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Aid agencies say the situation in Port-au-Prince has become desperate. Show more The US State Department says it expects a transitional council in Haiti to be appointed within the next 48 hours. Once established it will nominate a new prime minister to succeed Ariel Henry who announced his plans to resign on Monday. His departure…

Hong Kong looks set to pass sweeping additional security legislation decades in the making. Critics say the legislation is too broad and gives even more power to Hong Kong’s government. ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: Hong Kong is moving ahead to pass more national security legislation that it says is needed to stabilize the region. Critics say…

Special counsel Robert Hur testified before a House committee on Biden’s handling of classified documents. ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: For more than four hours today, former special counsel Robert Hur testified before congressional lawmakers. Hur defended his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified information and his decision not to pursue criminal charges. He also pushed…

The Navy is looking at everything from new weapons to software as they wrestle with ways to keep ahead of an extended sea battle in the Middle East. ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: The Navy is scrambling to protect international shipping in the Middle East as U.S. ships counter missiles and drones fired by Houthi rebels. But…

President Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to officially become their parties’ presumptive nominees. Here’s where the race stands. ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: President Biden and former President Donald Trump are expected to hit the magic number of delegates later tonight. That’s thanks to primaries in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state. Hawaii is also…

For most taxpayers, the deadline to file their personal federal tax return is about a month away! Finance expert Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, also known as “The Money Coach,” joins us to discuss how to prepare for tax season and get your finances in order. For the month of March, the Criterion Channel presents a collection called “And…

The comic/actor returns. Now she has a 3-year-old daughter, who she sings to in the voice of her character Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Slate spoke with Terry Gross about finding comedy in her feelings, divorce, and growing up in a haunted house. Her new stand-up special on Amazon Prime Video is Seasoned Professional.…

Jeanna Smialek, reporter covering the Federal Reserve and the economy for The New York Times and the author of Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis (Knopf, 2023), reports on a “massive microgeneration” of people born in 1990 and 1991, arguing they have been in a in lifelong competition for America’s…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says his wife would make an outstanding U.S. senator — and many of the Democratic Party’s power players agree. First Lady Tammy Murphy is still set to get preferential placement on the primary ballots that go before most Democrats, but Rep. Andy Kim is mounting a serious challenge, with a…

Coming up on today’s show: Scott Waldman, White House reporter focused on climate change at Politico’s E&E News, compares President Biden’s record on climate with former President Trump’s, and shares what Trump says he will do, if he is elected, regarding energy and climate change. Michael Lee, incoming president of the Museum of Chinese in…