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To hand count ballots in counties across Idaho, Secretary of State Phil McGrane anticipates auditors will need to use state plane to travel
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A county clerk in Colorado convicted of interference in the 2020 elections is being released from jail early after President Trump pressured the state's Democratic governor.
Arts & Culture
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Nathan Weinbender reviews two new movies from important international directors: Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25, from Romania, and Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, from Germany. -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Nathan Weinbender, Mary Pat Treuthart and Dan Webster look at the ongoing trend of so-called “legacy sequels,” films that revive cultural properties after years—and sometimes decades—of dormancy. -
Dr. Andrea Olson and Logan Shevalier join host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss their "ecumenical choral concert" Sing to the Lord! at St. John's Cathedral.
Events
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EventsStop by your local Farmers' Market this summer and visit with SPR staff and volunteers at various Farmers' Markets in our region. -
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EventsSpokane Public Radio is a media partner for Spokane Bike Everywhere Month 2026.
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After a large-scale Russian missile strike hit downtown Kyiv, the owners of a coffee shop that opened just hours earlier were already serving coffee again and planning to rebuild.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks likely Democratic nominee Graham Platner how he plans to beat incumbent Republican Susan Collins in Maine's Senate race.
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Over the weekend, President Trump suggested an event celebrating America's 250th birthday should instead be a rally with him as the headliner after many of the artists slated to perform dropped out.
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Los Angeles is home to a huge Iranian diaspora and is slated to host World Cup matches where Iran will play. How is that diaspora feeling about the coming World Cup amidst the U.S. war on Iran?
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Congress returns to Washington with a long to-do list, including disentangling immigration enforcement funding from the President's weaponization fund.
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Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility in New Jersey, has become the most recent flashpoint in Trump's immigration enforcement efforts, as detainees complain about conditions inside the facility.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Cory Booker about protests around an ICE detention facility in his home state of New Jersey and lawmakers' agenda as Congress returns to Washington.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Theo Baker, whose college newspaper investigation brought down Stanford University's president in 2023. Baker's new book on education and power is "How to Rule the World."
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Two recent judicial rulings create more obstacles for President Trump's slated $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Judge John Jones III, who is among 35 former judges who support an inquiry into President Trump's settlement with the IRS.
