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1914 episodes transcribedThe Strait of Hormuz is one of the global economy’s major arteries. It had been closed to most commercial traffic for about 6 weeks up to today.The re...
Almost a decade after the height of the #MeToo movement, intimacy coordinators are a fixture on film sets. As of this year, the job is now covered by...
Unease is growing in the ranks of the US military.Since President Trump began his second term, his controversial use of the armed forces both at home...
Two entertainment and media powerhouses are likely to become one. So why aren’t the artists happy about it?Backlash against a possible merger between...
Rep. Eric Swalwell, of California, is the latest member of Congress accused of sexual misconduct. How common is a story like this?Host Mary Louise Kel...
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close ally of both President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, conceded defeat in an historic election in Hungary. The...
It took more than 50 years for humans to return to the moon. Will it take another 50 years before NASA can get back?Fifty-four years. That is how long...
As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Middle East, all eyes are turning to Islamabad for high-stakes talks to end the war in Iran. Pakistan has emerged...
The landscape of Montgomery, Alabama is a monument to Civil Rights, but is America losing touch with the lessons of that movement?Montgomery, Alabama...
President Trump is threatening to destroy the nation of Iran if a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is not reached by 8 p.m. ET Tuesday. “A whole ci...
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have stood shoulder to shoulder in their war on Iran — both men have said they want to e...
After a dramatic rescue of a U.S. airman in Iran, President Trump posted a profanity-laden threat to Iran that if it didn't open the Strait of Hormuz...
As the U.S. pulls out of providing billions of dollars of aid for programs globally, NPR's reporters find out what that looks like on the ground - and...
Some of the most memorable speeches in American history have been delivered in wartime, with presidents seeking to unify the country, explain their st...
Attacking civilian infrastructure is a war crime under international law. So when President Trump threatened to attack power plants and potentially al...
The quest to reach the Moon has always been a key part of the American myth.So has the country's embrace of immigrants, and its vision of itself as a...
A series of Trump administration policy decisions – deportations, tariffs, and the Iran war – are ratcheting up the pressure on American farmers. It’s...
Israel’s invasion in Lebanon is rapidly widening and could outlast the war in Iran.People in southern Lebanon are living through a war within a war.Th...
At the heart of the war against Iran is a question about the fate of the Iranian government. Adrian Ma speaks with Ramtin Arablouei, host of the NPR p...
Americans are keeping their driver’s licenses longer than ever and driving well into their old age. But how long is too long? And who decides when to...
