The Latest Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Jan 16-19 Your weekly look-ahead at all the events that are worth your weekend time, plus a big batch of events for Martin Luther King Jr Day! Libby Denkmann Health Care Whiplash as addiction and mental health treatment gets cut and restored Less than a day after the Trump administration slashed funding for addiction and mental health programs nationwide, the money was restored. Here's how this whiplash played out in Alabama. Debbie Elliott Uganda holds election day amid internet blackout Uganda votes amid an internet blackout and heavy military deployment as President Yoweri Museveni seeks a seventh term, extending his four-decade grip on power Emmanuel Akinwotu Economy This teenager who wrote a research paper on how AI could impact teen jobs A 17-year-old in California who got curious about the impact of AI on typical teen jobs. She embarked on an ambitious economic research project and shared her findings with us. Wailin Wong Immigration Trump's threat to sanctuary cities highlights struggle over federal and local powers As unrest continues in Minnesota, President Trump is threatening to cut money for sanctuary cities. That's a broad term that covers a battle between cities, states and the federal government. Joel Rose Law & Courts Slotkin describes contact from federal prosecutor after video regarding illegal orders The Justice Department is investigating Congress members after they were in a video telling members of the military they can reject illegal orders. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is one of them. Juana Summers Immigration State Department memo pauses immigrant visas for 75 countries The Trump administration is pausing immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries. Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute breaks down what the changes to immigration policy means. Juana Summers Politics Trump's approach to the Department of Justice The Justice Department is once again at the center of the news, with investigations of federal lawmakers, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, and resignations by career prosecutors in Minnesota. Domenico Montanaro History If an Anne Boleyn portrait is really Elizabeth I, there's a good reason NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tudor historian Owen Emmerson about his theory that the face in a famous portrait of Anne Boleyn is actually that of her daughter, Elizabeth I. Sarah Handel National The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier Problems with the plumbing system on board America's newest aircraft carrier are getting worse. Issues with the toilets on the USS Ford continue even as it continues its deployment to the Caribbean. Steve Walsh Prev 153 of 1643 Next Sponsored
Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Jan 16-19 Your weekly look-ahead at all the events that are worth your weekend time, plus a big batch of events for Martin Luther King Jr Day! Libby Denkmann
Health Care Whiplash as addiction and mental health treatment gets cut and restored Less than a day after the Trump administration slashed funding for addiction and mental health programs nationwide, the money was restored. Here's how this whiplash played out in Alabama. Debbie Elliott
Uganda holds election day amid internet blackout Uganda votes amid an internet blackout and heavy military deployment as President Yoweri Museveni seeks a seventh term, extending his four-decade grip on power Emmanuel Akinwotu
Economy This teenager who wrote a research paper on how AI could impact teen jobs A 17-year-old in California who got curious about the impact of AI on typical teen jobs. She embarked on an ambitious economic research project and shared her findings with us. Wailin Wong
Immigration Trump's threat to sanctuary cities highlights struggle over federal and local powers As unrest continues in Minnesota, President Trump is threatening to cut money for sanctuary cities. That's a broad term that covers a battle between cities, states and the federal government. Joel Rose
Law & Courts Slotkin describes contact from federal prosecutor after video regarding illegal orders The Justice Department is investigating Congress members after they were in a video telling members of the military they can reject illegal orders. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is one of them. Juana Summers
Immigration State Department memo pauses immigrant visas for 75 countries The Trump administration is pausing immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries. Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute breaks down what the changes to immigration policy means. Juana Summers
Politics Trump's approach to the Department of Justice The Justice Department is once again at the center of the news, with investigations of federal lawmakers, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, and resignations by career prosecutors in Minnesota. Domenico Montanaro
History If an Anne Boleyn portrait is really Elizabeth I, there's a good reason NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tudor historian Owen Emmerson about his theory that the face in a famous portrait of Anne Boleyn is actually that of her daughter, Elizabeth I. Sarah Handel
National The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier Problems with the plumbing system on board America's newest aircraft carrier are getting worse. Issues with the toilets on the USS Ford continue even as it continues its deployment to the Caribbean. Steve Walsh