美国国家公共电台 NPR Former Attorney General Says Whitaker Appointment 'Confounds Me'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we'd like to turn to the bombshell that President Trump delivered the day after the election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced out, and his former chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, was in as acting attorney general.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Looming Shutdown Of The Navajo Generating Station Means New Jobs Far From Home

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Navajo leaders are scrambling to find a new owner for the West's largest coal-fired power plant, the Navajo Generating Station. For four decades, both the Hopi and Navajo tribes have relied heavily on jobs provided by the c

美国国家公共电台 NPR What About America Are You Thankful For? Tell Us

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's been a lot of division in our country as of late, with a lot of words thrown around that pull us apart. We wanted to spend a few minutes now thinking about how words do something different - how they bring us together. An

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rural America Faces A Crisis In 'Adequate Housing'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Home prices are skyrocketing in some places that might surprise you, including remote towns in rural America. And the problems facing those places may be especially hard to solve. As part of our series on the new housing crisis, NP

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Year After Charlottesville, Not Much Has Changed For Trump

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A year ago, President Trump's remarks about a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville sparked outrage. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a gro

美国国家公共电台 NPR Omarosa Tells NPR She Heard Trump 'N-Word Tape,' Contradicting Her Own Tell-All Book

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a growing genre of Trump-era books that exist on the line between incredible and unbelievable. The newest entry is Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault-Newman. She went from breakout star of the first season of The Apprentice to s

美国国家公共电台 NPR California Wildfires Set Off Political Fight Over Who Should Pay For Damage

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The wildfires have set off a political debate in California's state capitol. It centers on who should pay when power lines cause fires. Marisa Lagos from member station KQED reports. MARISA LAGOS, BYLINE: A special joint legislativ

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Songwriting Mystery Solved: Math Proves John Lennon Wrote 'In My Life'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You'll see a lot of Lennon-McCartney in the composer credits for Beatles songs. Obviously, they were famous collaborators. But who really took the lead in writing some of that music? (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, IN MY LIFE) THE BEATLES: (La

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Unite The Right' Rally Forced Charlottesville To Rethink Town's Racial History

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Charlottesville, Va., is bracing for the anniversary of the white nationalist rally that shook the city nearly a year ago. It resulted in three deaths. A counterprotester was run over by a car, and two state troopers were killed in

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: Critics Nix Pop Flicks Pick For Oscar Fix

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got panned this week for changes they announced to their annual awards. Critics nix pop flicks pick for Oscar fix. Oscar viewership has declined 39 percent since 2014. Lots of people

美国国家公共电台 NPR Spike Lee Checks Under The Hood In The Blistering 'BlacKkKlansman'

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Spike Lee's new movie BlacKkKlansman is, believe it or not, based on a true story. It's about an African-American police officer who in the 1970s went undercover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan by joining it. Critic Bob Mondello say

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Abortion Activists In Argentina, A Campaign Waged Online Faces A Disconnect

NOEL KING, HOST: All right. In Argentina, the Senate has rejected a bill that would have legalized abortion. If it had passed, Argentina would have become one of a few countries in Latin America where abortion is legal. This came as a big blow for fe

美国国家公共电台 NPR Changes Are Coming To The Oscars

Changes Are Coming To The Oscars ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a new Oscar category today. Starting with the 2019 awards, which will honor movies released this year, there will be a prize for outstanding

美国国家公共电台 NPR New York Congressman Pleads Not Guilty To Insider Trading Charges

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The FBI arrested a New York congressman today on charges related to insider trading. Federal prosecutors say Chris Collins illegally shared inside information about a pharmaceutical company. They say he was trying to help his son a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rick Gates, Battered In Cross-Examination, Ends Testimony In Paul Manafort Trial

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The prosecution's star witness in the case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort got hammered by the other side yesterday. During cross-examination, Rick Gates revealed that he had lied and embezzled from his former

美国国家公共电台 NPR States Question Costs Of Middlemen That Manage Medicaid Drug Benefits

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. We've been reporting on how state Medicaid programs are struggling to keep up with rising prescription drug costs. States spend more than $30 billion a year on medications for the poor and disabled. Now, some states are

美国国家公共电台 NPR NASA Braves The Heat To Get Up Close And Personal With Our Sun

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a lot about the sun that remains a mystery. NASA plans to send a probe into space Saturday that will get closer to the sun than ever before. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports it stands out in another way, too. NELL GREENFI

美国国家公共电台 NPR Meet Ray BLK, Britain's Rising Star

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: And finally today, we'll journey into the soulful world of Rita Ekwere, aka Ray BLK. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, CHILL OUT) RAY BLK: (Singing) Oh, yeah, I told you I was trouble when we first met. But I guess you never got the message. S

美国国家公共电台 NPR What Makes A Human Brain Unique? A Newly Discovered Neuron May Be A Clue

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Scientists have taken one more small step toward understanding what makes the human brain unique. As NPR's Jon Hamilton reports, they've identified a type of brain cell that exists in people but not in rodents. JON HAMILTON, BYLIN

美国国家公共电台 NPR Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump Administration 'Turned Its Back' On Borrowers

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The federal official in charge of protecting student borrowers from predatory lending practices stepped down this morning. In a scathing resignation letter, he says the Trump administration, quote, has turned its back on young peop