Kimberly Guilfoyle is the latest Trump family ally chosen for an ambassadorship Kimberly Guilfoyle, who got engaged to Trump's son in 2020, is the latest appointee he's chosen from his family tree. There's a long and controversial history of presidents picking relatives for jobs. Rachel Treisman
Musk and Ramaswamy's DOGE echoes past budget promises that faced big hurdles Vows to shrink the deficit, pay down the debt and run government more like a business have long been a stock element of politics. Candidates for office who have business backgrounds made it a mantra. Ron Elving
This little electric car made history. 25 years ago, GM stopped making it The EV1 was the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker — pioneering some technologies you can still find in today's EVs. But the model was controversial, and short-lived. Jack Mitchell
Target's new Hot Santa ad campaign is a big hit online New advertisements from Target depict Santa Claus as fit and ruggedly handsome. We explore the many faces of Santa Claus with Christmas historian Bruce Forbes. Hosts
A record label is reissuing the 'oldest country record in existence' A small record label is reissuing what it calls the first country record. The music was first released in 1891 on a wax cylinder. And the singer on the album was a Black man from New Orleans. Patrick Jarenwattananon
Biden isn't the first president to pardon a relative. Here's how the power works Biden is now the third president to pardon a relative, after Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Here's a look at the commonplace — yet often controversial — presidential power. Rachel Treisman
Reflecting on Thanksgivings from a 19th century childhood In this story from the archives that first ran on All Things Considered in 1971, an elderly woman from Ohio reflects on Thanksgiving memories from her childhood.
How do you re-create the voice of a 15th century king? Dig up his skeleton When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the general public, but a game-changer for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm. Patrick Wood
The woman who pushed to make Thanksgiving a national holiday When Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, he was thinking about the Civil War. And so was the woman who had lobbied for Thanksgiving for years. Rund Abdelfatah