Rachel Martin

Host, Weekend Edition Sunday

Rachel Martin appears in the following:

News brief: Queen Elizabeth's legacy, EU energy challenges, special master appealed

Friday, September 09, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, dies at 96. EU ministers will meet to discuss Russia's energy disruptions. DOJ appeals special master review of documents seized by the FBI.

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News brief: Russian filtration camps, Canadian stabbing case, Michigan abortion law

Thursday, September 08, 2022

The U.N. general assembly prepares to address the war in Ukraine. The second suspect in the Canadian mass stabbings dies in police custody. A judge strikes down Michigan's strict anti-abortion law.

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Mar-A-Lago documents reveal nuclear capabilities of foreign powers

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

Rachel Martin speaks with Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig about the documents seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home that reveal the nuclear capabilities of foreign powers.

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News brief: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, heat wave issues, Brazil's Independence Day

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

The latest on a Russian-controlled nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The Western U.S. bakes under historic heat wave. On Brazil's Independence Day, President Bolsonaro plans to flaunt his military ties.

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A judge grants Trump's special master request to review Mar-a-Lago materials

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

A federal judge ruled in favor of former President Trump on Monday, ordering an independent review of materials seized by the FBI at Trump's Florida home. It's a temporary setback for investigators.

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Liz Truss is Great Britain's new prime minister, replacing Boris Johnson

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Britain's Conservative Party announced that Foreign Minister Liz Truss will serve as the nation's next prime minister. She has a lot of work to do in these troubling political and economic times.

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News brief: special master request granted, Uvalde students, Britain's Liz Truss

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Judge grants Trump's special master request to review search materials. Uvalde students return to school for the first time since May's shooting. Britain's prime minister will be formally appointed.

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A new school year begins. What are your goals for teachers and students?

Monday, August 29, 2022

With a new school year underway, we're wondering what goals you might be setting for yourselves. NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander asks you to write about one of your goals in the form of a poem.

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News brief: Wyoming economic summit, student debt equity, nuclear plant at risk

Friday, August 26, 2022

The Fed chair speaks in Jackson Hole, Wyo. President Biden's student loan plan is designed to help low-income borrowers. Conditions deteriorate at a Ukrainian nuclear plant under Russian control.

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Biden wants to erase some or all federal student loan debt for millions of borrowers

Thursday, August 25, 2022

President Biden announced a sweeping student loan cancellation plan Wednesday. Some are rejoicing over newfound financial freedom, but there are critics on both sides.

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Deadline looms for DOJ to submit a redacted affidavit on FBI's Mar-a-Lago search

Thursday, August 25, 2022

The Justice Department faces a Thursday deadline in federal court in Florida to submit its proposed redactions to the affidavit used to get the warrant for searching ex-President Trump's Florida home.

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What are the longterm implications of the U.S. sending military supplies to Ukraine?

Thursday, August 25, 2022

The Pentagon is ramping up its support of Ukraine in its war against Russia. The Defense Department is sending another $3 billion to Ukraine. That brings total U.S. aid to more than $13 billion.

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News brief: student debt relief, Trump investigation, Ukraine military aid

Thursday, August 25, 2022

President Biden announces a plan to forgive some federal student loan debt. DOJ faces deadline to submit redacted Trump affidavit. The Pentagon ramps up support of Ukraine in its war against Russia.

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News brief: Russia-Ukraine war, Florida governor's race, Breonna Taylor case

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

It's been six months since Russia invaded Ukraine. Florida Democrat Charlie Crist will face GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in November. A former Louisville detective pleads guilty in the Breonna Taylor case.

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Over months, the U.S. and allies delivered weapons and other support to Ukraine

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

The U.S. and NATO are supplying Ukraine with increasingly powerful and sophisticated weapons. Will the West sustain this level of military support as the war grinds on?

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News brief: Florida primary, Ukraine nuclear power plant worker, abortion laws

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Voters in Florida head to the polls Tuesday. Ukrainian workers man a nuclear power plant under the eyes of occupying Russian soldiers. More states are poised to enact abortion trigger bans this week.

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Arkansas officers are suspended after social media video shows a police beating

Monday, August 22, 2022

Three law enforcement officers in Arkansas have been suspended over what appeared to be the beating of a suspect that was caught on video.

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News brief: Primary election are winding down, Imran Kahn, Russia car bomb

Monday, August 22, 2022

Have the primaries given hints about the upcoming midterms? Terrorism charges are filed against Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan. A car bomb near Moscow killed the daughter of a key Putin ally.

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A former Marine details the chaotic exit from Afghanistan — and how we should mark it

Saturday, August 06, 2022

As the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, Marine Corps veteran Elliot Ackerman was frantically rebuilding a network of old allies to help desperate Afghans escape.

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'Love, Me' is a community poem crowdsourced from hundreds of letters

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Morning Edition asked readers to submit poems in the form of letters, addressed to anyone. NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander drew from the more than 600 responses to create a community poem.

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