NPR (Danielle Kurtzleben) - Politics
We look at President Trump's mixed messages on the war with Iran, plus the latest on Department of Homeland Security funding, which Congress has frozen over his immigration enforcement policies.
NPR (Ayesha Rascoe) - The effects of the Iran war on environmental and human health, according to an expert
As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.
NPR (Ayesha Rascoe) - The Iran war is impacting the global economy, and Asia is particularly vulnerable
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, about how the war on Iran is effecting the global economy.
NPR (Stephen Fowler) - Democrats who won big in last November's general election are grappling with reality
Some Democrats who were swept into office last November are grappling with the reality of governing. The new leader of Pennsylvania's Lehigh County says urgency is needed.
NPR (Kat McGowan) - She cared for her mother for 14 years. She says she'd do it all over again
Kathy Barnes-Lou cared for her mother for 14 years before her death. She learned that caregiving can bring life's purpose into focus, even as it grinds you down.
NPR (Ayesha Rascoe) - An orthopedic surgeon explains the hand injury that has many MLB players on the bench
Baseball hitters are on a quest for power. But that quest comes at a cost. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas DiLiberti about baseball players suffering hamate injuries.
REDSTATE (Susie Moore) - RedState Weekly Briefing: Trump Forces the Strait, Allies Fold, and Newsom Gets Smoked
NYTIMES (Erica L. Green) - ICE Will Deploy to Airports to Ease Long Lines, Border Czar Confirms
Tom Homan, President Trump’s chief border official, said plans were being drawn up to send immigration and customs agents to U.S. airports.
NPR (Adrian Ma) - How the Iran war is wasting American resources
NPR (Ayesha Rascoe) - The U.S. is a big oil exporter. So why does it import most of the oil it consumes?
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Texas engineering professor Hugh Daigle about why the U.S. imports most of the oil it consumes despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters.