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Trump is slashing the number of refugees. What does that mean?
Every year the President of the United States determines how many refugees can enter this country. The law says he must consult Congress on this numb…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Trump calls alleged smugglers 'unlawful combatants'. That term has a history.
The legal definition of the term 'unlawful combatants' was used to justify detaining people at Guantanamo indefinitely, without ever charging them wi…
7 months ago
Why this episode wouldn't work in print
From recording a snoring elephant to figuring out how to be a mime during an interview, three former print journalists talk about how telling an audi…
7 months ago
Could next week's elections predict the political future?
Voters head to the polls next week in California, Virginia and New Jersey among other states.
Senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson an…
7 months ago
Here's what could happen if Obamacare subsidies aren't extended
It’s a critical week regarding the Affordable Care Act, which is at the center of the government shutdown impasse. “Window shopping" began for some p…
7 months ago
Unpacking The U.S. Economy’s ‘Cockroach’ Problem
When companies need a loan, traditionally they turn to a bank.
But increasingly they’re turning to financial firms that are not really banks, but do h…
7 months ago
Can the global economy handle a world with fewer kids?
Ashley and Nick Evancho say raising their 3-year-old, Sophia, is one of the most joyous things they've ever done. But the Evanchos also made a decisi…
7 months ago
What happens if Antifa is labeled a foreign terrorist organization
In a public roundtable, President Trump asked his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, to apply the designation to Antifa.
NPR's Ryan Lucas reports that i…
7 months ago
Netanyahu's political future and what the 'BibiSitters' want from him
A delegation of high-level US officials were recently sent to Israel to try to hold the fragile Gaza truce together. The Israeli press called them th…
7 months, 1 week ago
Congress is investigating cases of U.S. citizens detained in immigration raids
U.S. citizens have been arrested in the Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. According to ProPublica, at least 170 have been arre…
7 months, 1 week ago