Maine Voters To Use Ranked-Choice Voting
Maine voters will use a different style of ballot when they go to the polls on Tuesday. They'll get to rank their choices in the country's first statewide use of ranked choice voting.
Politics
Documents Shed Light On Decision To Add Census Citizenship Question
Emails and memos show Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross overruled Census Bureau concerns and was urged to exclude noncitizens from census numbers used to reallocate congressional seats.
The Russia Investigations: So Many Pieces Of The Puzzle Are Missing
Two years after important overtures by foreign operatives to the Trump campaign, Russian motives still aren't entirely clear.
Columnist Charles Krauthammer Says He Has Just Weeks To Live
Krauthammer is a columnist for The Washington Post, and commentator on Fox News. He has been fighting an aggressive form of cancer, and says his long fight against the disease "is over."
Viet Thanh Nguyen Says The U.S. Could 'Lose Its Soul' With Migrant Family Separations
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author was separated from his family as a child. He says the Trump administration's policy is "inhumane, it's immoral and the United States is simply doing the wrong thing."
Trump And The G-7 Update
A contentious G-7 and developments in the Mueller investigation have rounded out the political news of the week.
William F. Buckley's 'Firing Line' Returns With Margaret Hoover
Almost 20 years since Firing Line ceased production, Margaret Hoover is stepping in to become the next host of the conservative talk show on PBS. She talks with Scott Simon.
Trump At The G-7
President Trump downplays tensions with allies at the G-7 summit in Canada. The countries are at odds over recent U.S. trade moves.
A Perspective From A Pro-Trump Political Science Professor
Scott Simon speaks to Randall Schweller, a political science professor at Ohio State University. Schweller is unusual in the international relations community for his support of President Trump.
Jeh Johnson On Immigration And Trump
The Trump administration's policy of separating parents from children illegally entering the U.S. has drawn much criticism. Scott Simon talks with former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.