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Oct 22, 2026
With President Trump and former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail, can campaign surrogates really move the needle in high profile, high-stakes races?
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Oct 22, 2026
With President Trump and former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail, can campaign surrogates really move the needle in high profile, high-stakes races?
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Oct 22, 2026
NPR's A Martinez asks veteran political strategist Doug Sosnik about the shape of the midterm race as Election Day draws closer.
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Oct 22, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks Israel and Middle East policy expert Shira Efron whether President Trump's endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu will have an impact on Israel's election.
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Oct 22, 2026
An unprecedented mass detention unfolds in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces detain nearly 80 activists, including American rabbis and a congressional nominee helping Palestinians pick olives.
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Oct 22, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor about President Trump's embrace of Russia as envoy Steve Witkoff visits Moscow after meeting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Oct 22, 2026
What can you learn from dreams and how can you remember them and steer them to the topics you wish to dream about. Allison Aubrey and A Martinez discuss the resurgance in dream research and how dreams are a tool for self-discovery.
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Oct 22, 2026
About 157 million Americans get their health insurance through work. A survey of employers shows a moderate price uptick this year, but workers still say health costs are a top concern.
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Oct 22, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with singer and songwriter John Legend about his new album, "Muse," which he describes as having a "Black James Bond aesthetic."
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Oct 22, 2026
An ad from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for governor shows his opponent's mother calling her a liar, amid accounts by Democrat Amy Acton of an abusive childhood.
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Oct 21, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about President Trump's embrace of Russia as envoy Steve Witkoff heads to Moscow after meeting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Oct 21, 2026
Mississippi's Attorney General says the use of force was justified when a toddler was killed during a police shooting after a shoplifting.
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Oct 21, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has freed an American, Stephen Hubbard, from a Russian prison following a request from President Trump.
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Oct 21, 2026
Leon Bridges has transformed since his 2015 debut album from a Sam Cooke-style crooner to a shape-shifting singer of all things from mambo to disco. His new album is called "Happiness Anytime."
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Oct 21, 2026
The cost of having a baby is difficult to predict. The amount families pay varies widely. Here are five tips to help you prepare for the often unexpected costs of pregnancy and giving birth.
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Oct 21, 2026
The cost of having a baby is difficult to predict. The amount families pay varies widely. Here are five tips to help you prepare for the often unexpected costs of pregnancy and giving birth.
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Oct 21, 2026
Netflix reported its latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday. It comes as the streaming company has announced a management shakeup and layoffs of more than 1,000 employees.
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Oct 21, 2026
Alaska has been a reliably red state but a Democrat has a chance of becoming governor.
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Oct 21, 2026
Actor Christina Applegate revealed she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. NPR's A Martínez speaks with neurologist Michael Kornberg about how MS can be misdiagnosed.
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Oct 21, 2026
The NBA season tipped off Tuesday, with Lebron James taking the court as a 76er for the first time.
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Oct 21, 2026
As the NBA season tips off, the New York Knicks are setting out to accomplish what's become one of the hardest things in American professional sports — win back-to-back NBA titles.
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Oct 21, 2026
China has opened a new joint airbase in Laos, on an airstrip built by the CIA during the Vietnam war. The facility is raising questions about expanding Chinese influence in the region.
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Oct 21, 2026
India is plunged into political crisis after 130 million names were struck off voter rolls during a massive revision.
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Oct 20, 2026
President Trump's up and down relationship with Russia is back on as he presses to find an end to the war in Ukraine amid high energy costs ahead of the U.S. midterms.
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Oct 20, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about President Trump's latest embrace of Russia and what it means for Ukraine and any hopes of peace.
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Oct 20, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security says more than 100,000 people from Ukraine and several thousand from Sudan can stay in the U.S. — for now — without immediate risk of deportation.
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Oct 20, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor and author B.J. Novak about his new book for babies and toddlers, "The Little Book With No Pictures."
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Oct 20, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep visits the site of a future data center in Stokes County, North Carolina.
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Oct 20, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with NBC Sports' lead NBA writer Kurt Helin to preview the 2026-27 NBA season.
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Oct 20, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep visits communities still recovering from Hurricane Helene two years later.
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Oct 20, 2026
President Trump is barnstorming the country in the last two weeks before Election Day, attempting to shift the tides of a potential midterm blue wave.
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Oct 20, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, about the strategy behind President Trump's heavy midterm travel schedule through red states.
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Oct 20, 2026
President Trump said Monday morning that work on the East Potomac golf course would begin immediately. Government lawyers told a judge hours later there is no final plan, raising more questions.
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Oct 20, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to voters in the northwest suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Oct 20, 2026
The Justice Department is escalating a feud with California officials over the state's voting system that looks like it will continue through Election Day and beyond.
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Oct 19, 2026
Ukraine carried out a massive drone strikes on Russia, which launched deadly attacks on its smaller neighbor over the weekend.
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Oct 19, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks Democratic Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia about President Trump's decision to waive new sanctions on Russia.
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Oct 19, 2026
Four people are dead and dozens injured after a fire swept through a Canadian military training base in Alberta. Officials say strong winds caused the flames to spread rapidly.
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Oct 19, 2026
Four people are dead and dozens injured after a fire swept through a Canadian military training base in Alberta. Officials say strong winds caused the flames to spread rapidly.
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Oct 19, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with writer Lawrence Wright about his latest book, "Redemption: Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row."
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Oct 19, 2026
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank step up their attacks, targeting European diplomats this time.
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Oct 19, 2026
Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El Sayed is campaigning in the GOP stronghold of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an area that hasn't voted for a Democrat in Congress in over a decade.
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Oct 19, 2026
Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning in the GOP stronghold of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an area that hasn't voted for a Democrat in Congress in over a decade.
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Oct 19, 2026
Psychological factors are critical in bouncing back from a sports injury. Researchers find that many people cleared to play don't actually return to sports.
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Oct 19, 2026
Solar power is transforming agriculture in Pakistan. But in a country already facing water scarcity and extreme weather, some fear their widespread use could cause problems.
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Oct 19, 2026
People in certain jobs develop a working relationship with death — like nurses, soldiers and police officers. Thanks to so many school shootings, so are teachers and students.
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Oct 19, 2026
What the latest campaign finance filings tell us about the state of play in the midterm elections.
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Oct 19, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Daniel Weiner of the Brennan Center for Justice's elections and government program, about the different campaign finance strategies of Republicans and Democrats.
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Oct 19, 2026
Protesters in Arizona are decrying the removal of 250-year-old cottonwood trees for border wall expansion. This after a judge temporarily halted it in and near Big Bend National Park in Texas.
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Oct 16, 2026
Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school Thursday. Officials say a bystander confronted and fatally shot the 16-year-old suspected shooter.
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Oct 16, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Jeff Eager, former mayor of Bend, Oregon, about the elementary school shooting in his neighborhood.
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Oct 16, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks security expert Juliette Kayyem of Harvard's Kennedy School about the shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon.
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Oct 16, 2026
The administration says papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump, not to the American people. The case could ultimately end up at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.
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Oct 16, 2026
The Milwaukee Brewers are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1982. The Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers, the two-time defending World Series champion.
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Oct 16, 2026
The Irish band Fontaines D.C. builds on their global success with the new album "Dopamine Chamber," which a band member describes as the soundtrack to our "glorious age of distraction."
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Oct 16, 2026
President Trump has canceled the livestreaming of the execution of the man behind the attack at Fort Hood in 2009. Some say the public proposal itself - from a Cabinet member - changes norms.
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Oct 16, 2026
Republican María Elvira Salazar faces a tough contest in her Miami-area congressional district, with many voters upset about President Trump's immigration policies.
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Oct 16, 2026
Republican María Elvira Salazarfaces a tough contest in her Miami-area congressional district, with many voters upset about President Trump's immigration policies.
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Oct 16, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Washington Post investigative reporter Sarah Blaskey about new documents obtained by the Post that detail donors to the White House ballroom project.
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Oct 16, 2026
NPR investigations spent more than a year uncovering the company behind a skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation.
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Oct 16, 2026
NPR investigations spent more than a year uncovering the company behind a skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation.
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Oct 16, 2026
Russian authorities say Ukraine struck a major oil refinery southeast of Moscow Thursday. The strike was in response to Russia's attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
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Oct 16, 2026
Journalist and Russia analyst Julia Ioffe lays out how Vladimir Putin might be trying to exploit the current divide between the U.S. and Ukraine over striking Russian oil refineries.
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Oct 16, 2026
A hunger strike by detainees at a South Georgia ICE facility enters into its second week. They want better conditions.
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Oct 15, 2026
The candidates in a competitive U.S. House race in Nebraska faced off in a debate. The winner would replace retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon.
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Oct 15, 2026
The candidates in a competitive U.S. House race in Nebraska faced off in a debate. The winner would replace retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon.
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Oct 15, 2026
How does President Trump's travel compare to past campaigns and what does it say about Republicans' level of concern about the midterms?
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Oct 15, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with political analyst Ron Brownstein about recent shifts in GOP spending and messaging, and what they suggest about how the party views its chances in the midterms.
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Oct 15, 2026
The fight over a FEMA program aiding some of LA's most vulnerable wildfire victims is the latest setback for hundreds of fire survivors who still haven't rebuilt after the deadly 2025 infernos.
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Oct 15, 2026
A Kansas City group set up to help volunteers plant fruit trees in vacant city lots has quickly branched out across the country with almost 850 orchards in 17 cities with more to come.
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Oct 15, 2026
The latest tough inflation report reinforces the challenge for President Trump and GOP candidates ahead into the midterm elections.
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Oct 15, 2026
Social Security may run short of money to make full payments to retirees as soon as 2032. The team from NPR's Planet Money examines possible solutions.
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Oct 15, 2026
Tribes on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming are asking a Christian pastor to leave after she denigrated their native religion in a sermon.
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Oct 15, 2026
France has opened an investigation into a cyberattack that hit hundreds of food retailers, causing refrigerators to malfunction across the country.
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Oct 15, 2026
Hong Kong's famous Chungking Mansions high-rise development offers a rare window into globalization as the city reshapes its social fabric.
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Oct 15, 2026
Ukraine says SpaceX's Starshield, the system it uses for its offensive drone attacks on Russia, has been greatly restricted. Elon Musk says the U.S. is responsible for any changes to the system.
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Oct 15, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois about reports that SpaceX temporarily restricted access to its Starshield in Ukraine, affecting the country's war efforts.
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Oct 14, 2026
In an NPR interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discusses tensions with Trump, U.S. sanctions relief for Russian oil and threats to intelligence-sharing as the war continues.
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Oct 14, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran diplomat Richard Haass about the Russia-Ukraine war and the role President Trump is playing.
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Oct 14, 2026
President Donald Trump traveled to the red state of Alaska on Tuesday, to rally in support of an endangered Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
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Oct 14, 2026
President Trump has forced out his ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle. She faced allegations of misconduct before and during her tenure at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, which she has denied.
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Oct 14, 2026
Cornell says it's making big changes on campus following the allegations of a gang rape, but it remains under fire. The Faculty Senate is now discussing a no-confidence vote of the president.
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Oct 14, 2026
Laborers in Indian textile factories are filming themselves working so developers can train AI to take over their jobs.
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Oct 14, 2026
Michael Che {chay} is one half of the Weekend Update team at "Saturday Night Live." NPR's A Martinez talks to him about his new Netflix stand-up comedy special, "Michael Che: Shot in Minnesota."
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Oct 14, 2026
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy sits down with NPR to talks about the ongoing war in his country, Pope Leo has lung cancer, the Vatican announced, U.S. ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns.
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Oct 14, 2026
Higher energy prices, tied to the U.S. war with Iran, are driving up the overall cost-of-living. The Labor Department is set to deliver its latest inflation report this morning.
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Oct 14, 2026
Facing a mounting labor crunch, Japan's second largest convenience store chain is "going Gaga."
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Oct 14, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter about the ethics allegations facing former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, who resigned Tuesday.
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Oct 14, 2026
The man convicted of orchestrating the killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur has been sentenced to a minimum of 40 years. Duane Davis was in the vehicle when Shakur was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996.
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Oct 14, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Casey Michel, author of "United States of Oligarchy," about reporting from several news outlets that Elon Musk has given $276 million to Republican groups since July.
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Oct 14, 2026
Pope Leo XIV had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerous growth in his lung, the Vatican announced.
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Oct 13, 2026
With the midterm elections just weeks away, President Trump continues his tour across the country to rally for Republican candidates, stopping Tuesday in Alaska.
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Oct 13, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican strategist Ron Bonjean about how the low-polling party can hone its message to voters in the final few weeks before the midterms.
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Oct 13, 2026
Pakistan has imposed emergency rule in the province governed by the political party of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan.
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Oct 13, 2026
Britain's prime minister says Iran was "almost certainly" behind last month's security incident at the US-run RAF Fairford airbase.
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Oct 13, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks David Martin Davies of Texas Public Radio about the state's surprisingly close U.S. Senate and governor's races.
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Oct 13, 2026
NPR's A Martínez visits a Texas border town to see how the Trump administration's immigration policies have affected it, and how people there are viewing the midterm elections.
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Oct 13, 2026
Researchers all over North America are attaching tiny transmitters to Monarch butterflies as they begin their migration to Mexico, to learn more about their stops and challenges.
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Oct 13, 2026
Texas Republicans kicked off the nationwide redistricting war by redrawing several seats in the state to make them more Latino. NPR's A Martínez explores what that means for the midterm elections.
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Oct 13, 2026
Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C. home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Monday morning. Omar criticized the search, calling it a weaponization of federal law enforcement.
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