Ramtin Arablouei

1 week ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Lawrence Wu |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Cristina Kim | +2 more

In March 2025, President Trump issued an executive order invoking a centuries-old law: the Alien Enemies Act. The Act allows a president to detain or deport citizens of foreign adversaries to the United States, but only in the case of a "declared war" or "invasion." Now, the Trump administration and the courts are locked in a battle over whether the president's use of the Act, under which people have already been deported, is legal.

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Devin Katayama |Lawrence Wu | +6 more

Climate disaster, political unrest, random violence: Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls "a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness." But is that actually true — or the way it has to be? Today on the show, what really happens when things fall apart. This episode originally published in 2023.

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Lawrence Wu |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Devin Katayama | +3 more

Get Rich Quick: The American Lottery Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242489340/1268826246" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Want to get rich quick? You're not alone. Right now, Americans spend over $100 billion, yes billion, every year on lottery tickets.

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei

How FDR expanded executive power and shaped the modern presidencyHow FDR expanded executive power and shaped the modern presidency Audio will be available later today. NPR's history show Throughline has the story of the first modern president to really expand executive power.

4 weeks ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Lawrence Wu |Casey Miner |Anya Steinberg |Julie Caine | +2 more

We the People: The Right to Remain Silent Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1241163687/1268492593" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images The Fifth Amendment. You have the right to remain silent when you're being questioned in police custody, thanks to the Fifth's protection against self-incrimination.