© 2026
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Scam Advisory: We have been made aware that an online entity is posing as Joe Donahue to invite authors and other creatives onto our radio shows. The scammers then attempt to charge guests an appearance fee for exposure/publicity.
Please note: WAMC does not charge guests to appear on the station and any email about appearing on a WAMC program will come from a wamc.org email address.

The News Roundup - Domestic

WAMU 88.5
Published April 19, 2024 at 8:55 AM EDT
US Senator Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas, holds up a graphic illustrating quality issues with a Boeing 787 planes during a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on "Examining Boeing's Broken Safety Culture: Firsthand Accounts," at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
US Senator Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas, holds up a graphic illustrating quality issues with a Boeing 787 planes during a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on "Examining Boeing's Broken Safety Culture: Firsthand Accounts," at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

As Donald Trump’s trials continue over the course of the spring, Joe Biden is taking advantage of his rival’s absence from the campaign trail. Biden looked to make inroads this week with American steelworkers, promising to triple tariffs on imports of the product from China. The Democrat joined, and then made a rare jab at, Trump’s Truth Social, mocking its cratering stock price.

A Boeing whistleblower made headlines this week, telling the Senate that the aircraft manufacturer is “putting out defective airplanes.”

The University of Southern California found itself in hot water this week after it announced that its Muslim 2024 valedictorian would be barred from speaking at graduation over unspecified security concerns.

We cover the most important stories from around the country in the domestic hour of the News Roundup.

Copyright 2024 WAMU 88.5