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  • Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass reacts to federalized National Guard troops in her city

    Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass reacts to federalized National Guard troops in her city
    Jun 8 2025
    Citing a rarely used law, President Trump bypassed California's governor Gavin Newsom, and ordered two thousand national guard troops to Los Angeles for sixty days.

    It's the first time in 60 years a president has used federal power to deploy national guard troops without the agreement of the state's governor.

    NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass and hears how people in the city are reacting.

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  • Reporting on abuse by federal judges means cracking open a culture of fear

    Reporting on abuse by federal judges means cracking open a culture of fear
    Jun 7 2025
    In March, NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson reported on problems with the way federal courts police sexual harassment and bullying. A culture of secrecy made reporting the story particularly difficult. With few protections, many who alleged mistreatment were afraid to speak out.

    For our weekly Reporter's Notebook series, Johnson takes us inside her investigation – and speaks with Consider This host Scott Detrow about the challenge of using anonymous sources to bring accountability to the courts.

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  • Do private school voucher programs work?

    Do private school voucher programs work?
    Jun 6 2025
    House Republicans' reconciliation bill, which includes a first-of-its-kind national private school voucher program, is now in the hands of the Senate.

    The proposal would use the federal tax code to offer vouchers that students could use to attend private secular or religious schools, even in states where voters have opposed such efforts.

    Debates about voucher programs have raged on throughout the years. But what does the research say? NPR education correspondent Cory Turner unpacks it.

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  • A new travel ban is coming. Will it hold up in court?

    A new travel ban is coming. Will it hold up in court?
    Jun 5 2025
    President Trump has signed a new travel ban. Travelers from 12 countries will be barred from entering the US, and people from an additional seven countries will face partial travel restrictions.

    The proclamation goes into effect June 9 — and fulfills something Trump has long-promised: to bring back the travel ban from his first term.

    But that ban was the subject of many legal challenges. Some legal scholars say President Trump has learned a lot since then.

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  • How New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern broke the political mold

    How New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern broke the political mold
    Jun 4 2025
    Whether it was her history making win in 2017.

    Or the history she made as only the second woman elected to lead a country to give birth while IN office.

    Or her decision to step away from power after leading New Zealand through crisis after crisis.

    Jacinda Ardern could never be described as a TYPICAL politician. But perhaps the most norm-busting feature of her time as Prime Minister was her rejection of the old ways of leadership.

    Now as she reflects on her time as Prime Minister of New Zealand Ardern is emphasizing the need to lead with kindness and empathy.

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  • What's going wrong with aid in Gaza?

    What's going wrong with aid in Gaza?
    Jun 3 2025
    Tuesday morning brought another shooting near a food distribution site in Gaza — the third in as many days.

    This time, more than two dozen people were killed as they tried to collect emergency food aid, according to Gaza health officials and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Israeli military acknowledged firing warning shots at "several suspects" moving toward their position, and fired additional shots at individual suspects who, they said, did not retreat.

    The violence may have something to do with the way Israel is now managing food distribution in Gaza. It's not how aid is typically given out in war zones.

    Avril Benoit, CEO of Doctors Without Borders within the U.S., explains what she sees is wrong with the new aid plan in Gaza.

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  • What's the message behind Trump's military parade?

    What's the message behind Trump's military parade?
    Jun 2 2025
    In the past, most military parades in the U.S. were staged to signal the end of a war and welcome home of those who fought.

    The last major military parade in the nation's capitol was in 1991. It marked the end of the Gulf War.

    The capital has not seen a military parade like the one planned by President Trump for June 14th in decades - a parade estimated to cost $45 million.

    NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with historian Joshua Zeitz. He's a contributing editor for Politico Magazine and has written about where Trump's parade fits into the American tradition.

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  • Three years into his war on Ukraine, what does Putin really want?

    Three years into his war on Ukraine, what does Putin really want?
    Jun 1 2025
    President Trump wants to make a deal with Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Putin says Russia wants to engage in peace talks, but Putin has also been ordering the most widespread and violent aerial attacks on Ukraine in years. This has led Trump to criticize Putin more and more in public — a step that's been rare over the course of Trump's two terms in office.

    Three years into his war on Ukraine, what does Putin really want? It's a question leaders around the world are trying to figure out.

    To learn more, NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Angela Stent, Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University, Senior Fellow at the Brookings institution — a nonpartisan policy organization in Washington DC — and author of the book "Putin's World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest.

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