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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort departs federal court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Foreign lobbying in D.C.

Foreign lobbying is a huge industry in Washington. It’s common for Washington D.C. elites to curry favor with lawmakers on behalf of fo ...

Air Date: March 7, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 13:59
In this handout image provided by the South Korean Presidential Blue House, Chung Eui-Yong (left), head of the presidential National Security Office shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during their meeting on Monday in Pyongyang.
(Handout/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

In possible breakthrough, North Korea offers talks on denuclearization

North Korea says it is willing to discuss denuclearize of the Korean peninsula with the United States, a key requirement laid out by the Trump administration.

8 years ago

In this Nov. 2, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on tax policy with House Speaker Paul Ryan and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Congressional Republicans lobby Trump to back down on tariffs

President Trump downplayed congressional GOP concerns. "I don't think you're going to have a trade war"

8 years ago

A Navy fighter jet comes in for a landing on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea. (Anthony Kuhn/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The U.S. positions warships in tense Asia-Pacific waters

The Navy now has two fleets in the Western Pacific, as the United States shifts its priorities away from the Middle East to potential flashpoints in the Asia Pacific.

8 years ago

In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo, a police car drives by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., as students returned to class for the first time since a former student opened fire there with an assault weapon.  (Terry Renna/AP Photo)
Community

Global school security measures vary, but no arming teachers

Here is a look at school security measures at some countries around the world.

8 years ago

Pope Francis is cheered by faithful during an audience with health workers, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (L'Osservatore Romano/ANSA via AP)
Community

Pope declares new feast day devoted to the Virgin Mary

The Vatican published a decree Saturday in which Francis declared that the Mary "Mother of the Church" feast would be celebrated on the Monday following Pentecost.

8 years ago

The State Department has set permanent cuts in personnel at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. Health damage suffered there by Americans is still unexplained. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

State Department makes permanent staffing reductions to embassy in Cuba

The U.S. Embassy in Havana will continue to operate with minimal staff and will become what is known as an unaccompanied post.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Steve Coll on the Afghanistan War and Directorate S

Guest: Steve Coll Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani wants to talk peace with Taliban. He’s offered to forgive their war cri ...

Air Date: March 5, 2018 12:00 am

Listen 49:29
Russian politician Alexander Torshin, standing next to then-Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, attends a ceremony at the Kremlin in 2011. Torshin is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, and says he met Donald Trump through the group in 2015. (Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Depth of Russian politician’s cultivation of NRA ties revealed

A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time.

8 years ago

Owura Kwadwo Hottish illustrates a window of Microsoft Word using colored chalk on a blackboard. He uses it to teach computer skills to students at the Betenase M/A Junior High School in Kumasi, Ghana. (Frimpong Innocent)
NPR
Education

Computer teacher with no computers chalks up clever classroom plan

Could you teach computer class without a computer?

8 years ago

Journalists watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pentagon dismisses Putin’s boasts about new nuclear weapons

The Pentagon dismissed Putin's boasts about developing a new array of nuclear weapons, saying America's missile defense is ready but is not directed at Russia.

8 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Moscow on Thursday. (Alexei Nikolsky/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Putin says Russia has new nuclear weapons that can’t be intercepted

Those weapons include cruise missiles, nuclear-powered underwater drones, and a new hypersonic missile that travels five times the speed of sound.

8 years ago

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani shakes hands with a foreign delegate at the Kabul Process conference in the country's capital Wednesday. During the conference, Ghani called on the Taliban to participate in peace talks with the Afghan government. (Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Afghan president urges Taliban to talk peace, offering political recognition

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani opened an international conference Wednesday in Kabul with a substantial overture to his government's longtime antagonist.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended himself and the Justice Department on Wednesday after more criticism from President Trump. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Fact check: Sessions vows to probe FISA abuse, but Trump’s patience appears thin

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to defend President Trump in the Russia imbroglio, but Trump has slapped Sessions down — again — for work he says isn't good enough.

8 years ago


The tick Haemaphysalis longicornis. (Tadhgh Rainey)
NPR
Science

Asian ticks (mysteriously) turned up on a New Jersey sheep

Investigators found hundreds on the sheep and collected nearly a thousand more from the one-acre paddock.

8 years ago

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