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Nov 21, 2025
Six Democratic lawmakers, who also served in the military, released a video this week reminding U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders," drawing the ire of President Trump and his supporters.
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Nov 21, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel asks Democratic Congressman and former Army Ranger Jason Crow for his response to President Trump after Crow participated in a video urging U.S. troops to refuse illegal orders.
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Nov 21, 2025
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" - which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
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Nov 21, 2025
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will meet with President Trump at the White House Friday putting the frequent foe of conservatives face-to-face with one of his biggest critics.
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Nov 21, 2025
Singer Toni Braxton is remixing her career in film, teaming up with Lifetime to produce and star in movies -- some based on her own hits. Her latest film takes inspiration from "He Wasn't Man Enough."
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Nov 21, 2025
The U.S. has added four leftist groups from Europe to the State Department's foreign terrorism list, raising questions about whether they'll be used to support terrorism charges against Americans.
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Nov 21, 2025
France's generous pension system has toppled governments there over questions of how to fund it. It's part of a broader problem, as nations rethink how to fund care for their aging populations.
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Nov 21, 2025
As the U.S. builds up forces in the Caribbean, veterans of the last major U.S. intervention in Latin America worry that the 1989 invasion of Panama may have left the U.S. military overconfident.
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Nov 21, 2025
Militants from an Al Qaeda affiliate in land-locked Mali have been attacking fuel convoys for months. The blockade has strangled fuel supplies to the capital city.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Justice Department's case against former FBI Director James Comey faced a new setback Wednesday, as questions mount over how prosecutors presented the indictment to the grand jury.
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Nov 20, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former federal prosecutor Elie Honig about efforts to dismiss the case against former FBI Director James Comey.
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Nov 20, 2025
Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose.
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Nov 20, 2025
U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%. The report, which was delayed by the government shutdown, may hint at the pace of hiring and firing.
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Nov 20, 2025
The latest emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate show communications with a vast web of influential figures in politics, academia, business and more, even after he registered as a sex offender.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Labor Department will report on hiring and unemployment. The report, which was delayed by a government shutdown, is somewhat stale but could offer clues about the strength or weakness of the job market.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Labor Department reports on hiring and unemployment for the month of September Thursday. The report, which was delayed by the government shutdown, is somewhat stale, but could offer some clues about the strength or weakness of the U.S. job market.
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Nov 20, 2025
Now that SNAP food aid is flowing again, needy families are feeling relief. The same can't be said of many food banks and pantries. They're still feeling the strain because demand has yet to let up.
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Nov 20, 2025
It's no secret that going to college can be very expensive, with tuition costs rising faster than financial aid. But what's causing that price tag to rise so quickly?
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Nov 20, 2025
As Venezuela braces for potential U.S. military intervention, residents at the Colombia border tell NPR about their fears and hopes.
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Nov 20, 2025
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill.
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Nov 20, 2025
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill.
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Nov 19, 2025
A measure to compel the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein is on its way to President Trump's desk after quickly advancing through both chambers of Congress Tuesday.
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Nov 19, 2025
Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire reacts after both chambers of Congress moved to force the Justice Department to release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
A judge ruled Tuesday that Meta isn't a monopoly, a huge win for the tech giant. But analysts say it may spark fresh debate on how the government can regulate big tech.
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Nov 19, 2025
With a new flu virus variant circulating, scientists fear more sickness this winter. The vaccine may be slightly less effective but doctors still urge getting one ASAP.
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Nov 19, 2025
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows some major warning signs for President Trump and Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as Americans want the president to focus on lowering prices.
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Nov 19, 2025
An exhibition at Levi's San Francisco headquarters highlights how jeans can offer surprising insights into the lives and legacies of the artists who wore them.
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Nov 19, 2025
Immigrants make up about a quarter of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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Nov 19, 2025
After cutting ties with the Heritage Foundation, an antisemitism task force formed to address what they described as left-wing antisemitism has reformed independently and broadened its focus.
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Nov 19, 2025
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has survived U.S. sanctions, economic meltdown and widespread protests. Now he faces a U.S. armada off his country's coast, so how does he hang on to power?
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Nov 18, 2025
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a bill to compel the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 18, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance about whether the Justice Department's probe into Democrats' ties to Jeffrey Epstein will affect the potential release of the files.
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Nov 18, 2025
The House will vote Tuesday on a bill to release the Epstein files, the Epstein files reveal fractures in Trump's MAGA coalition, Saudi crown prince to will visit the White House Tuesday.
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Nov 18, 2025
President Trump scrambled his predecessor's plans to lift up American workers by generating clean energy jobs. Despite major policy shifts, Illinois is still trying to make that happen.
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Nov 18, 2025
Lasagna Love, a national nonprofit that offers free lasagnas, saw requests for help jump after the pause in SNAP benefits. Despite the shutdown's end, the need for help still remains.
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Nov 18, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to ProPublica reporter Melissa Sanchez, who fact-checked the Trump administration's claims about a high-profile immigration raid in Chicago.
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Nov 18, 2025
Britain's government announced plans Monday to overhaul its asylum laws. Among the changes: making refugee status temporary and seizing high-value assets from asylum seekers.
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Nov 18, 2025
After taking a break for his mental health, Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi is back with a new EP called "Survive." Leila Fadel talks with him about returning to the stage.
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Nov 18, 2025
In some states, more and more home childcare centers and nursery schools are shutting down. The problem -- rising costs and mounds of red tape.
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Nov 18, 2025
Even before the president's falling out with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over the Epstein files, some Republicans questioned Trump's policy interpretation of what "America First" means.
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Nov 18, 2025
Even before the president's falling out with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over the Epstein files, some Republicans questioned Trump's policy interpretation of what "America First" means.
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Nov 17, 2025
Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors.
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Nov 17, 2025
After months of objections, President Trump is now calling on House Republicans to vote for the release of the Epstein files "because we have nothing to hide."
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Nov 17, 2025
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse are in Washington to demand the release of the Department of Justice's files. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Epstein accuser Annie Farmer.
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Nov 17, 2025
Researchers say hackers are using their tech skills to help criminals hijack cargo shipments in real life.
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Nov 17, 2025
Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women.
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Nov 17, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nick Clegg, Meta's former president of global affairs, about his new book, "How to Save the Internet."
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Nov 17, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will reform state-owned energy companies after investigators accused his close associates of skimming millions from the country's nuclear power company.
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Nov 17, 2025
The vast Ohio River Basin is poised for a multi-year ecological restoration after years of industrial pollution, but only if Congress decides to fund it.
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Nov 17, 2025
Alaska owns dozens of crumbling rural schools. But now it wants cash-strapped districts to take on ownership of those buildings in exchange for funding to fix them.
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Nov 17, 2025
After a deal with the White House, researchers at Cornell will receive their federal grants. For one scientist, that means resuming work on an implantable artificial heart for babies and toddlers.
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Nov 14, 2025
The White House dismissed the release of new Jeffrey Epstein documents as a distraction by Democrats and maintained President Trump has done nothing wrong, but it's been a tough issue to shake.
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Nov 14, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York University law professor Ryan Goodman about the fallout over the latest release of documents from the Epstein estate.
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Nov 14, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sheriff Garry McFadden of Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, who says federal officials alerted him that Border Patrol agents are heading to Charlotte.
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Nov 14, 2025
The BBC has apologized to President Trump for the way it edited his Jan. 6, 2021 speech but says it won't pay compensation. Trump has threatened a $1 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster.
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Nov 14, 2025
After chronicling the Civil War, jazz and baseball, filmmaker Ken Burns turns his attention to "The American Revolution." His new documentary series begins airing on PBS stations on Nov. 16.
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Nov 14, 2025
In his latest project, Ken Burns turns his lens to the American Revolution — an event he has called the most significant since the birth of Christ.
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Nov 14, 2025
Economists are starting to put a price tag on the six-week government shutdown. But some of their calculations will be difficult to make because the shutdown temporarily limited government data.
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Nov 14, 2025
Ecuador votes Sunday in a referendum that, among other measures, will ask whether to allow U.S. military bases back in the country to help fight narco-trafficking.
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Nov 14, 2025
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has returned two stoneware jars to the descendants of the enslaved man who made them. It's part of an effort to restore ownership of objects acquired unethically.
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Nov 14, 2025
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Teen Line volunteers about how the peer-led support service continues providing mental health support, despite funding cuts to programs nationwide.
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Nov 14, 2025
The avian flu is devastating marine mammal populations. A new survey finds that nearly half of breeding females in the world's largest population of southern elephant seals were killed by the virus.
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Nov 14, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, for an immigration operation. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden says they could arrive as soon as Saturday.
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Nov 14, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks George Dunlap, the chair of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, about the upcoming arrival of Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Nov 14, 2025
An ongoing dispute between YouTube TV and Disney means millions of YouTube TV subscribers are unable to access Disney programming, including ESPN's college football games and popular ABC shows.
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Nov 13, 2025
The House Oversight Committee released more than 20,000 documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including emails from Epstein mentioning President Donald Trump.
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Nov 13, 2025
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Rep. Ro Khanna [[roh KAH-nah]], D-Calif., about the next steps in the push to release thousands of pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate.
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Nov 13, 2025
A provision in the legislation to reopen the government would outlaw certain hemp products legalized by the 2018 Farm Bill, a move the hemp industry argues will kill the $30 billion market.
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Nov 13, 2025
The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
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Nov 13, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Miles Bruner, a Republican operative who walked away from his job. Bruner says the GOP is increasingly corrupt and has devolved into a cult of personality.
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Nov 13, 2025
The government shutdown has ended, but extending Affordable Care Act subsidies remains unaddressed, leaving health insurance shoppers in limbo and facing a significant increase in costs.
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Nov 13, 2025
The economic indicator known as the Shiller PE Ratio is almost as high as it was in November 1999, just before the dot-com bubble burst. Is another bubble forming with AI?
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Nov 13, 2025
Home insurance costs are skyrocketing in the midwestern U.S., and in some places homeowners are losing their insurance coverage altogether. Why is this area, which is not prone to wildfires or hurricanes, seeing such a crisis? Local residents say their experience is a warning to people all over the country.
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Nov 13, 2025
The bioelectrical signals of plants growing at a park in Lewiston, N.Y., near Niagara Falls, were translated into instrumental and electronic works for the new album The Secret Symphony of Plants.
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Nov 13, 2025
Plants growing at a New York park composed the new album, "The Secret Symphony of Plants." Electrodes captured electrical signals and became the basis for the music.
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Nov 13, 2025
Federal workers will return to work Thursday for the first time in 43 days. President Trump signed a bill late Wednesday to fund the government, bringing a close to the longest shutdown in history.
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Nov 13, 2025
The Affordable Care Act subsidies are still set to expire next month, significantly increasing healthcare costs for millions. We hear from people about what they're facing and what they plan to do.
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Nov 13, 2025
NPR's A Martinez speaks with author and journalist Jonathan Cohn of The Bulwark about the politics surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act.
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Nov 13, 2025
Trump's immigration crackdown may be reshaping where undocumented immigrants choose to live. There are signs some are relocating within the U.S. to cities offering more protection and support.
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Nov 12, 2025
The House Oversight Committee has released a new tranche of documents, including several emails from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
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Nov 12, 2025
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
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Nov 12, 2025
The House may vote as early as Wednesday afternoon on a measure that will end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, but Democrats remain deeply divided about whether to support it.
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Nov 12, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York about the imminent House vote on a deal to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
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Nov 12, 2025
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in Baltimore this week to elect a new leader and renew their commitment to advocate on behalf of migrants in the U.S.
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Nov 12, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts about the pending vote on a measure to end the government shutdown.
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Nov 12, 2025
The company's first permanent in-person space is a former Lord & Taylor department store in the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia. Locations are on the way in Dallas and Las Vegas.
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Nov 12, 2025
Morris Katz is a 26-year-old political strategist who wants to take the Democratic party in a new direction. Leila Fadel talks to him about the candidates he's backing and his vision for the future.
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Nov 12, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Joseph Rodgers, the author of a report on Iran's development of nuclear weapons. Rodgers says satellite images indicate activity has resumed after the U.S. strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran.
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Nov 12, 2025
Iraqis are awaiting the preliminary results of Tuesday's election for a new parliament, as Washington watches closely and pressures Iraq's government to curb neighboring Iran's influence.
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Nov 12, 2025
A school food pantry in Pittsburgh aims to help fill the gap for families whose SNAP benefits have been disrupted by the shutdown.
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Nov 12, 2025
Some labor unions say they're committed to growing the share of women in construction jobs, even as President Trump rolls back policies that opened doors for women.
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Nov 12, 2025
The company's first permanent in-person space is a former Lord & Taylor department store in the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia. Locations are on the way in Dallas and Las Vegas.
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Nov 12, 2025
After a breakaway faction of Democratic senators supported a deal to end the government shutdown, some in the party expressed their discontent.
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Nov 12, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks journalist and podcast host Josh Barro about the division within the Democratic Party over a Capitol Hill compromise to end the government shutdown.
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Nov 12, 2025
A county in rural Kansas has agreed to pay just over $3 million and apologize for a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper. The raid sparked an uproar over press freedom.
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Nov 11, 2025
The House could return as early as Wednesday to vote to reopen the government. But many Democrats say they will not support the deal, and some Republicans may not be inclined to vote for it either.
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Nov 11, 2025
NPR's Leila Fadel asks Illinois Democrat Mike Quigley, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, about his opposition to the Senate-brokered shutdown deal.
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Nov 11, 2025
President Trump says the government will distribute checks to Americans from tariff revenue. Here's what that could mean.
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Nov 11, 2025
The science around hormone therapy to treat menopause has changed a lot since the FDA issued warning labels 20 years ago. Now the labels are being removed, here are 6 things to consider.
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Nov 11, 2025
Nations have begun climate negotiations at the COP30 summit in Brazil. Studies show the world is not on track to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.
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