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Human rights activists based in the U.S.

say the number of anti-government protesters killed in Iran's crackdown on demonstrators in that country now tops 7,000.

The human rights activist's news agency says many more in Iran are feared dead.

Three weeks ago, the Iranian government acknowledged more than 3,100 deaths in that crackdown.

Later today, the Trump administration is expected to announce rollbacks in policies dealing with climate change.

As NPR's Jeff Brady reports, the White House says the actions by the EPA are part of the largest deregulatory effort in US history.

The Department of Education says colleges and universities in the U.S.

received more than $5 billion in reportable foreign gifts and contracts last year.

Here's NPR's Alyssa Nadworny.

Wall Street is coming off a down day for stocks despite the Labor Department reporting stronger U.S.

job growth in January than economists had been predicting.

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The Congressional Budget Office is forecasting rising federal deficits and debt over the next 10 years.

This latest projection from the CBO cites in part increased spending that will be necessary to fund Social Security and Medicare.

The CBO is revising upward by $1.4 trillion in

It's projection for the federal deficit from this year through 2035.

At the Winter Olympic Games in Italy, American ice dancers Madison Chalk and Evan Bates won a silver medal after narrowly missing out on gold.

NPR's Rachel Triesman reports from Milan.

Norway and Italy lead the medal count with 13.

The U.S.