Yearly Archives: 2018

Afghan President Extends Ceasefire, Despite Suicide Bombing

The attack, claimed by ISIS, disrupted a historic moment when national security forces were celebrating a temporary truce between the Taliban and national security forces. (Image credit: Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)

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Russia, Saudi seek raised OPEC output of 1.5 million bpd

Russia and Saudi Arabia will ask OPEC to hike production by 1.5 million barrels a day in the third quarter of 2018, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday. OPEC and Russia decided together in 2016 to cut their supply in order to push prices up following a crash induced by a global crude production glut. An oil production …

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Jefferson’s Monticello Makes Room For Sally Hemings

As part of a restoration initiative to interweave Monticello’s dynamic history, a new exhibit at Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia estate gives humanity to an enslaved woman who bore six of his children. (Image credit: Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello)

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Barbershop: Border Separations

This week has seen outrage over children being separated from parents at the border, and confusion over congressional immigration proposals. To help sort through all of it, Michel Martin speaks with former INS commissioner Doris Meissner; Annaluisa Padilla, President at the American Immigration Lawyers Association; and Julian Aguilar, immigration reporter Texas Tribune.

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DOJ IG Report: What Happens Next?

Michel Martin talks with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the Justice Department Inspector General’s report on political bias in the department during the 2016 presidential campaign.

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Congressional Role In North Korea Nuclear Talks

Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel about the ongoing negotiations with North Korea, and how recent tariffs on Chinese goods could complicate efforts toward denuclearization.

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