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The Trump administration is freezing monthly funding to help low-income families pay for childcare.

More than 800,000 families were receiving that aid as of 2019,

the latest numbers available.

Science Magazine says the unstoppable growth of renewable energy is its 2025 breakthrough of the year.

NPR's Julia Simon has more.

Sachs Global, which owns Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and other companies, is seeking bankruptcy protection.

The holding company missed its first debt payment linked to its acquisition of Neiman Marcus in 2024 and has struggled to boost demand in the United States amid inflation.

Hudson Bay Company created Sachs Global as part of a debt restructuring last August.

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Zoram Mamdani has been sworn in as the first Muslim mayor of New York City.

The 34-year-old progressive Democrat rose in a single year from being a relatively unknown state lawmaker to lead the largest city in the United States.

More from NPR's Brian Mann.

President Trump says he's pulling National Guard troops from several major cities.

The move comes after the U.S.

Supreme Court rejected the administration's emergency appeal of plans to deploy troops to Chicago.

NPR's Franco Ordonez reports.

A House panel has released a transcript of its interview with former special counsel Jack Smith.