Steve Inskeep

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Explosions reported on key bridge linking annexed Crimea and Russia's mainland

Monday, July 17, 2023

At least two people have died and another was injured after what Russian authorities are calling an "emergency" on a key bridge linking the Russian mainland to annexed Crimea.

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David Wessel discusses the Federal Reserve's next course of action

Monday, July 17, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about the Federal Reserve's next course of action and the prospect of a "soft landing."

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New campaign fundraising numbers have been released for the 2024 presidential race

Monday, July 17, 2023

Campaign fundraising numbers were due this weekend, giving a fresh snapshot of the state of the 2024 presidential race. Here's how the Republicans stack up against each other and President Biden.

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Morning news brief

Monday, July 17, 2023

The latest 2024 presidential race fundraising numbers have been released. Alabama will consider a new congressional voting map. Explosions reported on a bridge linking annexed Crimea and Russia.

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More than 800,000 borrowers will receive federal student loan forgiveness

Friday, July 14, 2023

The debt erasure applies to long-time borrowers who should have qualified for loan forgiveness under the rules of the government's income-driven repayment plans, but haven't received it.

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Trump's former AG Bill Barr says failing to prosecute Trump would be 'unjust'

Friday, July 14, 2023

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump's actions amounted to "flipping the bird at the government" provoking a federal indictment on his own.

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Morning news brief

Friday, July 14, 2023

The Hollywood actors' union votes to strike. Extreme heat chokes Phoenix. The federal government's budget deficit nearly tripled in the first nine months of the fiscal year.

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Guatemala's presidential election gets more complicated as voting heads into runoff

Thursday, July 13, 2023

The country's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.

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Meta's Threads, which is basically a Twitter clone, minimizes news and politics

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Meta's new app Threads aims to be a friendlier alternative to Twitter by deemphasizing news and politics. But for many people, partisan brawls are a big part of Twitter's appeal.

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House panel criticizes FBI Director Wray for alleged politicization of the agency

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Republican members of Congress spent hours at a hearing accusing FBI Director Christopher Wray of targeting conservatives with investigations. Wray denied their allegations.

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Morning news brief

Thursday, July 13, 2023

GOP lawmakers want to amend the defense authorization bill. Guatemala's presidential election faces more chaos. Social media newcomer Threads seeks to downgrade news and politics on its platform.

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Morning news brief

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Israel presses its offensive in the occupied West Bank. Russia says it repelled a drone attack on a Moscow airport. A Chicago suburb remembers victims of a mass shooting at a July Fourth parade.

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Examining a line from the Declaration of Independence: All men are created equal

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal."

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Education Secretary says US to use 'whatever pathway we can' on student loan relief

Monday, July 03, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about how the Biden administration plans to help borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down its student loan forgiveness plan.

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The political implications for last week's Supreme Court rulings

Monday, July 03, 2023

The Supreme Court has delivered significant blows to President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, LGBTQ+ protections and affirmative action. Those rulings are reverberating on the campaign trail.

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Israel stages a large-scale raid on a Palestinian camp in the West Bank

Monday, July 03, 2023

Israel's military says it's launched an extensive counterterrorism effort in the occupied West Bank that's killed at least seven militants in the latest escalation of violence there.

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45,000 police were on French streets and that was enough to calm violent protests

Monday, July 03, 2023

Authorities in France say security measures are starting to calm the violent protests that began after the police killing of a 17-year-old last Tuesday.

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Why Twitter is limiting the number of tweets a user can view

Monday, July 03, 2023

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the social media platform is capping the number of tweets users can view — saying the unusual measure was needed to fight off companies that scrape Twitter for data.

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Morning news brief

Monday, July 03, 2023

How will candidates use Supreme Court rulings to attract voters? French authorities say they're calming protests that began after the police killing of a 17-year-old. Twitter is limiting tweet views.

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Supreme Court rules in favor of web designer who refused work for same-sex weddings

Friday, June 30, 2023

The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."

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