Scott Simon
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Trump administration makes drastic cuts at CFBD, leaving consumers vulnerable to fraud
It has been a tumultuous week at the country's consumer finance watchdog, as the Trump administration looks to decimate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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A lost hard drive in a landfill holds the key to a British man's crypto fortune
A British man who claims his $700 million worth of Bitcoin is buried in landfill in Wales now says he hopes to buy the site to search for his hard drive, which was dumped more than a decade ago.
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Week in politics: Trump, Putin discuss the war, House and Senate Republicans divided
We look at President Trump's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and why House and Senate Republicans are charting different paths to passing Trump's budget.
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Opinion: Navalny's words of love
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny, who died a year ago Sunday in a Russian prison.
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Saturday Sports: Kansas City Chiefs aim to make history, NBA trade deadline
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, as well as the trade deadline in the NBA.
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Nefesh Mountain discuss their new album 'Beacons'
NPR's Scott Simon talks to husband-and-wife duo Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff from the band, Nefesh Mountain, about their latest album, "Beacons."
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Kenneth Turan discusses his new book tracing the history of MGM Film
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author and film critic Kenneth Turan about his new book, "Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation."
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Former USAID administrator discusses Trump administration's efforts to dismantle it
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Peter McPherson, a former administrator of the US Agency for International Development, about the Trump administration's attempts to dismantle the humanitarian agency.
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are advancing on the capital city of Kinshasa
We'll look at the latest developments in the instability and violence in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed fighters are battling Congolese troops.
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Week in politics: Democrats respond to USAID cuts, federal workers weigh offer to resign
We look at where things stand with the 2 million federal workers weighing the Trump administrations offer to resign; massive cuts at USAID and how the Democrats are responding to these developments.
