Michel Martin appears in the following:
Morning news brief
Friday, March 22, 2024
Secretary of State Blinken is in Israel on Friday. Truth Social seeks to merge with a little known public company. Some other GOP-led states are taking a note from Texas when it comes to immigration.
Morning news brief
Thursday, March 21, 2024
EPA finalizes strict new limits on tailpipe emissions. Alabama's governor signs ban on DEI funds that restricts divisive concepts in schools. Reddit premieres on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday.
An appeals court puts controversial Texas immigration law on hold
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Hours after a Supreme Court ruling in Texas' favor, a federal appeals court has again blocked a new law allowing the state to arrest and deport migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally.
Morning news brief
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Controversial Texas border law is on hold again. Sentencings begins for six ex-Miss. officers who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men. Trump-endorsed Senate candidate wins Ohio's GOP primary.
2 ex-officers in Mississippi get yearslong sentences for torturing 2 Black men
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The sentencing phase has begun for the six former officers who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men. Two ex-officers were sentenced Tuesday and the four others will be sentenced this week.
Morning news brief
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Famine may already be sweeping through northern Gaza. A report finds standard pregnancy care is dangerously disrupted in Louisiana. Five states hold their presidential primaries Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump's words are under scrutiny once again
Monday, March 18, 2024
During a campaign event in Ohio over the weekend, Trump warns of a "bloodbath" if he loses in November, and said some migrants are "not people."
Nikki Haley announces the suspension of her campaign
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, has officially suspended her presidential bid.
With Trump as presumptive nominee, Biden's reelection campaign has parallels to 2012
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Michel Martin asks 2012 Obama campaign manager Jim Messina about the Democratic Party's 2024 approach and parallels with Mitt Romney's challenge to former President Barack Obama's reelection bid.
Super Tuesday was the biggest test yet to this year's voting systems
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Indications are that things generally went smoothly — good news in a year that has experts worried about the state of democracy.
The health care system is on the brink of disaster because of a cyberattack
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Because one company, Change Healthcare, has been hit with a cyberattack, people across the country are having trouble filling prescriptions, and doctors haven't been able to bill insurance providers.
Morning news brief
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Donald Trump dominates GOP primaries. Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey advance in California's U.S. Senate race. Change Healthcare is hit with a cyberattack and it's causing problems.
Sizing up the results of California's open Senate primary on Super Tuesday
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey advance in the California U.S. Senate race.
Morning news brief
Tuesday, March 05, 2024
Sixteen states and American Samoa hold primary elections. Supreme Court restores Donald Trump to Colorado's primary ballot. U.N. report finds grounds to believe Hamas attacks in Israel included rapes.
July selection to begin in trial for 2nd parent in Michigan school shooting case
Tuesday, March 05, 2024
The trial of the father of a Michigan teenager who shot and killed four of his classmates in 2021 begins Tuesday. James Crumbley faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter.
New satellite is designed to track methane emitted from the oil and gas industry
Tuesday, March 05, 2024
A team of scientists and environmentalists — as well as SpaceX — launched a $90 million satellite into space in order to hunt for planet-heating methane emissions.
Supreme Court unanimously restores Trump to the Colorado primary ballot
Monday, March 04, 2024
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with UCLA law professor and election law expert Rick Hasen about the U.S. Supreme Court restoring Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on the Colorado primary ballot.
Negotiators in Cairo aim to strike a deal for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza
Monday, March 04, 2024
Both Israel and Hamas agree to the basic framework of the deal: a six-week cease-fire, an exchange of some of the Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners and getting more aid to Gaza.
Morning news brief
Monday, March 04, 2024
Another round of talks for a cease-fire in Gaza begins in Cairo. Haiti declares a curfew as it tries to restore order after jailbreaks. France is about to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution.
Trump dominated Michigan's GOP primary. Biden won easily among Democrats
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
For some voters in the state who disapprove of President Biden's handling of Israel's war in Gaza, the primary was about sending a strong message: Change course or lose votes in the general election.