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Jenny Lewis Puts Her Emotions 'On The Line': 'It Can Get Ugly Sometimes'

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Music Interviews

Jenny Lewis Puts Her Emotions 'On The Line': 'It Can Get Ugly Sometimes'

Lewis speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the catharsis of making her latest album, On the Line, and grappling with accusations made against her album collaborator, Ryan Adams.

National Security

Mueller Concludes Investigation

by Carrie Johnson

Mueller Concludes Investigation

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Rep. Joaquin Castro On Mueller Report

Rep. Joaquin Castro On Mueller Report

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Opinion: How America's Pastime Became So Slow

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Opinion

Opinion: How America's Pastime Became So Slow

Opinion: How America's Pastime Became So Slow

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Home on the Range Gene Autry

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Spanish Blues Roy Rogers

National Security

Timeline Of The Mueller Investigation

by Tamara Keith

Timeline Of The Mueller Investigation

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Business

Boeing Faces New Regulatory Scrutiny

by Scott Horsley

Boeing Faces New Regulatory Scrutiny

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Environment

Army Corps Of Engineers On Midwest Flooding

Army Corps Of Engineers On Midwest Flooding

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Plains Tycho

Politics

Howard Schultz Travels The Country

by Scott Detrow

Howard Schultz Travels The Country

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Actually Smiling Geotic

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Sugarette [Wax Stag Remix] Bibio

Politics

GOP Consultant Responds To Mueller Report

GOP Consultant Responds To Mueller Report

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'What Doesn't Kill You' Navigates The Challenges Of Existing While Black

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Author Interviews

'What Doesn't Kill You' Navigates The Challenges Of Existing While Black

'What Doesn't Kill You' Navigates The Challenges Of Existing While Black

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Fine Art

What It Means For Art When A Museum Rejects Money From The Sackler Family

What It Means For Art When A Museum Rejects Money From The Sackler Family

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Starting Again Stan Forebee

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Kensington

Politics

What The White House And Lawmakers Are Saying About The Mueller Report

What The White House And Lawmakers Are Saying About The Mueller Report

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The Ongoing Investigations Facing Trump

The Ongoing Investigations Facing Trump

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National

Iowa Farmer On Flooding's Impact

Iowa Farmer On Flooding's Impact

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A Distant Closeness

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The Endless Road

National Security

Journalist Marcy Wheeler On What's Next In Mueller Report Saga

Journalist Marcy Wheeler On What's Next In Mueller Report Saga

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D.C. Residents Respond To Mueller Investigation's Conclusion

D.C. Residents Respond To Mueller Investigation's Conclusion

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National

Miami Residents Go On Hunger Strike To Protest Gun Violence

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Miami Residents Go On Hunger Strike To Protest Gun Violence

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Sports

Saturday Sports: March Madness, Ichiro Suzuki

Saturday Sports: March Madness, Ichiro Suzuki

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Bamana Niya Toubab

Middle East

U.S.-Backed Forces Declare Defeat Of ISIS 'Caliphate'

by Ruth Sherlock

U.S.-Backed Forces Declare Defeat Of ISIS 'Caliphate'

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When The Dust Settles

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Man Ed Sheeran

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National Security

Former Watergate Prosecutor On Mueller Report

Former Watergate Prosecutor On Mueller Report

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Jenny Lewis Puts Her Emotions 'On The Line': 'It Can Get Ugly Sometimes'

Jenny Lewis returns with On The Line, out now. Autumn De Wilde/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Music Interviews

Jenny Lewis Puts Her Emotions 'On The Line': 'It Can Get Ugly Sometimes'

by Scott Simon , Denise Guerra

Jenny Lewis Puts Her Emotions 'On The Line': 'It Can Get Ugly Sometimes'

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Arts & Life

Ahead Of His 100th Birthday, A Reading Of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 'I Am Waiting'

Ahead Of His 100th Birthday, A Reading Of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 'I Am Waiting'

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National

Last U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile Set To Be Destroyed

by Stu Johnson

Last U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile Set To Be Destroyed

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Waking Moons The Polish Ambassador

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Prayer For Rain

Politics

Sen. Chris Coons On The Mueller Report

Sen. Chris Coons On The Mueller Report

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Politics

Rep. Ben Cline On The Mueller Report

Rep. Ben Cline On The Mueller Report

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Politics

Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi Discusses End Of Special Counsel Investigation

Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi Discusses End Of Special Counsel Investigation

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