Steve Inskeep appears in the following:
Talk show host and a former Cincinnati mayor, Jerry Springer, dies at 79
Friday, April 28, 2023
A remembrance of Jerry Springer, who is best known for hosting the hugely popular 1990s confrontational talk show: The Jerry Springer Show.
Morning news brief
Friday, April 28, 2023
White House lays out plans to replace pandemic border restrictions. Donald Trump's lawyer spent Thursday cross-examining E. Jean Carroll. After Tucker Carlson's firing, viewers have deserted Fox.
Morning news brief
Thursday, April 27, 2023
House Republicans pass a partisan bill linking the debt limit to spending cuts. Disney files a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Montana Republicans vote to punish a transgender lawmaker.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to hold meetings with President Biden
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Wednesday's meeting is the first by a Korean leader in 12 years. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-Korea alliance — both see it as vital to addressing tensions in Asia and beyond.
McCarthy to hold a vote soon on plan to increase debt limit while cutting spending
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working to gain support within his own party for his proposal that would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts.
Round 1 of the NBA playoffs features games with intriguing storylines
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
So far there's been drama in nearly every series in the first round of the NBA playoffs: upsets, injuries to key players and older stars are flexing their aging muscles.
Morning news brief
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
President Biden will meet with his South Korean counterpart. House Speaker McCarthy needs to convince his party to support his debt ceiling plan. There's much at stake in the current Sudan conflict.
Morning news brief
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
President Biden is expected to announce Tuesday he's seeking a second term. Jury selection is to start in E. Jean Carroll's rape lawsuit against Donald Trump. Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News.
New NPR poll shows a lower court decision to ban an abortion pill is unpopular
Monday, April 24, 2023
The Supreme Court has left in place, for now, access to an abortion pill. A new NPR study shows the original lower court decision to ban mifepristone, is far out of step with American public opinion.
Morning news brief
Monday, April 24, 2023
Diplomats are leaving embattled Sudan. Jury selection begins Monday in the 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. New NPR poll shows a lower court decision to ban an abortion pill is unpopular.
Hostage envoy says the U.S. can bring home two Americans detained in Russia
Thursday, April 13, 2023
The U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs says he is confident that two Americans detained by Russia can be brought home.
The U.S. intelligence leaks have sparked outrage in South Korea
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggest South Korea is in a bind over U.S. requests to export weapons to Ukraine, less than two weeks ahead of a U.S.-South Korean presidential summit.
Morning news brief
Thursday, April 13, 2023
A federal appeals court has preserved access to the abortion pill mifepristone but under tighter rules. Calls mount for Sen. Feinstein to resign. Brazil's Lula in China to press for peace in Ukraine.
How did the employment picture change in the last month?
Friday, April 07, 2023
There are signs the hot U.S. job market cooled off a bit last month. We'll get a temperature check when the Labor Department reports on job gains for the month of March.
Former Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones says he lost a seat, but voters lost their voice
Friday, April 07, 2023
Jones, one of two Black Democrats expelled from the state House, tells NPR he's keeping his options open and would "most definitely" demand his seat back if local officials reappointed him to it.
These are the job sectors that are hiring and experiencing wage growth
Friday, April 07, 2023
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Arin Dube, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, about how wage growth is breaking down some barriers in the job market.
Morning news brief
Friday, April 07, 2023
Tenn. state lawmakers vote out two Democrats following gun control protests. Pentagon probes leaked documents on war in Ukraine. The White House moves to make broad, transgender sports bans illegal.
Why a liberal and a conservative agree Trump's indictment is unwise
Thursday, April 06, 2023
Two writers on opposite sides of the political spectrum - Mona Charen of The Bulwark and Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine - agree that prosecuting Donald Trump this way is a mistake.
U.S. and Arab countries aim to prevent Israeli-Palestinians tensions from escalating
Thursday, April 06, 2023
For the second night in a row, Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Palestinians there — prompting rocket fire from Gaza. Religious tensions are fueling this violence.
Tennessee lawmakers to vote whether to expel 3 Democrats over gun control protest
Thursday, April 06, 2023
Lawmakers in Tennessee today will decide whether to remove three Democratic House members for chanting alongside protesters demanding gun control in the chamber last week.