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International

White House Senior adviser Jared Kushner attends a bilateral meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & Policy

Senate Judiciary presses Kushner in Russia investigation

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee are saying President Donald Trump's son-in-law hasn't been fully forthcoming.

8 years ago

Associated Press
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The Syrian civil war continues

Guests: Kareem Shaheen, Wendy Pearlman While no longer on the front pages of American newspapers, Syrian civil wa ...

Air Date: November 14, 2017

Listen 49:18
Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey are leading efforts to block the firing of special prosecutor Robert Mueller
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Booker, Coons lead bipartisan efforts to block Trump from firing special counsel

U.S. Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Chris Coons of Delaware are behind two bipartisan bills seeking to block President Trump from firing special counsel Robert Mueller.

8 years ago

Listen 4:35
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump in Asia

Guests: Simon Denyer, Jacques deLisle President Trump is making his longest foreign trip as president to East Asi ...

Air Date: November 3, 2017

Listen 49:17
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown in the Kremlin in Moscow (AP)
Politics & Policy

Russia hackers pursued Putin foes, not just US Democrats

It wasn't just Hillary Clinton's emails they went after, according to a previously unpublished digital hit list obtained by The Associated Press.

8 years ago

Dick Polman and Yevgenia Albats (UPenn Kelly Writers House)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Life in Russia, under the heel of Trump's hero

If you're wondering what life is really like in Russia, meet Yevgenia Albats, a Moscow-based journalist.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Pa. Ballot Question / Conservative media / Foreign lobbying

Guests: Ryan Briggs, Callum Borchers,  Theodoric Meyer        We begin today’s show discussing the ball ...

Air Date: November 2, 2017

Listen 49:16
From left, Google's Law Enforcement and Information Security Director Richard Salgado, Twitter's Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, and Facebook's General Counsel Colin Stretch, appear together during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, on more signs from tech companies of Russian election activity. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Facing up to ‘national security challenge of the 21st century’

Leading up to the 2016 election, “agents of a hostile foreign power” involved in “sophisticated misinformation campaigns” targeted Americans through social media.

8 years ago

Listen 4:26
Radio Times
Community

MacArthur Fellow on prejudice, bullying and ethnic conflict

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Air Date: November 1, 2017

Listen 49:13
Department of Homeland Security personnel deliver supplies to Santa Ana community residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico.
Politics & Policy

Delaware senators express concern over ongoing power restoration in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Tom Carper and Chris Coons joined 33 other senators in sending a letter to FEMA and USACE demanding an expedited and more coordinated power restoration effort.

8 years ago

Kim Jong Un
Politics & Policy

U.S. turning to Moscow for help with isolating North Korea

"Russia could play a useful diplomatic role."

8 years ago

A trio of small coffee cups, similar to espresso, a barrista works two spoons and froth
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Costa Rica banks on low-carbon coffee

The low-carbon coffee that Costa Rica is pushing is part of an overall plan by the country to become the first carbon neutral nation.

8 years ago

Politics & Policy

Chinese power over North Korea? It's more myth than reality

The reality, however, is that the complicated, often exasperating, relationship is less about friendship or political bonds than a deep and mutually uneasy dependency.

8 years ago

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe sits in a chair, sunglasses and a smile, wearing a colorful yellow, red, and green jacket
Politics & Policy

Shock as Zimbabwe's Mugabe named WHO 'goodwill ambassador'

The 93-year-old Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state, has long been criticized at home for going overseas for medical treatment as Zimbabwe's economy falls apart.

8 years ago

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright of Lyons, Ga., late Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Wright, 29, of Lyons, Ga., was one of four U.S. troops and four Niger forces killed in an ambush by dozens of Islamic extremists on a joint patrol of American and Niger Force.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The Niger ambush: Imagine if Hillary behaved like Trump

Imagine if Hillary Clinton were president, and she'd gone two weeks without saying a single word about the deadliest combat mission of her young tenure.

8 years ago

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