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Afghanistan: What’s the plan for the economy?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 21, 2017
President Trump will outline his plans for Afghanistan in a national address tonight. The U.S. has poured billions into Afghanistan since 2001. So why is the country’s economy in such bad shape? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Bannon and his backers eye cable TV for Breitbart

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 21, 2017
Steve Bannon, President Trump’s now former chief strategist, is back at Breitbart as the conservative news site’s executive chairman. “I’m leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents,” Bannon told Bloomberg News last week. Bannon played a key role in Trump’s election victory, and now that he’s back at Breitbart, […]
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Charities are canceling their big events at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 21, 2017
What does this means for Trump's businesses?
President Donald Trump walks down the stairs after arriving on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend part of the weekend at Mar-a-Lago resort on February 17, 2017 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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With Steve Bannon out, what’s at stake for Trump’s economic agenda?

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 18, 2017
The former chief strategist joins the list of the administration’s developing tradition of Friday departures.
President Donald Trump and Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Trade Off: Stories of Globalization and Backlash

Is globalization in decline?

by David Brancaccio
Aug 18, 2017
Trade barriers may rise and fall, but it's not a case of extremes, one expert says.
Is our world getting more or less globally connected?
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Are we at economic war with China?

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 17, 2017
Déjà vu all over again? A Trump administration official has called a reporter up and had a very candid, shall we say, colorful conversation, which he maybe did, maybe didn’t think was on the record. This time, the official was White House chief strategist Steve Bannon who said: “We’re at economic war with China.” Bannon said […]
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Do viewers want film and TV to directly confront racism?

by Kai Ryssdal and Emily Henderson
Aug 16, 2017
New York Times culture critic Wesley Morris discusses the way race and culture intersect in the aftermath of Charlottesville.
Hundreds of people gather Sunday for a vigil on the spot where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting against the white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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This is what CEOs from Trump's manufacturing council said before and after he disbanded it (update 5)

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 16, 2017
The president to whom you’re an unofficial adviser does something ... or doesn't. What do you do? Not everyone's answer is the same.
US President Donald Trump speaks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower, August 15, 2017 in New York City. 
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Joining a presidential council gets you access. Quitting it risks public shaming.

by Mitchell Hartman
Aug 15, 2017
Why would CEOs stick with Trump?
President Trump with Merk CEO Kenneth Frazier at the White House in February. Frazier resigned from Trump's American Manufacturing Council on Monday.
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Government science agencies still lack permanent leaders

by Jed Kim
Aug 15, 2017
Of 577 key federal jobs requiring Senate confirmation, only 106 have had nominees put forward by President Trump. That’s according to the count by the Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service. Those vacancies include leadership roles at NASA and NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. With no one at the helm, science-based […]
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