Rachel Martin

Host, Weekend Edition Sunday

Rachel Martin appears in the following:

News brief: Colorado shooting, railroad contract, Thanksgiving meal costs

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Latest on the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting. Unions reject a deal brokered by the White House to keep trains running. How much more will a Thanksgiving meal cost? Depends on who's doing the estimate.

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After 20 years, examining the mixed legacy of the Department of Homeland Security

Monday, November 21, 2022

Two decades after Congress authorized the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, there's growing concern about whether DHS is doing enough to combat domestic violent extremism.

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News brief: Colorado Springs shooting, climate summit ends, World Cup begins

Monday, November 21, 2022

Police investigate motive in Colorado LGBTQ club shooting. COP27 closes with one deal to help developing countries but fails to reach one on limiting emissions. Team USA seeks redemption in World Cup.

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Barbra Streisand remembers the first time she 'felt the warmth of a spotlight'

Friday, November 18, 2022

Recorded in 1962, the newly remastered Live at the Bon Soir was meant to be Streisand's debut album, despite the singer's aversion to public performance.

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In a major blow to Putin, Russia says it has fully withdrawn from Kherson

Friday, November 11, 2022

The Russian Defense Ministry says it has completed its withdrawal from the strategically important city of Kherson in southern Ukraine.

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Cryptocurrency exchange FTX files for bankruptcy

Friday, November 11, 2022

One of the world's largest crypto exchanges has filed for bankruptcy. Facing a liquidity crunch, FTX stopped withdrawals, and one of its rivals declined to step in to help.

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Study: Mindfulness-based stress reduction works as well as a popular anxiety drug

Friday, November 11, 2022

A medical study aimed to find out whether meditation is as effective as an antidepressant medication commonly prescribed for generalized anxiety disorder. The findings were published this week.

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How Democrats' outreach to Black voters impacted the election

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Quentin James, president of The Collective, joins NPR to discuss whether Democrats heeded a warning to engage earlier with voters of color.

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Republican secretary of state who stood up to Trump wins reelection in Georgia

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about election lies and the state of voting in Georgia.

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Ahead of Midterms, the White House insisted Biden's programs were popular

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Control of congress is undetermined but we do know that the overwhelming victories that the GOP predicted did not happen, despite historic trends that usually give the party out of power huge wins.

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Going into the election, the GOP controlled about two-thirds of state legislatures

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

In Michigan, Democrats flipped the state house. Minnesota is another place where a state chamber flipped: the senate switched from Red to Blue.

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Arizona has not yet completed its vote counts for the Midterm races

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

The closely contested gubernatorial race and the contest for the U.S. Senate are still undecided.

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Several governors-elect will make history in their states when they take office

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Democrat Maura Healey will be Massachusetts' first female governor and the country's first openly lesbian governor. Arkansas elected ex-Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to become governor.

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With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, the race in Nevada is too close to call

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Republican Adam Laxalt has a razor thin lead over incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez-Masto. In the House, one race has been called for the GOP. Three Democrats are favored to hold onto their seats

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Some statewide races attracted national attention

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Some of the races really became national-level causes — with people from out of state donating and volunteering.

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Early voting in Georgia shattered previous records

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Votes from several states are still coming in — control of the U.S. House and Senate is up in the air. Georgia is one of the states we're waiting on. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won reelection.

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Meta is notifying thousands of workers that their positions have been eliminated

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, is laying off thousands of employees. The cuts are the first major workforce reduction there since the company was founded 18 years ago.

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How the hot-button issues of abortion and inflation played out in Midterm elections

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Heading into the midterm elections, abortion rights and the economy were very important issues to voters.

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The battleground state of Pennsylvania had closely watched Midterm races

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

In the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania, Democrat John Fetterman beat Trump-backed Dr. Oz. In the race for governor, Attorney General Josh Shapiro beat Trump-backed state Sen. Doug Mastriano.

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Some Trump-backed candidates didn't do as well as the GOP thought they would

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Former President Donald Trump was able to help a lot of candidates win primary elections. But when it came to the general election, they didn't beat the Democratic candidates.

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