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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: After getting widely criticized for not coming down hard enough on Russia's Vladimir Putin last week, President Trump read a prepared statement after returning from that summit, clarifying that he did indeed believe Russia interf

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ex-White House Stenographer: With No Official Transcript, Trump Can Muddle The Truth

NOEL KING, HOST: As White House stenographer, it was Beck Dorey-Stein's job to write down every word of every interaction the president had with the press. She did the job for five years starting under President Obama. And then President Trump was el

美国国家公共电台 NPR Census Bureau Stops Plans For 2020 Census Advisory Committee

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: NPR has learned about a change in how the Trump administration is preparing for the upcoming 2020 census. Unlike for the national head counts in 2000 and 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau has decided not to create a committee of advis

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fiat Chrysler's New CEO Faces Twin Challenges: China And Tariffs

NOEL KING, HOST: Sergio Marchionne, the former CEO of Fiat Chrysler, has died. He was 66 years old. Marchionne is credited with turning the company around. Here he is talking with NPR's Renee Montagne in 2013. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) SERGIO

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Administration Plans $12 Billion In Farm Aid To Offset Tariffs

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The White House is coming to the aid of farmers hurt by its own hard-line trade policies. The Trump administration says today it will make an estimated $12 billion in government assistance available. That includes direct payments

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tariffs Are Having A Chilling Effect On More U.S. Businesses

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to get another view of how the growing trade fight is affecting American businesses by learning about what's happening inside U.S. meat lockers. Here's NPR's Chris Arnold. CHRIS ARNOLD, BYLINE: If you want to see what

美国国家公共电台 NPR We Go To The 'Source' For Summer Reading Recommendations

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You don't need fiction to escape into a good summer read. Janet Webster Jones knows this. She's the owner of Source Booksellers in Detroit, a store that specializes in nonfiction. It's actually not her first job. JANET WEBSTER JO

美国国家公共电台 NPR Readers See Themselves In The Many Worlds Of Seanan McGuire

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Seanan McGuire published her first book in 2009, and since then, she's written more than two dozen novels across multiple fictional universes, from urban fairy fantasy to zombie horror. And this year, she achieved her lifelong dr

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tennessee Could Be A Bright Spot For Republican Women In 2018

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democratic women are winning primaries this year at record numbers. In the next Congress, the number of Republican women could drop, but in Tennessee, two GOP candidates stand out as they try to make history as the first women ev

美国国家公共电台 NPR Words Matter When Talking About Pain With Your Doctor

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you go to the doctor with a painful problem, you will likely be asked to rate that pain on a scale of zero to 10, with zero meaning no pain at all and 10, the worst pain imaginable. But many doctors and nurses say rating by nu

美国国家公共电台 NPR What It's Like To Be Held Hostage By Somali Pirates For 2 1/2 Years

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Michael Scott Moore is a journalist who traveled to Somalia to write a book about the history of piracy in the Horn of Africa. Things did not go the way he planned. The title of his new book tells you what happened. It's called The

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Blindspotting,' A Cinematic Love Letter To A Changing Oakland

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And, finally today, Oakland, Calif., means different things to different people, but for many, it's the birthplace of groundbreaking art and politics. But Oakland, like many major cities across the country, is changing. That's th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Spring Is Springing Sooner, Throwing Nature's Rhythms Out Of Whack

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The warming climate means some dramatic changes - more floods, intense wildfires, extreme heat, other changes you may not notice as much. As part of our Summer Series, NPR's Nathan Rott reports from the Rocky Mountains where risi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rome's Subway Expansion Reveals Artifacts From The Ancient Past

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: All roads may lead to Rome. But once you get there, have fun taking the subway. The sprawling metropolis is expanding its beleaguered mass transit system, but workers keep running into ancient ruins. As Christopher Livesay found

美国国家公共电台 NPR One Child's Outsized Influence On The Debate Over Plastic Straws

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Impressive statistics can spread quickly. The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, CNN and Time magazine have all reported that Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws every day. The National Pa

美国国家公共电台 NPR T.I. Is Dreaming Big For Atlanta's Future

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: He is a rapper, an actor, a reality show star, an entrepreneur and, in his own words, the King of the South. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, WHAT YOU KNOW) CLIFFORD HARRIS: (Singing) See me in your city, sitting pretty, know I'm shining dog,

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Soon Is Soon Enough To Learn You Have Alzheimer's?

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: An Alzheimer's diagnosis can be so frightening, doctors say, that many people would rather dismiss memory problems than investigate them. As a result, experts think only about half of all cases are actually diagnosed. Recent deve

美国国家公共电台 NPR 4 Years After MH17 Downing, Advocates Urge Continued Attention To AIDS Crisis

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Four years ago, six delegates on their way to the International AIDS Conference died in the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. Delegates and nearly 300 other people were killed hours after their flight

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Milk Production Cools In Summer, Farmers Try To Help Cows Take The Heat

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Climate change disrupts our lives in all kinds of ways, including in the icebox. It turns out, global warming is hurting global milk production. As part of our summer series on heat, Mose Buchele of member station KUT has this. (SO

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Trump's Helsinki Comments, Ohio County GOP Chairman Resigns With 'No Regrets'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump met with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday. That very same day, Chris Gagin, the Republican Party chairman for Belmont County, Ohio, resigned his post. He tweeted (reading) the president is entitled to GOP party