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Rachel Treisman

Rachel Treisman

Associate Editor/Social Media & Digital Writer, Morning Edition

Rachel Treisman (she/her) is a writer and editor for the Morning Edition live blog, which she helped launch in early 2021.

Treisman has worn many digital hats since arriving at NPR as a National Desk intern in 2019. She's written hundreds of breaking news and feature stories, which are often among NPR's most-read pieces of the day.

She writes multiple stories a day, covering a wide range of topics both global and domestic, including politics, science, health, education, culture and consumer safety. She's also reported for the hourly newscast, curated radio content for the NPR One app, contributed to the daily and coronavirus newsletters, live-blogged 2020 election events and spent the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic tracking every state's restrictions and reopenings.

Treisman previously covered business at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and evaluated the credibility of digital news sites for the startup NewsGuard Technologies, which aims to fight misinformation and promote media literacy. She is a graduate of Yale University, where she studied American history and served as editor in chief of the Yale Daily News.

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Thursday

Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, pictured at a White House briefing last August, spoke to Morning Edition after the House passed its debt ceiling bill. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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'This is a compromise': How the White House is defending the debt ceiling bill

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Wednesday

Thursday

President Joe Biden shakes hands with second gentleman Doug Emhoff during a celebration marking Jewish American Heritage Month last week. The administration has just released a comprehensive strategy for combating antisemitism. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Actors Jeremy Strong (from left), Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin are pictured in an episode of Succession, which ends on Sunday. Claudette Barius/HBO hide caption

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How composer Nicholas Britell created the sound of 'Succession'

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Wednesday

This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the typhoon closing in on Tumon Bay, Guam on Tuesday. Junior Grade Drew Lovullo/AP hide caption

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A typhoon just lashed Guam. What does federal relief look like for a U.S. territory?

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Tuesday

The CPSC commissioned new stock photos showing Americans with disabilities using a variety of home safety devices, including portable generators. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission hide caption

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Monday

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who directed the prosecution of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, is releasing a book about his experience. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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The AG who prosecuted George Floyd's killers has ideas for how to end police violence

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Saturday

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While food prices have risen in many parts of the world, a dramatic jump in one of Italy's staple foods has prompted the government to take action. Matthew Mead/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

An election representative shows a ballot depicting a vote for Kemal Kilicdaroglu at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday. Ali Unal/AP hide caption

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What Turkey's presidential election could mean for the U.S. and Europe

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Monday

Ukraine's Tvorchi performs "Heart of Steel" on stage during the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Liverpool, England. They finished in sixth place, behind Sweden, Finland, Israel, Italy and Norway. Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images hide caption

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A man enters the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on Friday. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What the debt ceiling standoff could mean for your retirement plans

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Friday

Immigrants seeking asylum wait to board a bus to a U.S. Border Patrol processing center, after crossing into Arizona from Mexico, on Thursday in Yuma, Ariz. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Law enforcement officials in the Cleveland, Texas, neighborhood where a man allegedly shot five of his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption

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One way to prevent gun violence? Treat it as a public health issue

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Thursday

Andrii Hutsuliak (L) and Jeffrey Kenny (R) pose for a portrait in Ukraine's Central Kyiv Railway Station on April 28. Alexey Furman/Getty Images hide caption

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This duo rehearsed between air raid alarms. Now they're repping Ukraine at Eurovision

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Tuesday

Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge who was an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, testifies at a Jan. 6 committee hearing in June 2022. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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He followed strict rules as a judge and wants Supreme Court justices to do the same

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Monday

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen leaves a meeting on April 21. She warns that economic chaos will ensue if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling in the coming weeks. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Yellen warns of 'calamity' unless Congress raises the debt limit. What's the holdup?

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Wednesday

Then-President Barack Obama speaks alongside then-Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in June 2016. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jack Lew had a front-row seat to debt ceiling fights under Obama. Here's his advice

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Monday

A mobile billboard showing Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts passes the U.S. Capitol on Friday. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Accountable.US hide caption

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The Senate holds its Supreme Court ethics hearing this week — with no justices

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Friday

President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy walk outside the U.S. Capitol at a Saint Patrick's Day event in March. The two haven't discussed the debt ceiling since February. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Republicans hope McCarthy's bill gives him leverage in debt ceiling standoff

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Michael Schumacher, pictured at a press conference in Brazil in 2006, hasn't spoken publicly since suffering a near-fatal head injury in 2013. Paul Gilham/Getty Images hide caption

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A magazine touted Michael Schumacher's first interview in years. It was actually AI

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Comedian Roy Wood Jr. is the latest Daily Show correspondent to host the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. Aude Guerrucci/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Roy Wood Jr. wants laughs from White House Correspondents' speech — and reparations

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Wednesday

President Biden responded to questions about his age during a press conference at the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday. The president would be 86 by the end of a second term. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Biden says his own age doesn't register with him as he seeks second term

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Michael Jackson performs during the Super Bowl Halftime show in 1993, the year that "Think Twice" picks up his story. George Rose/Getty Images hide caption

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How should we think about Michael Jackson's music? A new podcast explores his legacy

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