Nora Rahm

Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports the judge heard arguments yesterday in a lawsuit from a human rights group.

President Trump says he didn't see the part of a video he posted that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, and he doesn't need to apologize.

The video has since been deleted.

It drew outrage from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

But Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters says she wasn't shocked.

Waters was interviewed on ABC News.

It was another wild week on Wall Street with dramatic sell-offs in tech stocks, but it ended with a huge rally as the Dow crossed the 50,000 mark for the first time.

NPR's Maria Aspin reports.

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The Office of Personnel Management has issued a final rule that gives President Trump the authority to reclassify more federal workers as at-will employees who can be fired for any reason or no reason at all.

Critics say this will return to the spoil system that rewarded political allies at the expense of good government.

The federal appropriations bill passed by Congress includes money for school safety enhancements at two South Texas school districts, including Uvalde, where 19 children and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting in 2022.

Texas Public Radio's Camille Phillips reports.

China will ban hidden door handles on cars starting next year.

The Ministry of Industry and Information announced that all car doors must have a mechanical release function.

The requirement comes after fatal accidents where electronic doors reportedly failed to open and trapped passengers inside.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.

President Trump says he didn't know a video he instructed his staff to post on social media contained an overtly racist depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama.

But as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, he also isn't apologizing.