
All Things Considered
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In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.

100 years after evolution went on trial, the Scopes case still reverberates
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history, over the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution.
President Trump's war on higher education
by Elissa Nadworny
The Trump administration is at war with higher education. They've cut more than a billion dollars in research grants.
Supreme Court hands Trump a temporary win on humanitarian program's end
by Nina Totenberg
The Supreme Court handed President Trump a temporary win, permitting the administration to prematurely end a humanitarian program that had granted two-year legal status to half a million people.
They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them
by Rhitu Chatterjee
The team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers who use the data say it's an important tool for understanding behavioral health.
Meet Hannah, the oldest living pigmy hippo in managed care
by Tinbete Ermyas
Hannah Shirley has became the oldest living pigmy hippo in managed care ever in the world. Before her posh life at the Ramona Wildlife Center in San Diego, she was living in a backyard in California.
TACO isn't just a food. It's also shorthand for tariffs' effect on financial markets
by Jeanette Woods
When you think "taco," you probably think tasty treat. But TACO is now acronym for financial market fluctuations due to tariffs: Trump Always Chickens Out.
British health system embraces liquid biopsy cancer testing
by Yuki Noguchi
The National Health Service in England is rolling out blood tests for lung cancer screening.
To vote for the GOP megabill, Wisconsin's Ron Johnson says he wants big spending cuts
The massive bill Republicans are working to pass to enact the core of President Trump's agenda is on its way to the Senate. A group of GOP lawmakers have expressed concerns over the size of spending.
How Trump officials are getting tripped up explaining Jeffrey Epstein's death
by Lisa Hagen
Deputy Director Dan Bongino openly disputed official reports that sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide. But recently he changed his tune.
Trump heads to Pennsylvania to celebrate steel deal
by Franco Ordoñez
President Trump is on his way to Pittsburgh where he plans to celebrate a multi-billion dollar deal between the iconic American company, U.S. Steel, and it's Japanese rival Nippon Steel.