Willa Rubin

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Willa Rubin

SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.

2 weeks ago | wusf.org | Willa Rubin

President Trump's tariffs are facing challenges in courts. At the heart of those cases is a question about where presidential tariff power comes from. Here's the story of the limits of tariff power. Copyright 2025 NPR

2 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Willa Rubin |Jeff Guo |Jess Jiang |Sam Kesler

When President Trump announced his sweeping new tariffs this year, many trade law experts were startled. Typically, presidents don't have the authority to impose broad tariffs with a snap of their fingers. But Trump's advisors have an unusual new legal theory. They say that as long as there's a national emergency of some kind, Trump may be able to create whatever tariffs he wants. This is a creative interpretation of a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.

4 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Erika Beras |Willa Rubin |Marianne McCune

American universities are where people go to learn and teach. They're also where research and development happens. Over the past eight decades, universities have received billions in federal dollars to help that happen. Those dollars have contributed to innovations like: Drone technology. Inhalable Covid vaccines. Google search code. The Trump administration is cutting or threatening to cut federal funding for research. Federal funding for all kinds of science is at its lowest level in decades.

1 month ago | npr.org | Erika Beras |Marianne McCune |Willa Rubin

Why it's so hard to find a public toilet Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248664709/1269247904" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A T-shirt with a logo for CEPTIA. Michael Gessel/Stephen Froikin hide caption toggle caption Michael Gessel/Stephen Froikin A T-shirt with a logo for CEPTIA.