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Aug 29, 2025
A Thai court has toppled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, dealing a major blow to her powerful family and plunging Thailand into fresh political chaos.
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Aug 29, 2025
It's been a week of turmoil at the CDC, and now there's a new person tapped to be acting director of the agency.
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Aug 29, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former CDC official Dr. Anne Schuchat about the shakeup at the health agency and what it could mean for the nation's pandemic readiness.
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Aug 29, 2025
Anne Schuchat, former Principal Deputy Director of the CDC, says she's worried about vaccine access, as experienced leaders leave the agency in protest.
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Aug 29, 2025
European leaders are expressing outrage after Russian attacks hit EU and U.K. buildings in Kyiv on Thursday.
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Aug 29, 2025
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Terrence Veal, who moved to Houston after Hurricane Katrina devastated his native New Orleans.
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Aug 29, 2025
The Musicians' Village was created after Hurricane Katrina to protect the music culture of New Orleans. We pay a visit to see how it's doing and what its future plans are.
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Aug 29, 2025
China will stage an big military parade next Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. While dozens of world leaders are expected to attend the event, President Trump is not one of them. Topping the guest list will be Russian President Vladmir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Aug 29, 2025
Businesses are scrambling for ways to minimize the impact of the Trump administration's global tariff policy. NPR's Planet Money team explores tricks and legal loopholes companies are using.
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Aug 29, 2025
As the city remembers the events of 20 years ago, memories are being preserved and history is being honored through art, storytelling and Hip hop.
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Aug 29, 2025
Since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation took over food distribution in Gaza it has been mired in controversy. Over the past few months trying to get aid in Gaza has been dangerous, even deadly.
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Aug 29, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel asks spokesman Chapin Fay about the aid distribution practices of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Thousands of Palestinians have been killed since May 27 while seeking food in Gaza.
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Aug 29, 2025
20 years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. NPR's Michel Martin went to New Orleans to talk with residents who stayed and rebuilt their homes after the storm.
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Aug 29, 2025
Wichita Independent School didn't have enough players to field a football team this year. So the school announced alternative Friday evening activities for their students.
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Aug 29, 2025
The Trump administration has begun terminating its collective bargaining agreements with federal employee unions, despite multiple lawsuits challenging the move. Unions are fighting back.
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Aug 29, 2025
Drought in the middle of the country has opened the door for pests and pathogens that can kill trees. That's particularly true of a fungus that's decimating bur oak trees once known as the "King of the Great Plains."
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Aug 28, 2025
Authorities identified a suspect and now they are working to figure out why a 23 year old shot and killed 2 school children and wounded 17 other people at a Catholic school and church in Minneapolis.
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Aug 28, 2025
Authorities identified a suspect and now they are working to figure out why a 23 year old shot and killed 2 school children and wounded 17 other people at a Catholic school and church in Minneapolis.
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Aug 28, 2025
A father shares his four-year-old daughter's experience hiding in the preschool basement as gunfire erupted upstairs at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
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Aug 28, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison about Wednesday's mass shooting at a Catholic church and school in Minneapolis.
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Aug 28, 2025
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Andy Horowitz, author of "Katrina: A History 1915-2015," about misconceptions post-Hurricane Katrina and his assertion that what happened in 2005 was entirely predictable.
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Aug 28, 2025
NPR reporters have uncovered some of the tensions within the Biden administration as the U.S. responded to Israel's war in Gaza.
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Aug 28, 2025
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with business owner Ron Ladner about the community he invested in after Hurricane Katrina devasted the town of Pass Christian, on the Mississippi waterfront.
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Aug 28, 2025
The new action comedy "Caught Stealing," is set in New York's East Village in the 1990s. It's an all-star cast but the real star of the show is a fluffy cat named Tonic.
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Aug 28, 2025
Starbucks has brought back the Pumpkin Spice Latte for its annual fall run. But why are people so obsessed with the drink? Experts say it's a matter of marketing and food science.
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Aug 28, 2025
Minnesota Governor, Tim Waltz, Senator Amy Klobuchar, and other local officials shared messages of grief and support for the families affected by the school shooting on Wednesday.
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Aug 27, 2025
Redistricting critics warn that efforts to redraw maps mid-decade risks fueling further gridlock in Congress, and ceding more power to the executive and judicial branches.
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Aug 27, 2025
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook intends to file a lawsuit after President Trump said she should be immediately removed from her position.
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Aug 27, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks about parallels between President Trump and President Nixon's use of government agencies to go after perceived enemies.
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Aug 27, 2025
On Tuesday evening, SpaceX racked up some much-needed successes on the 10th test flight of its massive Starship rocket, breaking a streak of previous failures.
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Aug 27, 2025
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Troy Andrews, known as Trombone Shorty, about keeping New Orleans' vibrant music scene alive post-Hurricane Katrina.
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Aug 27, 2025
Economic sanctions and trade restrictions against Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine were set to force Moscow's hand. But the U.S. and Europe continue to rely on Russian imports.
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Aug 27, 2025
Over the last 6 months the Trump Administration has clamped down on international student visas. That's created delays for accepted students. Now, they arrive on campuses for the start of the new school year.
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Aug 27, 2025
When a boy from Gaza needed a prosthetic limb, after losing part of a leg in a bombing, people in Louisville, KY came together to make it possible.
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Aug 27, 2025
The Metal Gear video game series is known for its innovations in game design, as well as stories that confront heavy philosophical themes — like the relationship between people and technology.
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Aug 26, 2025
NPR talks with Christopher Purdy, an Army National Guard veteran and veterans' and democracy advocate, about Trump's order calling for creation of a "specialized unit" of D.C. National Guard troops.
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Aug 26, 2025
President Trump signed an executive order to create a specialized National Guard unit that could be deployed to assist local law enforcement in D.C. He also wants to end cashless bail.
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Aug 26, 2025
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says there no need for the National Guard to patrol Chicago streets and that President Trump's suggestion to deploy them there is purely political.
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Aug 26, 2025
Trump signs executive orders focused on law and order in Washington, D.C., Trump moves to fire member of Federal Reserve's governing board, Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody again.
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Aug 26, 2025
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Clint Smith, poet and writer for The Atlantic, about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
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Aug 26, 2025
Israeli forces killed 22 people, including five journalists, in two consecutive strikes on a Gaza hospital, drawing global condemnation and prompting a rare admission of regret from the government.
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Aug 26, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, was taken into ICE custody Monday after an immigration check-in. A judge later ruled he cannot be deported for now.
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Aug 26, 2025
There's a Colorado district so small that its only school houses all grades from kindergarten to grade 12 and has five teachers from the same family.
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Aug 26, 2025
After a hiatus of more than a year — during which she insisted she had not retired — Venus Williams returned to the highest level of tennis, with a first-round match at the U.S. Open on Monday.
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Aug 26, 2025
Pro athletes are increasingly speaking out about mental health challenges. In baseball, the San Francisco Giants have emerged as a leader in setting up mental health resources for their players.
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Aug 26, 2025
NPR asks Rohit Chopra {ROH-hit CHOH-prah}, formerly of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission, about Trump's efforts to reshape institutions like the Federal Reserve.
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Aug 26, 2025
The Trump administration has called to stiffen penalties for minors accused of crimes in D.C. Does that lower youth crime? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with juvenile justice expert Vincent Schiraldi.
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Aug 26, 2025
Across the U.S., coyotes seem to have invaded neighborhoods that humans consider their own. NPR looks at the debate over managing their population growth.
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Aug 25, 2025
The lawyer for a man wrongly deported by the Trump administration to an El Salvador prison, then returned months later, says his client faces deportation again — this time to Uganda.
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Aug 25, 2025
The lawyer for a man wrongly deported by the Trump administration to an El Salvador prison, then returned months later, says his client faces deportation again — this time to Uganda.
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Aug 25, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson about President Trump's threat to deploy the National Guard to his city.
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Aug 25, 2025
National Guard troops and federal agents have a visible presence in Washington, D.C., and now President Trump has threatened to send them into Chicago.
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Aug 25, 2025
Israeli aircraft and tanks are pounding the region around Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians over the weekend, as part of a new, major offensive to capture Gaza City.
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Aug 25, 2025
U.S. warships are heading to the waters off Venezuela in a significant show of force by the Trump administration. Officials say the ship are part of the president's effort to combat drug trafficking.
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Aug 25, 2025
NPR's A Martinez talks with Atlantic staff writer Michael Scherer about Laura Loomer's influence with President Trump and his administration.
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Aug 25, 2025
Fans of silent film star Rudolph Valentino gathered at a Hollywood cemetery over the weekend to mark 99 years since his death.
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Aug 25, 2025
The Trump DOJ is front and center as the reverberations of its actions last week are still being felt. On Friday, the DOJ released transcripts from its interview with Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Aug 25, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ty Cobb, a former Trump White House lawyer turned critic of the president, about Trump administration efforts to investigate and prosecute perceived wrongs.
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Aug 25, 2025
August is on track to be the hottest on record in Phoenix, where nearly every day has exceeded 110 degrees. But heat-related deaths are expected to be lower this year.
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Aug 25, 2025
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Waveland, Miss. A deadly and destructive storm surge nearly 30 feet high washed away the town. Twenty years later, it's still trying to recover.
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Aug 25, 2025
At a summit meeting in Washington, D.C. on Monday, the U.S. and South Korean presidents will discuss modernizing their 71-year-old alliance and fleshing out a trade deal reached last month.
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Aug 22, 2025
The FBI says its searches of Bolton's home and office was authorized by a court but declined to provide further details. Bolton is a frequent critic of the president.
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Aug 22, 2025
California denied parole for Erik Menendez, who along with his brother Lyle have spent more than three decades behind bars for their parents' murders. Lyle Menendez faces a parole hearing on Friday.
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Aug 22, 2025
The Justice Department is starting to share files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein with the House Oversight Committee. NPR talks with James Marsh, a lawyer for some of his accusers.
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Aug 22, 2025
Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East.
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Aug 22, 2025
Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East.
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Aug 22, 2025
Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group of experts warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East.
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Aug 22, 2025
The Justice Department began delivering files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee on Friday. The panel plans to release some of the files publicly.
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Aug 22, 2025
The Justice Department is expected to deliver files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee starting Friday. The panel plans to release some of the files publicly.
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Aug 22, 2025
An expectant mom got a $750 bill for a blood test to check for genetic abnormalities in her baby. Then she tried to figure out why it was so high.
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Aug 22, 2025
John Rzeznik, front man for the alternative rock group The Goo Goo Dolls, talks about their latest album, "Summer Anthem."
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Aug 22, 2025
An NPR investigation finds that a new Justice Department hire compared the Jan. 6 riot prosecutions to the Holocaust, promoted conspiracy theories and called for defendants to receive reparations.
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Aug 22, 2025
What happens when people stop trusting their government's economic data? Planet Money reports on what happened in Greece.
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Aug 22, 2025
James Dobson founded Focus on the Family and was known for a lifetime of conservative Christian work, advocating against abortion rights and LGBTQ rights. He died Thursday at the age of 89.
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Aug 22, 2025
Some of the largest retailers in the U.S., including Walmart, Home Depot and Target, have had to raise prices on some items due to tariffs. They've kept prices down on other items.
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Aug 22, 2025
NPR asks Mary Lovely, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, why she believes the U.S. economy is at an inflection point and what factors play into where it may go next.
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Aug 21, 2025
A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school.
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Aug 21, 2025
A California parole board on Thursday will begin two days of hearings to determine whether Erik and Lyle Menendez, who killed their parents 36 years ago, should be set free.
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Aug 21, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson after he received a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi threatening criminal prosecution for impeding immigration enforcement.
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Aug 21, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson after he received a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi threatening criminal prosecution for impeding immigration enforcement.
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Aug 21, 2025
The Justice Department says cities and states risk legal action if they fail to comply with federal immigration law. Democratic leaders are pushing back, saying their policies break no laws.
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Aug 21, 2025
More than 3.6 million children born in 2020 amid the COVID-19 global pandemic are walking into elementary schools across the country this fall.
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Aug 21, 2025
"Maybe I have become a kind of symbol of hope": Ukrainian woman survives nine-story fall in Russian drone strike.
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Aug 21, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Ukrainian Veronika Osintseva about her remarkable survival of the deadliest attack on Kyiv since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Aug 21, 2025
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Joel Willett, one of the 37 former and current national security officials whose security clearance was recently revoked by the Trump administration.
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Aug 21, 2025
Republicans in the Texas House approved the new voting maps that President Trump has asked for to give Republicans an edge in congressional elections. It's on track for final passage.
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Aug 21, 2025
New York Times investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about President Trump's criticism of the Smithsonian, saying the institution focuses too much on "how bad slavery was."
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Aug 21, 2025
Pentagon officials have been meeting European counterparts with a mission to create security guarantees for Ukraine, to help end the current war with Russia and to prevent a future one.
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Aug 21, 2025
Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, talks about what's ahead for Ukraine and Russia following President Trump's meetings with the leaders of both countries.
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Aug 21, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel interviews actress Margaret Qualley about her role in Ethan Coen's neo-noir comedy "Honey Don't!" She stars as a private detective investigating a cultish California church
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Aug 21, 2025
The Israeli military is calling up tens of thousands of soldiers as officials plan to seize control of Gaza City. Meanwhile, Israel is considering a new offer for a two-month ceasefire with Hamas.
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Aug 20, 2025
Wildfires are tearing across Spain, killing several people and scorching nearly 1,500 square miles. This year's fire season is already among the country's worst on record.
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Aug 20, 2025
NPR's Michel Martin asks former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton about the prospects for security guarantees in Ukraine and what they might look like.
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Aug 20, 2025
Following the meetings with Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House, European leaders have been urgently trying to figure out what they need to do next to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Aug 20, 2025
Six GOP governors sending National Guard troops to D.C., European leaders weigh options for Ukraine, Texas Legislature appears on verge of redrawing congressional map to help Republicans in midterms.
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Aug 20, 2025
How are philanthropic organizations working to bridge the funding gap created by the rescission cuts passed earlier this year?
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Aug 20, 2025
U.S. farmers are feeling the impact of Trump's immigration crackdown. In some communities, immigration raids have slowed farm operations. NPR reports from Central Florida's strawberry region.
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Aug 20, 2025
Sweden's 113-year-old Kiruna Church is being transported away from a location that is sinking due to underground mining.
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Aug 20, 2025
Sweden's 113-year-old Kiruna Church is being transported away from a location that is sinking due to underground mining.
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Aug 20, 2025
People who buy their own health insurance are facing significant price hikes next year as federal tax credits passed by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire in December.
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