Iran has released an American citizen and sent him home. Navy veteran Michael White was headed out of Iran towards the U.S. today after nearly two years in Iranian custody. The release came a couple of days after an Iranian was freed from U.S. detent...
When General Jim Mattis resigned from the Trump administration, he argued it would beinappropriate to criticize a sitting president. Well, that has now changed. The formersecretary of defense writes that the president is a threat to the Constitution...
Last night, President Trump made a threat. He said if states don't figure out a way to stop unrest, he will send in the military. 昨晚,特朗普总统发出威胁。他表示,如果各州不想办法制止动乱,他将部署军队。 (SOUNDBI...
This is Weekend Edition from NPR News. Im Scott Simon. Protests over the alleged murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis have spread far beyond Minnesota. In Washington, D.C., a tense standoff at the gates of the White House. 这里...
This fight between President Trump and Twitter seems to be escalating. Twitter has flagged a tweet from the president about the protests in Minneapolis as violating its rules against glorifying violence. This morning, one of the commissioners of the...
One hundred thousand that is how many people are now known to have been killed in the U.S. by a virus few had ever heard of just a few months ago. With less than 5% of the world's population, the U.S. accounts for nearly one-third of all known corona...
The U.S. is the undisputed leader in a contest no one wants to win. This country has by far more reported cases of the coronavirus than any other nation in the world. The number now tops 1.6 million people. Second on the list, not a country in Asia w...
It is rare for a world leader to be tried in criminal court while still serving in office, and that's what happened today in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for the opening of his long-awaited corruption trial....
A plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed into a residential neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, a few hours ago. Domestic flights in the country had been grounded because of coronavirus. They were allowed to start back up a week ago. NPR's Diaa Hadi...
The number of Americans who have died from the coronavirus now approaches 100,000. President Trump threatens to override governors who refuse to reopen religious houses of worship and once again contradicts guidance on coronavirus precautions from th...