Steve Inskeep

2 days ago | wusf.org | Steve Inskeep |Obed Manuel

Updated June 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM EDTAllegations that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza are "insane" and "ridiculous," an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told NPR. Just a day after reports that Israeli military forces killed 27 people near an aid distribution site, Caroline Glick, an Israeli American conservative journalist who serves as international affairs advisor to Israel, said in an interview on Morning Edition that the reports are false.

2 days ago | english.aawsat.com | Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Steve Inskeep |Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich

Israel’s crushing victory in its war against Hezbollah in Lebanon last year is considered one of its military triumphs, ranked alongside the Six-Day War victory in 1967. Meanwhile, its operations against the Houthis in Yemen, so far, have been more theatrical than effective, resembling its 2006 war in Lebanon. This, despite the fact that the armed group has no air defense capabilities or a missile arsenal to strike back.

2 days ago | english.aawsat.com | Steve Inskeep |Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich |Choe Sang-Hun

The story of Chinese Americans really gets going with one of the great early episodes of globalization. The discovery of gold in California in 1848, brought tens of thousands of fortune seekers from around the world, including some from China. What happened next is the sort of history that many schools, states and the Trump administration have lately deemed dangerous and divisive. Chinese people and their descendants helped to build the country while also enduring generations of abuse.

3 days ago | ctpublic.org | Joanna Kakissis |Steve Inskeep

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4 days ago | wusf.org | Steve Inskeep |Claire Murashima

Updated June 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM EDTThe Republican-led U.S. Senate returns from recess today to debate President Trump's "big, beautiful" multi-trillion dollar budget bill. The plan is key to accomplishing the bulk of Trump's domestic policy agenda, which includes new work requirements for Medicaid recipients, increased spending for immigration enforcement, overhauling the student loan system, and ending tax breaks for clean energy.