Michel Martin
Stories
-
Morning news brief
As ceasefire talks stall Israel's government weights a full occupation of Gaza, Texas Republicans threaten to arrest Democratic lawmakers unless they return to the State House, why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose.
-
Texas Republicans threaten to arrest Democrats unless they return to the state House
Texas Republicans are threatening to arrest Democrats in the state House unless they return, so the Legislature can work on a plan that could add GOP seats in the Congress.
-
Senator Amy Klobuchar on states suing Trump over tariffs
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), whose state is among those suing the Trump administration for imposing tariffs without Congressional approval.
-
Morning news brief
Will the president's economic policies slow down the economy?, businesses along the U.S.-Mexico border feel the uncertainty of tariffs negotiations, the U.S. envoy to the Middle East met with Israeli hostages' families over the weekend.
-
Humanitarian worker confined to northern Gaza describes starvation there
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Amjad Al Shawa, veteran humanitarian worker confined to northern Gaza, about what starvation looks like there and how his own family is struggling.
-
Morning news brief
Trump visits the Federal Reserve's headquarters, questions about Epstein files follow lawmakers home, as starvation spreads in Gaza, ceasefire talks stall.
-
Trump visits the Federal Reserve's headquarters
President Trump personally inspected renovations of the Federal Reserve's headquarters, part of a pressure campaign on its chair Jerome Powell.
-
Morning news brief
The White House is under pressure to release documents from the the Jeffrey Epstein case, Columbia agrees to pay over $200 million in federal settlement, Trump's new AI policies keep culture war focus on tech companies.
-
A former federal prosecutor on the Epstein federal investigation
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elie Honig, legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, about the details of the federal investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
-
Russia and Ukraine fall short of making progress towards a ceasefire
Russia and Ukraine held a third round of peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday. But despite warnings by President Trump to impose sanctions on Russia, the two sides failed to make any significant progress towards a ceasefire agreement.