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Jul 16, 2026
President Trump gave a primetime address Thursday night in which he spoke about the integrity of U.S. elections — a topic he has spread disinformation about for much of his political career.
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Jul 16, 2026
Higher oil prices since the Iran war began mean many oil companies have brought in excess profits. Some U.S. lawmakers want to tax those windfall profits and give the money to lower-income Americans.
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Jul 16, 2026
After The New York Times reported security flaws on Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One replacement, the administration subpoenaed some of its reporters. NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn explains.
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Jul 16, 2026
Boris Nadezhdin wants to run for Russia's parliament on a platform that gives voice to the Russians against the war in Ukraine. That's why, he says, the Kremlin is doing everything to stop him.
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Jul 16, 2026
Heavy rain has pounded Texas for days. At least one person has died in Hill Country, where 130 people died in flash flooding this time last year, but new safety measures seem to be helping.
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Jul 16, 2026
The actor Hal Williams has died. He was best known for playing Officer "Smitty" Smith in the 1970s hit TV show Sanford and Son. He was 91.
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Jul 16, 2026
In this roundup of space news, we talk about sugar molecules in space, a call for volunteers for a simulated Moon/Mars mission and next steps for NASA's New Horizons probe.
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Jul 16, 2026
NPR's Greg Myre and Tom Bowman join host Mary Louise Kelly to discuss the latest on the war with Iran and whether there's any way out.
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Jul 16, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman of Georgetown University about the Defense Department's plan to screen service members' testosterone levels and offer supplementation.
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Jul 16, 2026
Orange skies and heavy smoke covered large parts of the U.S. as Canada and Minnesota grapple with wildfires.
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Jul 16, 2026
Orange skies and heavy smoke covered large parts of the U.S. on Thursday as Canada and Minnesota grapple with wildfires. Hazardous air quality is expected to continue.
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Jul 16, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Christopher Nolan about the choices he made adapting Homer's epic poem The Odyssey for the screen, including why he filmed solely in IMAX.
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Jul 16, 2026
The stage is set for this Sunday's men's World Cup final. NPR's Scott Detrow previews the match-up between Spain and Argentina with Roger Bennett, founder and CEO of the Men in Blazers network.
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Jul 16, 2026
President Trump is scheduled to deliver a primetime address from the White House focused on election security, though details about the speech are slim.
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Jul 16, 2026
It's the first known instance of officials investigating suspected insider trading on a prediction market from inside the White House.
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Jul 16, 2026
The Trump administration wants to install permanent fencing around Lafayette Park, directly outside the White House. It's long been a popular spot for protesters, who worry barriers will change that.
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Jul 16, 2026
Key voters in Pennsylvania are split on whether President Trump earning a big windfall last year is a big deal or not. Their reaction reveals a level of cynicism about many in the political class.
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Jul 16, 2026
In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. None of the federal officers involved were wearing body cameras, the agency said.
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Jul 15, 2026
The U.S. has fought three major wars in the past quarter-century, in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. None has gone as planned.
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Jul 15, 2026
Kevin Warsh testified before the Senate Banking Committee for the first time Wednesday since taking over as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Warsh pledged to bring inflation under control.
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Jul 15, 2026
The recent funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader drew attention to the many Iranians seeking revenge against the U.S. — and are angry at their government for entering ceasefire talks.
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Jul 15, 2026
Harry James helps men feel more comfortable embracing their baldness — he calls it "baldmaxxing."
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Jul 15, 2026
People in Monticello, Utah have been tense and preparing to evacuate since shortly after the Babylon fire started June 26th
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Jul 15, 2026
People who weren't yet alive in the 1990s and early 2000s are buying up old-school point-and-shoot cameras. For some, it's a trendy retro vibe; for other, a rebellion against the smartphone era.
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Jul 15, 2026
A conversation with Jeanne Shaheen, Democratic Senator from New Hampshire, about a bipartisan bill she put together with the late Senator Lindsey Graham that slaps new sanctions on Russia.
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Jul 15, 2026
Argentina survived another heart-stopping match when it scored two late goals to topple England and extend the Three Lions' six-decade-long wait for another World Cup trophy.
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Jul 15, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is leaving thousands of crew members on commercial ships stranded. Arsenio Dominguez, head of the UN's International Maritime Organization, explains.
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Jul 15, 2026
Amelia Earhart was famous as an early aviatrix. Her flight suit is part of a bigger story about the history of American fashion and celebrity.
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Jul 15, 2026
"Beep" baseball uses sound to guide visually impaired players to hit the ball and run the bases.
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Jul 15, 2026
The man killed by an ICE in Southern Maine this week was a young father, husband and part of small community of immigrants who relied on their neighbors to get by.
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Jul 15, 2026
People held in the immigration detention camp at the Fort Bliss military base in Texas have experienced beatings and life-threatening medical neglect, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
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Jul 15, 2026
Artists create, even during times of chaos. In response to Trump policies and ICE's incursions, arts organizations are leaning in to new ways of fostering community in ways large and small.
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Jul 15, 2026
When Solitaire Miles was 18, she had a stroke. When she got to the hospital, doctors and nurses accused her of being on drugs. Then, her unsung hero arrived and ensured she got the care she needed.
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Jul 15, 2026
Blanche won Senate confirmation early in President Trump's second term to serve as the No. 2 official at the Justice Department. Now he's facing a contentious hearing as he seeks the top job.
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Jul 15, 2026
Dani Bensky and a group of women who were abused by Jeffrey Epstein have formed a bond they call a "survivor sisterhood." They live in two worlds, of advocacy and everyday life and motherhood.
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Jul 15, 2026
Trump's nominee faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with workforce and leadership shortages and new layers of political review.
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Jul 14, 2026
Spain is returning to the World Cup final after defeating France 2-0 in the semifinals. Spain has shone in this tournament, allowing just one goal so far. They'll play either Argentina or England.
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Jul 14, 2026
Settlers destroyed a shepherding community in the occupied West Bank despite a suspension order from Israel's highest court. The court has warned of legal anarchy as more of its decisions are flouted.
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Jul 14, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., about his recent trip to the occupied West Bank and temporary detention by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
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Jul 14, 2026
Character actor Harry Dean Stanton would be 100 years old this week and fans in his home state of Kentucky still celebrate him each year with a festival.
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Jul 14, 2026
Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett met with lawmakers on Tuesday for a regular budget hearing.
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Jul 14, 2026
Investigations are underway in Southern Maine, one day after a fatal shooting by an ICE agent. The agency says it was seeking a different person. Protests and vigils continue.
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Jul 14, 2026
President Trump reduced by 90% the size of two national monuments in Utah that were established by Presidents Clinton and Obama.
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Jul 14, 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an order pausing construction of large data centers — the first statewide pause in the country.
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Jul 14, 2026
After getting hit with a steep tariff bill for the imported board games he sells, Jonathan Silva wanted to see if he could produce a version of his Monopoly game in the United States.
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Jul 14, 2026
TrumpRx, the administration's discounted drug website, has been online for nearly six months. How useful is it, and how much has it changed what Americans pay for prescriptions?
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Jul 14, 2026
The use of the VAR, video assistant referee, has been controversial at this year's World Cup. FIFA says it makes the game fairer. Fans and teams say it's being abused. Has VAR gone too far?
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Jul 14, 2026
What's it like to grow up and learn in the age of AI? NPR put that question to seven teenagers across the country.
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Jul 14, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Gil Kerlikowske, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under President Obama, about the recent string of fatal shootings by federal immigration agents.
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Jul 13, 2026
A Colombian man was fatally shot by an ICE agent this morning in Biddeford, Maine. Sen. Angus King says he was told the man had "weaponized" his vehicle when the shooting occurred.
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Jul 13, 2026
Pakistan urges restraint as Iran and the U.S. clash and a memorandum of understanding unravels.
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Jul 13, 2026
Under Trump, the Office of Management and Budget has proposed a rule change that would shift authority for grant making to political appointees. Experts say it could negatively affect U.S. science.
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Jul 13, 2026
Actor Sam Neill died Monday at the age of 78. He had a wide-ranging career over some 50 years — but is perhaps most well-known for his role as Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park franchise.
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Jul 13, 2026
The World Cup is down to its final four teams. CBS Sports' Nico Cantor checks in from his cross-country RV tour to break down the biggest storylines and what's next.
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Jul 13, 2026
The redistricting carried out by Tennessee lawmakers divides a community of Black voters along the same line as highway split them up 60 years ago and they say it weakens their power once again.
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Jul 13, 2026
Santa Fe is among many American communities that celebrate low rider culture. The cars are works of art and expressions of pride. At a parade, people talk about efforts to win funding for a museum.
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Jul 13, 2026
NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
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Jul 13, 2026
Maine voters are still grappling with Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner's dramatic departure from the race.
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Jul 13, 2026
Over the course of his three decades in Congress, Lindsey Graham was a major influence on Capitol Hill and throughout the world as one of the most vocal advocates for U.S. military might.
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Jul 13, 2026
The global economy may be suffering from lost productivity as people get swept by World Cup fever, a survey shows. This small business owner would know. She's spent most of her days watching matches.
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Jul 13, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with three people about how they're feeling the effects of inflation: Jennifer Browning, Alex Garcia and Chuck Lockhart.
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Jul 13, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Mark Leibovich, staff writer for The Atlantic, about the trajectory of late Sen. Lindsey Graham as he tried to maintain relevance within his Republican Party.
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Jul 12, 2026
Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake served in congress alongside Lindsay Graham from 2013-2019. Despite moments of tension and disagreement, he says he and Sen. Graham were "friends to the end."
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Jul 12, 2026
NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Seth Jones from the Center for Strategic and International Studies about President Trump granting Ukraine permission to produce Patriot missiles.
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Jul 12, 2026
Baseball isn't just America's pastime, it's also the backdrop for many of our greatest sports movies.
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Jul 12, 2026
NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Andrew Iden, Executive Producer of Marked!: The Podcast, which examines Georgia's role in America's revolutionary period through the 2,000 roadside historical marker.
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Jul 12, 2026
Many people dream of extended summer reading time, but to really dig into books, you need steal any moment possible.
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Jul 12, 2026
Long lost tapes of an Oscar Peterson piano performance in Detroit take us back in time to the night the jazz session was recorded.
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Jul 12, 2026
His office said Graham died Saturday night after a "brief and sudden illness." The Republican senator was instrumental in enacting Trump's policy and staffing priorities.
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Jul 11, 2026
Palestinians are mourning Mohammed al-Wahidi, a beloved aid worker in Gaza. He was killed by as Israeli airstrike while en route to a World Cup screening which he organized.
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Jul 11, 2026
The European Union recently implemented a new security system to better monitor foreigners who enter and exit. But its messy rollout has upended the summer travel season.
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Jul 11, 2026
NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Ariane Tabatabai, Vice President of Research, Security and Defense, at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, about developments in the war between the U.S. and Iran.
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Jul 11, 2026
When Bill Hillmann was 19 years old, he read Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. That book inspired him to pursue two dreams: a career in literature and to run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
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Jul 11, 2026
People are reading fewer and fewer books. The Atlantic's Rose Horowitch discusses what a post-literate world might look like.
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Jul 11, 2026
Ketch Secor of the band, Old Crow Medicine Show, says his group's latest album, Union Made, is a love letter to the United States. It's full of stories from the country's past and present.
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Jul 11, 2026
For Reporter's Notebook we hear about what it takes to cover conflict over a decades-long career as a foreign correspondent.
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Jul 11, 2026
The Times says federal agents turned up on the doorsteps of several of its journalists to force grand jury testimony next week over their coverage of the Air Force One plane gifted to Trump by Qatar.
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Jul 10, 2026
Iran remains defiant against U.S., but stands to rake in billions if a peace deal can be reached.
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Jul 10, 2026
France beat Morocco to advance to the World Cup semifinals. The match drew crowds to Paris' streets to watch on big screens. In a country with a large Moroccan diaspora, many hearts were divided.
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Jul 10, 2026
The world's two most populous countries — India and China — are missing from the expanded 48-team men's World Cup, highlighting corruption, bureaucratic rot and youth sports culture.
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Jul 10, 2026
Michigan reports 1,250 cases of cyclospora and CDC surveillance shows cases in 17 states. The CDC has initiated a traceback investigation, as the source is not yet known.
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Jul 10, 2026
Fiction provides it's own kind of travel — right from your couch. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish writer Tana French about her books and others' writing that immerse readers in Ireland.
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Jul 10, 2026
Pilot Wally Funk has died at 87. Denied the chance to become a NASA astronaut, she finally reached space at age 82 aboard a Blue Origin flight.
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Jul 10, 2026
Poor counties in the South are bracing for steep cuts in administering food aid as President Trump's tax and spending bill brings new requirements.
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Jul 10, 2026
Terry Tempest Williams writes about what is easy to overlook - she calls it "the holy ordinary." She spoke with Wild Card's Rachel Martin about being present and her new book, The Glorians.
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Jul 10, 2026
A weeklong hearing to establish whether the accused killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk can be taken to full trial ended today. There has been dramatic testimony.
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Jul 10, 2026
President Trump has removed the remaining three members of the bipartisan U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Here's what it means.
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Jul 10, 2026
The Wimbledon finals are set. Here's what to expect, plus a look back at this year's Grand Slam.
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Jul 10, 2026
Three men who were arrested during an immigration operation which resulted in the death of another person are disputing ICE's version of responding to a situation in which the agents felt at risk,
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Jul 10, 2026
Scandals have always been a part of politics but the way politicians handle them has changed.
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Jul 10, 2026
In Colorado, hundreds of homes have been destroyed, tens of thousands of people evacuated and three wildland firefighters killed in the line of duty. The state is likely in for weeks of extreme fire.
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Jul 10, 2026
Patriotic art and music is taking center stage this year under the Trump Administration, as funds shift away from DEI. For some orgs, like the Reagan Presidential Library, this is their wheelhouse.
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Jul 10, 2026
President Trump says he is refusing to sign the bill without Congress first passing his sweeping voter ID bill.
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Jul 10, 2026
We're in that phase of summer pop doldrums when the same songs seem to be on repeat week after week. Can Stella Lefty, Yung Miami or Malcolm Todd make a run to crack the top 10?
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Jul 09, 2026
The Interior Department is arguing D.C. height limits don't apply to federal projects, bucking a century of precedent. If the panel reviewing Trump's arch agrees, experts say it could change the city.
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Jul 09, 2026
The ceasefire left Gaza split in half: Israel's military occupied the east, and 2 million Palestinians squeezed into the remaining areas. But Israeli forces have been pushing deeper into Gaza.
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Jul 09, 2026
Young Jewish-Americans have been looking for new ways to engage with Jewish culture. Some have found community by learning Yiddish, a language with roots in 10th century Europe.
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Jul 09, 2026
The Federal Reserve has two main goals: price stability and maximum employment. But new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh seems to be leaning into price stability and away from full employment as equal goals.
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Jul 09, 2026
Amid an administration crackdown on various forms of legal migration, there's one type of visa that even many Republicans support: the popular H-2A program for seasonal agricultural workers.
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Jul 09, 2026
The 2008 financial crisis and Brexit shrank the UK economy and led to a revolving door of PMs. Analysts say the first-past-the-post parliamentary system is ill-suited to modern, multi-party politics.
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