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3 days ago | 
wusf.org | Lynn Menegon |Peter O'Dowd
A ceasefire brokered between Iran and Israel appears to be holding, even though missiles and accusations were still flying as it took effect Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, President Trump insists that the U.S. attack over the weekend destroyed Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, hitting one underground site — Fordo — with bunker-busting bombs.
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2 weeks ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | James Trout |Lynn Menegon |Peter O'Dowd
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with San Antonio-based fiddle player Belen Escobedo about the old-style barn dance music her grandfather taught her to play. Escobedo says when she plays the old songs nowadays, it makes men cry because they remember how their fathers taught them, too. Lynn Menegon produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Todd Mundt. James Trout mixed it for broadcast. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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2 weeks ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Mark Navin |James Perkins Mastromarino |Peter O'Dowd
After a weekend of protests, Los Angeles police have declared downtown LA unlawful for assembly. Demonstrators took to the streets after immigration agents made a series of workplace arrests around the city. Protestors burned several cars and stopped traffic on U.S. Highway 101On Sunday, President Trump deployed National Guard troops against the wishes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “The reason they’re there is because we have a crisis of Donald Trump’s own making,” said California Democratic Sen.
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2 weeks ago | 
wusf.org | Mark Navin |James Perkins Mastromarino |Peter O'Dowd
After a weekend of protests, Los Angeles police have declared downtown LA unlawful for assembly. Demonstrators took to the streets after immigration agents made a series of workplace arrests around the city. Protestors burned several cars and stopped traffic on U.S. Highway 101On Sunday, President Trump deployed National Guard troops against the wishes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “The reason they’re there is because we have a crisis of Donald Trump’s own making,” said California Democratic Sen.
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1 month ago | 
wusf.org | Peter O'Dowd |Thomas Danielian
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has done a “good job” responding to deadly tornadoes last week that killed 19 people and left hundreds without homes. But Beshear warned that cuts to FEMA and the Trump administration’s move to shift disaster recovery away from the federal government could cripple states’ ability to respond to damaging storms and other natural disasters.
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Peter O'Dowd |Thomas Danielian
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has done a “good job” responding to deadly tornadoes last week that killed 19 people and left hundreds without homes. But Beshear warned that cuts to FEMA and the Trump administration’s move to shift disaster recovery away from the federal government could cripple states’ ability to respond to damaging storms and other natural disasters.
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | James Perkins Mastromarino |Peter O'Dowd
House Republicans are stirring up a longstanding debate over federal public lands. Two GOP members slipped amendments into the Republican tax and spending plan last week that would allow the sale of 460,000 acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah. The federal government owns the majority of the land in both states. The provision’s proponents argue that the sales would raise money for the president’s tax cuts. But lawmakers from both parties are concerned.
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Lynn Menegon |Peter O'Dowd
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, says President Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill doesn’t do enough to reduce the deficit. In an interview with Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd, Johnson criticized the bill for not bringing government spending back to pre-pandemic levels and didn’t answer whether he would commit to voting for it if Trump asked him to compromise. “I will talk to him,” Johnson said. Have you changed your mind on the bill?
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Lynn Menegon |Peter O'Dowd
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says President Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill doesn’t do enough to reduce the deficit. In an interview with Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd, Johnson criticized the bill for not bringing spending back to pre-pandemic levels and didn’t answer whether he would commit to voting for it if Trump asked him to compromise. “I will talk to him,” Johnson said. Have you changed your mind on the bill?
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Peter O'Dowd |Samantha Raphelson
For many of us, making art is not something that we do daily, but drawing, painting, or sculpting with clay can benefit our mental well-being. In other words, making art can help reduce stress and anxiety because “we’re engaging our entire self,” said Nadia Paredes, president of the American Art Therapy Association. “You’re using your body to actually create and then also you are kind of like sometimes expressing your emotions while you’re at it,” she said.
