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No 'going back' for Elon Musk after calling for Trump impeachment, says Steve Bannon

6:53am June 06, 2025

by Steve Inskeep

Right-wing podcaster and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says Elon Musk "crossed the Rubicon" by calling for impeachment. He says the president should deal with feud as "national security issue."

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Music & Culture

Biographer On Aretha Franklin's Legacy

Aretha Franklin passed away on Thursday morning. David Ritz wrote her 2014 biography and he talks to NPR's Noel King about the singer's legacy.

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Politics & Government

'Boston Globe' Calls On Papers To Counter Trump's War On The Media

David Greene talks to Marjorie Pritchard, deputy managing editor of The Boston Globe, about the paper's call for a coordinated editorial response to President Trump's attacks on the press.

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'Globe' And Other Newspapers Stand Together: 'Journalists Are Not The Enemy'

by David Folkenflik

Hundreds of papers joined with the Boston Globe today in publishing editorials that express concern with President Trump's approach to the press.

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Faneuil Hall's Ties To Slavery Spark Debate In Boston

by Maggie Penman

Faneuil Hall is visited by millions of tourists every year. But few know its ties to the slave trade. Boston is trying to figure out how to reckon with that history.

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To Cope With Shooting, Parkland Students Use Art, Music Therapy

by Jessica Bakeman

Students in Broward County, Fla., have gone back to school — 6 months after the shooting that left 17 people dead at a Parkland high school. Some students spent the summer trying to heal through art.

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Local Candidates Are The Subject Of Political Tracking, Too

by Lauren Rosenthal

From candidates for Congress to local school boards, surveillance has become a fact of life for campaigns. Trackers are taping candidates on the sly in search of slips that can blow up a race.

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Farmers Swept Up In Trade Wars Remember '80s Grain Embargo

by Frank Morris

Farmers have worked for decades to lock in global customers. One Kansas farmer says U.S. trade wars threaten that, and remind him of the Soviet grain embargo nearly 40 years ago.

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Punishing A Critic? Trump Strips John Brennan Of Security Clearances

Noel King talks to John McLaughlin, acting director of the CIA under President George W. Bush, about President Trump's decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan.

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Lawyer For 2 Catholic Dioceses Weighs In On Pa. Grand Jury Report

Noel King talks to Matt Haverstick, an attorney representing 2 Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania, about the grand jury report on sexual abuse of children by priests in six of the state's dioceses.

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National

Illinois Sues Trump Tower Over River Violations

by Max Greene

The state's attorney general is suing the Trump International Hotel and Tower, which uses water from the Chicago River for its cooling systems. The hotel is accused of violating the Clean Water Act.

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Politics & Government

A Jury Of 6 Men And 6 Women Will Deliberate Manafort's Fate

by Carrie Johnson

Jurors are set to begin deliberations in the trial of Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort after prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered their closing arguments Wednesday.

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Britain's Hot Summer Reveals Ancient Markings In The Land

The markings show the sites of Iron Age settlements, Roman farms — even Neolithic monuments. The markings were revealed because hot weather across the U.K. is drying out fields.

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