Todd Zwillich

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie’s new novel centers on a billionaire real estate mogul who has ‘Trumpy echoes’

Salman Rushdie stretched the bounds of realism and fantasy in “The Satanic Verses,” but in his latest novel, he’s doing the opposite.

Salman Rushdie’s new novel centers on a billionaire real estate mogul who has ‘Trumpy echoes’
Border wall construction

How Trump's border wall demands could lead to a government shutdown

How Trump's border wall demands could lead to a government shutdown
Paul Ryan

More than a few conservatives are pushing back against House Republicans' new health care bill

More than a few conservatives are pushing back against House Republicans' new health care bill
Trump

A couple of answers in our #100Days100Qs to President Donald Trump

A couple of answers in our #100Days100Qs to President Donald Trump
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

In a break with Trump, GOP Senate leader calls for Congressional investigation into Russia's influence on US elections

In a break with Trump, GOP Senate leader calls for Congressional investigation into Russia's influence on US elections
A 3-D printed Facebook logo

All this fake news is rotting our brains

Fake news has been the hot topic in the wake of the most recent election. PRI's Todd Zwillich reflects on his own encounter with a consumer of fake news..

All this fake news is rotting our brains
Bernie Sanders holds up his notes

Bernie Sanders influences the Democratic Party platform — with some limits

The Vermont senator successfully moved Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party to the left. But when it comes to the party's official platform, it was only a partial victory for Team Sanders.

Bernie Sanders influences the Democratic Party platform — with some limits
US Senator Chris Murphy, center, and Senator Richard Blumenthal, right

Congress shows signs of movement on limited gun restrictions

Proposals in the US House and Senate would enable the government to prohibit people on terrorist watch-lists from buying guns — and they'd also allow for universal background checks.

Congress shows signs of movement on limited gun restrictions
A watch from Fonderie 47.

How old guns are turned into beautiful new jewelry

An innovative company is trying to recycle old guns into designer watches — and they're having some success.

How old guns are turned into beautiful new jewelry
A memorial outside the Stonwall Inn.

From Stonewall, love toward Orlando

A vigil outside an iconic place in America's gay rights movement had extraordinary resonance — and the shiver of history.

From Stonewall, love toward Orlando
Democratic US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders writes on his notes as his rival Hillary Clinton walks behind him

Six reasons Bernie Sanders won Wyoming, but still tied in the delegate race

Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton by about 12 points in the weekend's Wyoming presidential caucuses — and yet they each walked away with seven delegates.

Six reasons Bernie Sanders won Wyoming, but still tied in the delegate race
What's the media's role in Donald Trump's rise?

How did journalists miss the stirrings of the Trump phenomenon? Have they enabled his rise?

How did journalists miss the first stirrings of the Trump phenomenon? Also, asks The Takeaway's Todd Zwillich, have journalists enabled his rise by refusing to call his actions what they are?

How did journalists miss the stirrings of the Trump phenomenon? Have they enabled his rise?
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Why are researchers missing signs of autism in girls?

Boys are supposedly four times more likely to have the condition, but clinicians often miss or overlook symptoms in girls, who are frequently on the less disabling end of the spectrum.

Why are researchers missing signs of autism in girls?
President Barack Obama meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington March 10, 2016.

Justin Trudeau's visit warms up the US' chilly relationship with Canada

Trudeau’s stateside trip is the first official visit by a Canadian leader in almost 20 years. Why have these next-door neighbors spent so many years apart?

Justin Trudeau's visit warms up the US' chilly relationship with Canada
Donald Trump

Why the GOP has practically no way out of its current mess

Takeaway political correspondent Todd Zwillich looks at the current state of the Republican Party and how it can fix things. Short answer: It has few options.

Why the GOP has practically no way out of its current mess