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Jul 31, 2026
President Trump says he's willing to hold his nomination of Attorney General Todd Blanche until January, when he says he'll have an easier political calculation in the Senate.
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Jul 31, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks former Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake what the GOP standoff over Todd Blanche's nomination suggests about the president's hold over his party in Congress.
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Jul 31, 2026
The Justice Department is turning to a never-before-used court to try to deport a woman accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State.
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Jul 31, 2026
DOMi & JD Beck have been playing music together since they were teenagers. Now in their 20s and out with their second album, NPR's A Martinez asks them if they feel like mature musicians.
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Jul 31, 2026
President Trump announced that a deal has been reached to disarm Hamas and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza. But questions remain about which action will come first.
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Jul 31, 2026
Family and friends remember 28-year-old Sergeant Angel Rampersad, who was killed at an air base in Jordan and is being laid to rest this week.
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Jul 31, 2026
European soccer teams voted to boycott the World Cup over a controversial FIFA investment plan. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Roger Bennett of the soccer podcast "Men in Blazers."
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Jul 31, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Punchbowl News tech reporter Diego Munhoz about President Trump's request for AI companies to share models with the government before their public release.
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Jul 31, 2026
Thirty beluga whales are being transferred out of Marineland, a shuttered aquarium in Canada.
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Jul 31, 2026
President Trump announced on social media what he called an historic agreement to disarm Hamas, but a senior Hamas official told NPR they will only disarm if Israel leaves Gaza first.
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Jul 31, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the White House's announcement about a deal to disarm Hamas.
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Jul 31, 2026
Brazil's president is accusing the U.S. of trying to interfere in his country's elections — a claim Washington strongly denies.
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Jul 30, 2026
The U.S. military says it launched a "heavy wave of strikes" on Iran after an Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Jordan.
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Jul 30, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin asks former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia Michael Ratney why Saudi Arabia is entering the war in the Gulf.
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Jul 30, 2026
Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general is up in the air after concerns from two Republicans on the committee that must advance his nomination.
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Jul 30, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin asks U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., for his takeaways from Wednesday's confrontational Senate committee hearing with former top U.S. health official Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Jul 30, 2026
A new rule for asylum applications adds to the bevy of changes under the Trump administration to the core program for those fleeing persecution in their home countries.
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Jul 30, 2026
Javier Bardem discusses taking on the iconic role of Max Cady in Apple TV's Cape Fear, the joy of playing villains, and continuing to speak out for Palestinian rights.
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Jul 30, 2026
Actor Javier Bardem has won praise for his cerebral take on the manipulative bad guy with vengeance on his mind in Apple TV's "Cape Fear." NPR's Leila Fadel asks Bardem about his process.
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Jul 30, 2026
The West Bank is buckling as Israeli settlers step up their attacks on Palestinians and the Israeli army sets up even more checkpoints.
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Jul 30, 2026
In President Trump's first term, he negotiated the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The decision by the White House to let it lapse now threatens the Texas economy.
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Jul 30, 2026
Not everyone has access to a public pool. But a rural school district in California just pulled together funding for a new aquatic center so kids can learn to swim.
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Jul 29, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a "good meeting" with President Donald Trump Tuesday, as the country seeks to make more weapons in its fight against Russia.
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Jul 29, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor about what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy obtained from his visit to Washington.
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Jul 29, 2026
The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton to oversee the intelligence community, despite Democrats' concerns that he could politicize intelligence at President Trump's direction.
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Jul 29, 2026
At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Anthony Fauci is likely to face questions from Sen. Rand Paul related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what you need to know
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Jul 29, 2026
The bankruptcy rate has risen about 48% between 2022 and 2025, although it's still below pre-pandemic levels.
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Jul 29, 2026
At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Anthony Fauci is likely to face questions from Sen. Rand Paul related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what you need to know
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Jul 29, 2026
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday. Fed policymakers say they remain committed to curbing stubborn inflation.
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Jul 29, 2026
Working-class voters have moved away from the Democratic Party. Winning them back is key to the party's future, a new reports shows. But first, the messaging has to change.
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Jul 29, 2026
Policymakers at the Federal Reserve are meeting to discuss interest rates Wednesday. They're expected to hold rates steady, but there's a chance they could raise rates to combat stubborn inflation.
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Jul 29, 2026
At least 13 people were killed after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan Tuesday. Rescuers are searching collapsed buildings for survivors.
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Jul 29, 2026
"What is beyond reality?" asks artist Refik Anadol. His latest projects include Dataland, an immersive AI art museum in Los Angeles, and an installation at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
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Jul 29, 2026
Policymakers at the Federal Reserve are meeting to discuss interest rates Wednesday. They're expected to hold rates steady, but there's a chance they could raise rates to combat stubborn inflation.
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Jul 29, 2026
Half a century ago, a series of landmark federal laws started reining in water pollution. As a result, some rivers across the country are bouncing back to life, but threats to clean rivers remain.
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Jul 29, 2026
Deep red Montana offered to start making Medicaid recipients prove they work to receive benefits. Now it's pushing back against the Trump administration's stringent requirements.
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Jul 29, 2026
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's latest meeting comes as the U.S. has paused strikes in Iran as the two sides negotiate.
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Jul 29, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former peace negotiator and advisor to the Israeli government Daniel Levy about takeaways from President Trump's meeting with Israel's prime minister.
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Jul 28, 2026
President Trump says he will meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Tuesday setting up a big day of foreign policy.
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Jul 28, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks former senior Pentagon official Evelyn Farkas about President Trump's potential priorities as he meets the leaders of Ukraine and Israel.
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Jul 28, 2026
A month after Venezuela's deadly earthquakes, the focus is shifting from rescue to rebuilding -- and the costs are staggering.
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Jul 28, 2026
NPR's A Martínez speaks with AFP journalist Sebastian Braddock about the wildfires that have forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes in southwestern France.
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Jul 28, 2026
Mexico's most prestigious university is facing a cheating crisis after a first-ever online admissions exam produced results so unusual that one analysis suggests nearly half of test-takers may have cheated
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Jul 28, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Washington Post national security reporter Alex Horton about DEA and Pentagon conclusions that U.S. boat strikes have not reduced drug smuggling into the U.S. by sea.
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Jul 28, 2026
In the 1970s, many households rented their telephones. As part of a campaign to convince people to buy them, one phone company created the Sculptura. It's now on display in New York City.
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Jul 28, 2026
Work permits for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians are set to expire, after the Trump administration stripped them of temporary protected status.
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Jul 28, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with immigration attorney Ira Kurzban about the imminent end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians.
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Jul 28, 2026
Seattle residents gathered for a vigil for the three victims of Sunday's shooting at a food festival, while police searched for a second suspect.
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Jul 28, 2026
Recent cuts, especially to state and local health departments, are slowing and muddling the response to what's already a record year of outbreaks for diarrhea-causing cyclospora.
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Jul 27, 2026
There are now fewer than 100 days until Election Day in November. Here's how NPR's Mara Liasson sees the midterm campaign shaping up.
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Jul 27, 2026
One suspect is in custody following a mass shooting at a Seattle food festival on Sunday that left three victims dead and four others injured.
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Jul 27, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks longtime Democratic strategist Paul Begala how he believes voters are sizing up the midterms.
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Jul 27, 2026
Three people were killed in a shooting at a Seattle food festival Sunday, U.S and Iran pause airstrikes, with less than 100 days left until Election Day, a look at how the midterms are shaping up.
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Jul 27, 2026
A new ESPN documentary series, "Life in the W," follows players through a WNBA season and a dispute over fair pay.
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Jul 27, 2026
Nearly every day, there are new attacks on the Russian online retailer. Why is Ukraine trying to destroy it?
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Jul 27, 2026
Sergei Kyslytsya, a top Ukrainian peace negotiator, says long-range drone strikes into Russia have strengthened Ukraine's hand and could compel Vladimir Putin toward a ceasefire deal.
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Jul 27, 2026
The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia has joined the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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Jul 27, 2026
The defense team for Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three small children, argues her actions were the result of severe postpartum psychosis.
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Jul 27, 2026
In Iowa's competitive governor's race, farmers are raising longstanding concerns over water quality and agriculture's role in ultimately reducing the state's cancer rates.
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Jul 24, 2026
New U.S. strikes on Iran and continued Iranian attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf and Jordan are sending ripples through global energy markets.
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Jul 24, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks former U.S. deputy national security adviser Jon Finer what the blockade of the Red Sea by Houthi rebels means for the global economy.
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Jul 24, 2026
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration are backing popular peptide therapies. They voted to allow specialized pharmacies to make them despite agency scientists' recommendations against it.
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Jul 24, 2026
Dalia Stasevska is a rising star in the conducting world. On her new album, "Ukrainian Mixtape," she's promoting some of Ukraine's neglected composers.
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Jul 24, 2026
With news of more U.S. casualties in the war with Iran, military families face the challenges of lengthy deployments.
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Jul 24, 2026
NPR's A Martinez asks Besa Pinchotti of the National Military Family Association what she's hearing from families of U.S. service members deployed overseas.
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Jul 24, 2026
Fifteen years ago, the FDA overhauled its safety rules for fruits and vegetables, hoping to prevent outbreaks of foodborne illness. How's that system working today?
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Jul 24, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the New York Times' lead newsroom lawyer David McCraw about the Justice Department withdrawing subpoenas it had sent to the Times' reporters.
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Jul 24, 2026
The Trump administration has replaced expiring tariffs with new ones as it pursues its aggressive trade agenda.
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Jul 24, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks to Alan Wolff, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about President Trump's new round of tariffs.
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Jul 24, 2026
The latest wave of grants announced by the National Endowment for the Humanities - worth more than $40 million - illustrates a Trump administration focus on such topics as the United States' founding.
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Jul 24, 2026
Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega declares "there won't be any more elections," cementing his grip on power and ending hopes for a democratic vote.
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Jul 23, 2026
The agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia gives American companies priority access to nuclear reactors and fuel to Saudi Arabia. It's expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars.
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Jul 23, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Daniel Benaim, a former State Department official who worked on Gulf issues, about the U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal.
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Jul 23, 2026
It can take weeks to confirm a single case of intestinal illness caused by the cyclospora parasite, but the CDC's tally for this year now stands at over 4,100.
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Jul 23, 2026
Transportation officials have removed a growing list of safety materials that mention bike lanes from federal websites. Safety advocates warn that's undermining proven measures for reducing crashes.
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Jul 23, 2026
The online outcry over the renaming of a summer festival illustrates the unease over the data center boom in the South.
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Jul 23, 2026
There are more questions after preliminary results of an independent autopsy of the body of Nolan Wells were inconclusive. The 18 year-old was left on a Mississippi island by friends.
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Jul 23, 2026
A year ago, President Trump cut all federal funding for public TV and radio. Hundreds of public media staffers got laid off. But listeners and viewers are also stepping up with support.
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Jul 23, 2026
Gadi Eisenkott has emerged as a leading contender to be Israel's next prime minister and the strongest challenger to Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Jul 23, 2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has crossed the grim 1,000-death threshold, marking the fastest fatal surge in recorded history of the virus and raising fears the outbreak is entering a dangerous new phase.
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Jul 23, 2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has crossed the grim 1,000-death threshold, marking the fastest fatal surge in recorded history of the virus.
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Jul 22, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced a barrage of questions about the war with Iran from lawmakers on Tuesday, as the administration seeks more money for the escalating conflict.
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Jul 22, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington about the administration's Iran war objectives following the testimony of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Jul 22, 2026
Heading to Georgia on Wednesday, President Trump is campaigning more often this year than he did in the same period for 2018 and has already rallied for a dozen candidates in toss-up races.
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Jul 22, 2026
Public health officials acknowledge they need to shed paternalistic messaging if they want to reach more people. The nominee to run the CDC says she will strike a new tone.
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Jul 22, 2026
A village destroyed. A home erased. One poet returns to remember what was lost.
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Jul 22, 2026
Indigenous people in Taiwan complete a journey to the Philippines in a traditional rowboat, recreating a journey their ancestors made thousands of years ago.
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Jul 22, 2026
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires the country's army chief, just days after he dismissed the defense minister. Those two key figures had been feuding with each other.
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Jul 22, 2026
In some states, farmers must adjust to changes in the Farm Bill that closed a loophole they used to grow hemp for use in THC products.
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Jul 22, 2026
Climate change is making night time hotter around the world. That's eroding one of our most important biological processes which is sleep.
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Jul 22, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Congressman Blake Moore, R-Utah, about Republican efforts to move forward with a $95 billion party-line budget reconciliation bill.
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Jul 21, 2026
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth will appear on the Hill on Tuesday. He's looking for a $350 billion funding boost, as the war Iran once again flares up with no end in sight.
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Jul 21, 2026
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth will appear on the Hill on Tuesday. He's looking for a nearly $90 billion funding boost, as the Iran war once again flares.
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Jul 21, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., about the escalating war in the Middle East and the testimony of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in front of a Senate panel on Tuesday.
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Jul 21, 2026
Authorities detained a former U.S. Army soldier who is accused of starting a fire and shooting a pellet gun outside of a federal building in New York City that houses an immigration court.
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Jul 21, 2026
A former member of the star-making hip-hop collective Odd Future, Syd returns with a new solo album, "Beard," a title inspired by the peach fuzz on her upper lip.
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Jul 21, 2026
A former member of the star-making hip-hop collective Odd Future, Syd {SID} returns with a new solo album, "Beard," a title inspired by the peach fuzz on her upper lip.
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Jul 21, 2026
The new Air Force One is going out of commission to receive safety upgrades. What needs to be done and was it safe for President Trump to fly the plane to Turkey earlier this month?
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