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1766 episodes transcribedWhen John Fetterman won Pennsylvania's senate seat in 2022, Democrats across the country treated him as a hero and an example of a path forward for th...
The FDA is removing the black box warning on estrogen therapy after two decades. Should it?Women who want to use estrogen to treat menopause symptoms...
‘Affordability’ was the word that resonated across America during elections last week, reflecting voters’ demand for elected officials to address the...
Tuesday’s election was the first time voters registered how they’re feeling since President Trump entered the White House.And after Democratic candida...
Nancy Pelosi is arguably the most powerful woman in American history. After her election to Congress in 1987, she accumulated more and more power, eve...
Next year, the Supreme Court will decide whether the President can use a five decade old emergency powers act to shape the U.S. economy.Trump invoked...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a major case about the administration’s use of tariffs. President Trump has long touted the pow...
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 numbe...
The legal definition of the term 'unlawful combatants' was used to justify detaining people at Guantanamo indefinitely, without ever charging them wit...
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 audio...
Voters head to the polls next week in California, Virginia and New Jersey among other states. Senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson and...
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 pe...
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 ha...
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 decisio...
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 it...
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 the...
U.S. citizens have been arrested in the Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. According to ProPublica, at least 170 have been arres...
The FBI arrested multiple people tied to the NBA in a wide-ranging illegal gambling probe. The NBA and other major sports leagues have been deepening...
For many years, the far right has been the most lethal and persistent source of domestic terrorism in the U.S. But the assassination of right-wing inf...
It's getting harder to get away with murder in Philadelphia.Violent crime has fallen sharply -- like it has in many other cities.And Philadelphia poli...
