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U.S. foreign aid changed in 2025 – and it was felt around the world
On the night of his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order that froze almost all international assistance.
What followed was the term…
5 months, 1 week ago
Remembering the World War I Christmas truce
In the months after World War I erupted, young men in Europe were killing each other by the tens of thousands. Yet on a frozen Christmas Eve in 1914,…
5 months, 1 week ago
Singer Brenda Lee on her enduring Christmas classic
Singer Brenda Lee reflects on the enduring power of her Christmas classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider …
5 months, 1 week ago
Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future?
2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agen…
5 months, 1 week ago
How the Trump administration stripped legal status from 1.6 million immigrants
The Trump administration has removed over 600,000 people without legal status from the U.S. through deportation this year, according to the Departmen…
5 months, 1 week ago
We use our smartphones for just about everything - why not voting?
Entrepreneur, political strategist and philanthropist Bradley Tusk argues his new online voting tech could revolutionize participation in American el…
5 months, 1 week ago
The U.S. spent billions to rebuild Afghanistan. Was it successful?
A new report from U.S. government watchdog SIGAR gives us the fullest accounting yet of U.S. efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.
In short, they call it "a…
5 months, 1 week ago
The cream of the slop: this year's AI highlights
2025 has proved that artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping online reality and that the “slop” is here to stay.
NPR’s Geoff Brumfiel and Shanno…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Rob Reiner loved America. He thought it could be better
Rob Reiner spent his life trying to fix what he saw as America’s shortcomings. In an interview shortly before his death he explained why he was optim…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
What's Trump's Venezuela endgame?
The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Venezuela and its leader. What is the ultimate goal?
President Trump says he’s imposing a ban on a…
5 months, 2 weeks ago