美国国家公共电台 NPR No More Neverland: A Senator's Guide To Raising American Adults

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse shares something in common with President Trump. Both are serving in elected office for the very first time, but the similarities pretty much end there. Before his election in 2014, Sasse was a federal h

美国国家公共电台 NPR Don't Screen For Thyroid Cancer, Task Force Says

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Screening healthy people to look for thyroid cancer does more harm than good. That's the word from doctors on a federal health advisory committee. NPR's Richard Harris has the story. RICHARD HARRIS, BYLINE: More and more people a

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Hampshire State Lawmaker Accused Of Online Misogyny Faces Expulsion

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In the live-free-or-die state of New Hampshire, the state Legislature is wrestling with how much free speech may be too much for its members. This is all because of revelations that one lawmaker is the founder of The Red Pill for

美国国家公共电台 NPR Michael Parks, TV And Movie Character Actor, Dies At 77

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The character actor Michael Parks has died at 77. He appeared in TV shows and in movies for decades and was known for his roles in Twin Peaks and also Kill Bill. NPR arts correspondent Mandalit del Barco reports on just how far h

美国国家公共电台 NPR Don't Be Fooled: 'Generation Wealth' Is More About Wanting Than Having

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Plastic, surgery, private jets, toddlers in designer clothes, magnums of champagne served by costumed fairies who fly through the air - looking through the 500-page book Generation Wealth, you see all of that. It's a new collecti

美国国家公共电台 NPR DeVos Commencement Speech Draws Protests

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today, the secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, is giving the commencement address at Bethune-Cookman University. It's a small, private, Christian historically black college in Daytona Beach. This invitation has sparked an outcry,

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fact-Checking Republicans' Defense Of The GOP Health Bill

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Many House Republicans are back in their districts this week after voting for a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. A few are holding town hall meetings. And in some cases, those town halls are loud. (SOUNDBITE

美国国家公共电台 NPR ABC Announces Plan To Revive 'American Idol'

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: It seems like it was only yesterday that my friends here on the show said goodbye to American Idol. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: Fifteen years of bad tryouts. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, AMERICAN IDOL) UNIDEN

美国国家公共电台 NPR At Town Hall Meeting, Republican Lawmakers Get An Earful Over Health Care

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So a moderate House Republican from upstate New York is the latest lawmaker to be heckled at a town hall meeting. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik was one of a handful of last-minute yes votes on the House bill to repeal and replace m

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sinclair Broadcast Group Has Deal To Buy Tribune Media's TV Stations

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Sinclair Broadcast Group is based in Maryland. This is a conservative company that owns more local TV stations than any other company in the country. And Sinclair is about to get bigger with a $3.9 billion deal with Tribune Media.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kushner Family Business Pitch In China Prompts Questions About Investor Visas

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Anybody in business can tell you that connections matter. And if you want a connection to the president of the United States, what better way than through his family? Jared Kushner is the president's son-in-law and close adviser.

美国国家公共电台 NPR GOP Health Bill Leaves Many 'Pre-Existing Condition' Protections Up To States

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Right now under the Affordable Care Act, people with pre-existing conditions have a lot of protections. But the House bill passed last week leaves a lot of those provisions up to state politics. Bram Sable-Smith of member station

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Budget Would Eliminate A Key Funder Of Research On Coastal Pollution

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: For millions of Americans, what they flush down the toilet goes into a septic tank. Septic tanks are convenient, but sometimes they pollute our waterways. Scientists are trying to track down that pollution with help from a federa

美国国家公共电台 NPR Affordable Housing Program Costs More, Shelters Fewer

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There's a lot of money to be made in affordable housing. Banks and developers are making millions of dollars by building housing for the poor under a federal incentive program. And at the same time, each year, fewer poor people a

美国国家公共电台 NPR What's Next? Sixth Season Of 'Veep' Probes Post-Presidential Life

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won six Emmys for lead actress in a comedy. That is more than any other female actor. Five of those Emmys were for her work on the HBO show she stars in, Veep. She plays a woman named Selina Meyer, a woman

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Draft Horses Are Helping Upgrade Cell Towers In Wisconsin

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Companies that provide cell phone service race one another to offer the most reliable signals in order to retain customers. Sometimes to do that, they turn to a surprising option to get the job done. (SOUNDBITE OF HORSE NEIGHING)

美国国家公共电台 NPR President Trump Gets A Head Start On Shaping The Federal Courts

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: President Trump is moving quickly to put his nominees in the federal courts. Today the president nominated five people to serve on federal appeals courts and five more to serve on lower courts. There's an unusually large number o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Travel Ban Returned To Court, With President's Words At The Center

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of President Trump's top priorities will get a test in court today. A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., will hear arguments about the legality of the president's revised travel ban. The White House says restricting visi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fresh Food By Prescription: This Health Care Firm Is Trimming Costs — And Waistlines

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And when we go to the doctor, often we leave with a prescription for medicine. But with the skyrocketing costs of treating lifestyle diseases, like Type 2 diabetes, some health care providers are rethinking how they use that presc

美国国家公共电台 NPR Have The 'Miserable' Airlines Finally Reached A Tipping Point?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now a legal dispute over the death penalty in Florida that's turned into a political standoff. The Florida Supreme Court must decide whether Governor Rick Scott has the authority to remove cases from a state attorney who refuses