Rachel Martin

Host, Weekend Edition Sunday

Rachel Martin appears in the following:

News Brief: President Trump's Immigration Approach

Monday, June 25, 2018

Trump's ramped up rhetoric occurs as agencies scramble to implement his executive order. The focus on immigration may be diverting resources from addressing Trump's core concerns about drug smuggling.

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A New Wave Of Meth Overloads Communities Struggling With Opioids

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Meth has made a resurgence, and in some communities already stressed by opioid addiction it's doubling the burden on first responders, the criminal justice system and schools.

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Morning News Brief

Monday, June 18, 2018

Opposition to the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the southern border grows. There was a protest Sunday at a facility near El Paso, Texas, where some migrant boys are held.

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serpentwithfeet Crafts His Own Language For Queer Life

Monday, June 18, 2018

Growing up, Josiah Wise says, he was closeted because he didn't have the language to express himself. His new album is intended to put words to his identity that go beyond sex and attraction.

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In Pixar's First Female-Directed Short, A Dumpling Child Fills An Empty Nest

Friday, June 15, 2018

Bao was written and directed by Domee Shi, who started working at Pixar as an intern. It tells the story of a woman who discovers joy — and sorrow — when a steamed bun she makes comes to life.

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Morning News Brief

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a joint document after their summit in Singapore. Trump promised that denuclearization would come "very, very quickly."

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Morning News Brief

Thursday, June 07, 2018

Japan's prime minister meets with President Trump to discuss North Korea. And, the U.S. ambassador to Germany raises eyebrows for his support of the far right.

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In Rural Ohio, An Opioid Crisis Becomes A Meth Crisis

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Vinton County, Ohio was hit hard by the opioid epidemic. But now, as opioids are becoming harder to obtain, more and more users are turning to cheap methamphetamine.

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News Brief: Paul Manafort, 8 Primary Elections

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team accuses President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort of witness tampering. And, it's the biggest primary day of the year.

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Transcript: Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, On Trump-Kim Summit

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Schumer, D-N.Y., and other top Democrats sent a letter to President Trump yesterday, laying out tough demands ahead of Trump's summit with North Korea. He talks about them with NPR's Rachel Martin.

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News Brief: Giuliani Says Trump Has Authority To Pardon Himself

Monday, June 04, 2018

Rudy Giuliani says Trump has no intention of pardoning himself, even though he could. At a G-7 finance ministers meeting, the U.S. was singled out for imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

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Morning News Brief

Friday, June 01, 2018

As the U.S. and North Korea try to make a way toward a June 12 summit, the two rival Koreas again met at their shared border. And, a top North Korean official leads a delegation to Washington Friday.

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Morning News Brief: U.S. Officials Travel To Korean DMZ

Monday, May 28, 2018

The State Department says the delegation was there meeting with North Korean officials preparing for a possible summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

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Harvey Weinstein Surrenders To New York City Police To Face Sexual Assault Charges

Friday, May 25, 2018

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein surrendered to police in New York City Friday in connection with allegations of sexual assault.

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News Brief: Russia Probes, North Korea Summit Canceled

Friday, May 25, 2018

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tells NPR that nothing from a secret briefing changed his mind about the integrity of Russia probes. And, for now, there won't be a U.S.-North Korea summit.

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Trump Cancels U.S.-North Korea Summit

Thursday, May 24, 2018

President Trump has cancelled his proposed meeting with the leader of North Korea. It happened the same morning that North Korea made a very public showing of destroying its nuclear test site.

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Morning News Brief

Thursday, May 24, 2018

As part of the Russia probe, lawmakers will be briefed about an informant working with the FBI — leading up to the presidential election. Diplomats try to work out a June U.S.-North Korea summit.

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Southern Baptist Leader Removed From Post Over Comments On Domestic Abuse

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has been removed from his position. Paige Patterson has faced backlash about how he counseled women who reported marital abuse and rape.

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Blimps Full Of Money And 30 Other Sports Hypotheticals In 'Upon Further Review'

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Mike Pesca's new book imagines 31 counterfactual "what ifs" in sports, from home runs taken off the board to a boycott of the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany.

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Tom Wolfe, Author Of 'Bonfire Of The Vanities,' Dies At 88

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Best-selling author Tom Wolfe, one of the pioneers of what came to be called "the new journalism," died at a hospital in New York.

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