The Latest Politics Trump health care plan doesn't help people facing skyrocketing ACA premiums President Trump announced a plan that addresses drug costs and health savings accounts, but not the health insurance premium spikes that millions of Americans are facing. Sam Gringlas Business Verizon just had a big outage. Here's what we know Verizon says a software problem caused the glitch and they are conducting a postmortem, but experts say outages are "a fact of life" these days. John Ruwitch Business After 100 years, a Northwest symbol of Japanese culture returns to Tacoma In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got its start. Plans are in the works to open a new Tacoma store in 2027. Stephen Howie Politics Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act (again). What is it? As protests grow over violent ICE enforcement actions in Minneapolis, the president said he could invoke a centuries-old law that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military in U.S. cities. Juliana Kim Business There's an internet blackout in Iran. How are videos and images getting out? Starlink is illegal in Iran, but people are still using the satellite internet service to get around the government's internet shutdown. John Ruwitch Business How chain restaurants lean into nostalgia Chain restaurants are familiar, comfortable and everywhere. The food is not out-of-this-world, so why do these restaurants stoke such big emotions in us? Law & Courts Inside the cocaine trade As the U.S. government bombs boats it says are trafficking cocaine and claims that Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is a cartel leader, we investigate how the trade really works. Environment California could set strict rules about flammable vegetation after LA fires State officials are considering banning almost all vegetation within five feet of homes in areas at risk of wildfires across the state. World Iran's protests appear increasingly smothered after a deadly crackdown The nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy appear increasingly smothered a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown. The Associated Press Arts & Life Julian Barnes says he's enjoying himself, but that 'Departure(s)' is his last book Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years. Terry Gross Prev 158 of 1644 Next Sponsored
Politics Trump health care plan doesn't help people facing skyrocketing ACA premiums President Trump announced a plan that addresses drug costs and health savings accounts, but not the health insurance premium spikes that millions of Americans are facing. Sam Gringlas
Business Verizon just had a big outage. Here's what we know Verizon says a software problem caused the glitch and they are conducting a postmortem, but experts say outages are "a fact of life" these days. John Ruwitch
Business After 100 years, a Northwest symbol of Japanese culture returns to Tacoma In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got its start. Plans are in the works to open a new Tacoma store in 2027. Stephen Howie
Politics Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act (again). What is it? As protests grow over violent ICE enforcement actions in Minneapolis, the president said he could invoke a centuries-old law that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military in U.S. cities. Juliana Kim
Business There's an internet blackout in Iran. How are videos and images getting out? Starlink is illegal in Iran, but people are still using the satellite internet service to get around the government's internet shutdown. John Ruwitch
Business How chain restaurants lean into nostalgia Chain restaurants are familiar, comfortable and everywhere. The food is not out-of-this-world, so why do these restaurants stoke such big emotions in us?
Law & Courts Inside the cocaine trade As the U.S. government bombs boats it says are trafficking cocaine and claims that Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is a cartel leader, we investigate how the trade really works.
Environment California could set strict rules about flammable vegetation after LA fires State officials are considering banning almost all vegetation within five feet of homes in areas at risk of wildfires across the state.
World Iran's protests appear increasingly smothered after a deadly crackdown The nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy appear increasingly smothered a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown. The Associated Press
Arts & Life Julian Barnes says he's enjoying himself, but that 'Departure(s)' is his last book Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years. Terry Gross