennedy Center
Scott Simon and former director Deborah Rutter look out over a soon-to-be shuttered Kennedy Center.
2 months, 1 week ago
The latest updates on the Iran war after three weeks
Heavy airstrikes overnight in Tehran as President Trump says he's considering winding down military operations.
2 months, 1 week ago
What's the background of Israel's operation in Lebanon to retrieve Ron Arad's remains?
Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli raid in south Lebanon looking for an Israeli airman captured 40 years ago
2 months, 1 week ago
As the risk of measles grows, why are parents so divided on vaccines?
In South Carolina, some parents embrace vaccines, others opt out. Why do people make such different choices? A mix of politics, distrust and misinfor…
2 months, 2 weeks ago