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Inside Trump’s military action in the Caribbean

20 Oct 2025

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In the Caribbean, U.S. forces struck a seventh boat alleged to have been involved in illegal drug-trafficking. CNN reports on rising tensions in the r...

The dirty secret behind the hobby costing young men thousands of dollars

18 Oct 2025

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From Apple News In Conversation: Sports betting has exploded in the U.S.: The Supreme Court gave states the power to legalize it in 2018, and, by...

Why both parties are holding out as the shutdown drags on

17 Oct 2025

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As the government shutdown continues, Republicans and Democrats both say the American public is on their side. The Wall Street Journal’s Siobhan...

How the Supreme Court could reshape the electoral landscape

16 Oct 2025

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Justices heard arguments Wednesday over a case concerning a key provision of the Voting Rights Act related to congressional district maps in Louisiana...

Why Trump is bailing out Argentina for $20 billion

15 Oct 2025

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President Trump met with President Javier Milei of Argentina at the White House to discuss the details of a $20 billion bailout for the financially ai...

What’s next in the Israel-Hamas peace plan?

14 Oct 2025

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The first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is underway as Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners were released Monday. PBS News has stories of ...

All 20 living hostages in Gaza freed by Hamas as peace plan holds

13 Oct 2025

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The 20 living hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas were released after two years in captivity. President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday to meet wit...

What happens when MAHA and public-health experts talk to one another?

11 Oct 2025

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From Apple News In Conversation: The rise of the Make America Healthy Again movement reflects a larger trend: declining trust in public-health institu...

What the skyrocketing price of gold reveals about the economy

10 Oct 2025

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President Trump said hostages could be released early as Monday, as details about how the peace deal between Israel and Hamas will proceed come to lig...

Hamas agrees to release the hostages. What to know.

09 Oct 2025

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Hamas has agreed to release the hostages in Gaza after accepting the first phase of Trump’s ceasefire plan. Reuters has the latest. National Gua...

What the government shutdown could mean for your next flight

08 Oct 2025

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Flight delays are starting to pile up as air-traffic controllers call off sick during the shutdown. CNN correspondent Pete Muntean joins to discuss. T...

Why the Gaza ceasefire talks feel different this time around

07 Oct 2025

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Negotiations in Egypt between Hamas and Israel are ongoing. Foreign Policy reports that despite hope that a deal is imminent, a lot of the details rem...

How the fight over Trump’s use of federal troops just escalated

06 Oct 2025

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The Trump administration is deploying federal troops into Chicago, claiming ongoing lawlessness. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker described the move as &...

Schools blocked ChatGPT. Now they embrace it. What changed?

04 Oct 2025

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From Apple News In Conversation: In just a few years, U.S. school districts have gone from blocking AI tools to welcoming them into classrooms. I...

How a deadly attack unfolded on Yom Kippur

03 Oct 2025

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At least two are dead after an attacker rammed a car into a crowd of worshippers at a synagogue in Manchester, England, then began stabbing people. Th...

One day in, where does the shutdown stand?

02 Oct 2025

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As the government shutdown continues into Day 2, a breakthrough on a funding bill remains elusive. Reuters reports on how Trump has followed through o...

Government shutdown officially begins. What to know.

01 Oct 2025

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The government is officially shut down after Congress failed to pass a spending agreement before last night’s midnight deadline. PBS News report...

Behind Trump’s winning streak at the Supreme Court

30 Sep 2025

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Trump and Netanyahu presented a proposal to end the war in Gaza. The Washington Post’s Michael Birnbaum discusses what’s in the plan — a...

The shutdown deadline is looming. Here’s what could happen.

29 Sep 2025

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Congressional leaders on both sides say they won’t budge as a government shutdown looms. Politico’s Sophia Cai joins to discuss what&rsquo...

What we get wrong about political violence in the U.S.

27 Sep 2025

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From Apple News In Conversation: Earlier this month, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley Universit...

How pressure from Trump led to James Comey’s indictment

26 Sep 2025

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Former FBI Director James Comey faces federal charges of obstruction and making a false statement. NBC News reports that the charges stem from testimo...

A shooter opened fire at an ICE facility. What to know.

25 Sep 2025

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A gunman killed a detainee and wounded two others at an ICE detention facility in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News spoke to eyewitnesses about the inci...

Jimmy Kimmel returns to late-night TV. Here’s what he said.

24 Sep 2025

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Jimmy Kimmel returned to the airwaves almost a week after ABC suspended him for comments about the death of Charlie Kirk. USA Today describes what hap...

The weak evidence behind Trump’s autism announcement

23 Sep 2025

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Trump announced two significant regulatory changes surrounding autism. The Washington Post’s Dan Diamond joins to weigh the evidence being used ...

Why an attorney tasked with prosecuting Trump’s critics resigned

22 Sep 2025

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Over the weekend Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute some of his political enemies, in a social-media post. The order came days after ...

Inside Disney’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel

19 Sep 2025

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The Wall Street Journal goes inside Disney’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel. Congress faces another tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown....

What the Fed’s interest-rate cut means for you and the economy

18 Sep 2025

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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday and signaled that additional cuts could come later this year. Reuters reporter Ann Saphir joins to...

The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing is charged. What we’ve learned.

17 Sep 2025

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The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk appeared in court for the first time Tuesday. NPR reports that prosecutors charged the suspect with aggravated...

The new GOP plan for D.C. crime: charging kids as adults

16 Sep 2025

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The House is set to vote on bills that would impose harsher penalties on people under 18 in D.C. The Washington Post’s Meagan Flynn discusses th...

What’s at stake in a crucial week for the Federal Reserve

15 Sep 2025

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The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates this week. The Wall Street Journal’s Nick Timiraos joins to discuss the challenges facing ...

What to know about the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing

12 Sep 2025

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Authorities have arrested a suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk. CBS News has more, while Politico explores the fears over political violence in t...

How Charlie Kirk transformed the American conservative movement

11 Sep 2025

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The conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk died after being shot in the neck at an event in Utah. NBC News has live updates. Russian drones violated Pola...

Child care is incredibly expensive. This state just made it free.

10 Sep 2025

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New Mexico will become the first state in the country to offer its residents free universal childcare. Source New Mexico reports the move could save s...

ICE is escalating operations in Chicago. What to know.

09 Sep 2025

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Federal authorities began increased immigration-enforcement operations in Chicago, targeting people with criminal records. Time reports. Meanwhile, th...

Why ICE raided a company that invests billions in the U.S.

08 Sep 2025

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Hyundai has invested billions in American manufacturing. Now the immigration arrests of hundreds of workers at one of its plants in Georgia have shake...

Was Trump’s strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat legal?

05 Sep 2025

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U.S. warships killed 11 people on a suspected Venezuelan smuggling craft on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested they had drugs bound for...

RFK Jr. tore up vaccine policy. Now for a Senate showdown.

04 Sep 2025

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Vaccine policy is changing at a rapid rate as Florida and some Western states take drastically different paths on access and recommendations. Bloomber...

The new Epstein files don’t reveal much. What’s next in the case?

03 Sep 2025

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Congress is back from summer recess with a list of big priorities — and some come with tight deadlines. NBC’s Sahil Kapur tells us more. T...

How an earthquake devastated Afghanistan

02 Sep 2025

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The latest from Afghanistan after a catastrophic earthquake struck the eastern part of the country. The BBC reports on the worst-hit areas, and the Ta...

Hurricane forecasting improved after Katrina. That could change.

29 Aug 2025

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NPR’s Alejandra Borunda joins to talk about scientific advances in hurricane forecasting since Katrina, and how that progress might now be at ri...

Inside the CDC’s night of chaos as its director is fired

28 Aug 2025

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The White House says it has fired the CDC director, less than a month after she was confirmed. Now other key officials are resigning. The Washington P...

The tariff on cheap packages all online shoppers should know about

27 Aug 2025

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The little-known de minimis tariff exemption is ending. Bloomberg unpacks the effect it could have on shopping habits. The Trump administration is usi...

How Trump has flipped the meaning of civil rights

26 Aug 2025

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Laura Meckler, national education reporter with the Washington Post, joins to break down how the Department of Education has dramatically reshaped civ...

It’s been two weeks of federal control in D.C. Here’s what’s changed in the city.

25 Aug 2025

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The Washington Post’s Jenny Gathright joins to discuss the latest on Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., and what could come next...

The surprising reason many fossil-fuel companies support EPA rules

22 Aug 2025

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The federal government might give up its ability to regulate climate law — and businesses are concerned. NPR’s Michael Copley explains why. Is...

Stuck in their homes, stuck in their jobs: why Americans feel frozen

21 Aug 2025

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Nobody is buying homes. Nobody is changing jobs. Wall Street Journal reporter Konrad Putzier explores why so many Americans are feeling stuck — ...

How much money is Trump making off the presidency?

20 Aug 2025

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New Yorker staff writer David D. Kirkpatrick spent months tallying up the dizzying amount of cash Trump has made off the presidency. He joins to talk ...

Inside sports’ escalating stalking problem

19 Aug 2025

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Stalking has become an unsettling part of the elite-sports landscape. The Athletic’s Carson Kessler investigates why cases are climbing. Washing...

Why Zelenskyy is bringing backup to the White House

18 Aug 2025

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Politico’s Paul McLeary joins to talk about what’s next as President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washingto...

The three leaders who will decide Ukraine’s fate

15 Aug 2025

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Reuters White House correspondent Steve Holland discusses the high-stakes meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin in Alaska — an...

Why economists are worried about Trump’s pick to oversee jobs data

14 Aug 2025

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Three out of 10 people have trouble falling and staying asleep. Jennifer Senior, staff writer for The Atlantic, explains why many commonly recommended...

How Trump’s use of the military breaks with past presidents

13 Aug 2025

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The National Guard was deployed into Washington, D.C. Vera Bergengruen from the Wall Street Journal explains the unprecedented ways the Trump administ...

Trump seizes control of D.C. police. Here’s what that means.

12 Aug 2025

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Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. Brian Mann from NPR explains how the president is using emergency powers to take control of the ...

Billions of dollars are going to ICE. What will it do with the money?

11 Aug 2025

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Caitlin Dickerson with the Atlantic reports on how Congress has allocated an unprecedented sum of money to immigration enforcement, and how they might...

Israel is planning a major escalation of the war in Gaza. What to know.

08 Aug 2025

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Benjamin Netanyahu wants to take control of all of Gaza. Alexander Cornwell with Reuters unpacks what that means.  The Trump administration is pu...

Trump’s tariffs are raising billions. Where is that money going?

07 Aug 2025

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Tariffs for nearly 70 countries are implemented today. CNN’s Elisabeth Buchwald explains where all the money is going. Republicans are under pressur...

The hidden culprit behind your rising electricity bills

06 Aug 2025

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More universities are beginning to engage with the Trump administration on settlements and other agreements. Liam Knox of Bloomberg News joins to disc...

How Trump’s Texas power grab could change voting nationwide

05 Aug 2025

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The Texas governor is in a political showdown with Democrats. Lawmakers have fled the state to derail a redistricting vote that would could hand the G...

How Trump firing a data chief threatens jobs-stats credibility

04 Aug 2025

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Trump fired a key official after she delivered some bad news about jobs numbers. Courtenay Brown with Axios explains what that means for the credibili...

How Trump is using tariffs to help a political ally

01 Aug 2025

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Trump unveiled a new set of tariffs across the globe as his deadline arrived. Manuela Andreoni from Reuters explains why he hopes higher duties on Bra...

Why we don’t actually know much about Trump’s trade deals

31 Jul 2025

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As President Trump touts trade deals ahead his Friday tariff deadline, Politico’s Daniel Desrochers reports that a lot of the details remain murky.W...

Tsunami waves reach U.S. after Russian earthquake. What to know.

30 Jul 2025

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One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s east coast, setting off tsunami warnings in the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere. R...

Inside the IRS’s plans to share highly confidential taxpayer data with ICE

29 Jul 2025

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According to a ProPublica report, the IRS is building a system that would share taxpayer data with ICE. Investigative reporter William Turton explains...

What millions of student-loan borrowers need to know this week

28 Jul 2025

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Photos of emaciated, starving Palestinians have drawn international condemnation of Israel’s blockade of aid to Gaza. NBC reports. Over the week...

What the numbers reveal about Trump’s mass-deportation plan

25 Jul 2025

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The Guardian looks at how Trump’s goal to deport 1 million people in his first year in office stands, six months into his term. The paper’...

Three new developments in the Epstein saga to know about

24 Jul 2025

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Trump was briefed in May that his name was among many cited in the files relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to reports from the Wall Stre...

The unspoken threat in Trump’s Wall Street Journal lawsuit

23 Jul 2025

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Trump sued the Wall Street Journal over its report that he wrote a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein. It’s an unprecedented move for a sitting presid...

They wrote Project 2025. Now they’re dictating some U.S. policy.

22 Jul 2025

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Six months in, how have the Trump administration’s actions aligned with Project 2025’s plan? The Atlantic’s David Graham joins the show ...

Six months in, how do Americans grade Trump?

21 Jul 2025

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Six months into Trump’s second term in office, a CNN poll finds that a majority of Americans disapprove of the administration’s deportatio...

Why some of Trump’s big Supreme Court wins remain a mystery

18 Jul 2025

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The House approved Trump’s plans to claw back $8 billion in approved funding for foreign aid. Experts told NPR the administration has provided l...

From Elmo to emergency alerts: The impact of public media cuts

17 Jul 2025

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The Senate just passed a bill that would cut more than $1.1 billion in previously allocated federal funds for public media. The Wall Street Journal re...

Why Congress might claw back money it already approved

16 Jul 2025

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The Senate voted to advance legislation that would claw back over $9 billion dollars for foreign aid and public media that both chambers of Congress, ...

Bugs, heat, broken toilets: life inside “Alligator Alcatraz”

15 Jul 2025

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New reporting from the Miami Herald reveals that a significant portion of detainees held at an immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglade...

How the Secret Service failed to prevent the Trump shooting

14 Jul 2025

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It’s one year since the assassination attempt against Trump, and a damning Senate committee report just described the event as a “preventa...

ICE agents are hiding their faces during raids. Is that legal?

11 Jul 2025

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Trump is expected to visit Texas today, amid longer-term questions over the future of FEMA. Zack Colman from Politico takes us through them. The presi...

Trump’s birthright citizenship ban was blocked again. What to know.

10 Jul 2025

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A federal judge issued a new, temporary nationwide block on Trump’s birthright citizenship ban. Tom Hals of Reuters told us about the plaintiffs’ ...

Trump promised 90 tariff deals in 90 days. We’ve got two. What happened?

09 Jul 2025

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Trump extended his deadline for countries to make tariff deals, and sent a host of letters threatening new measures. Brian Schwartz at the Wall Street...

Stories of survival and loss after the Texas floods

08 Jul 2025

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The death toll from the Texas floods climbed above 100, as stories of tragedy and heroics continue to emerge. Keri Heath at the Austin American-State...

Tragedy in Texas: how flash flooding devastated a county

07 Jul 2025

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Catastrophic flooding in Texas killed at least 80 people, and more rainfall is expected. The Texas Tribune has the latest. Congressional Republicans p...

What to know about the government’s new database to track citizens

02 Jul 2025

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The Trump administration is building a national citizenship-data system. NPR’s Jude Joffe-Block joins to discuss her exclusive reporting behind ...

Inside the GOP’s unprecedented move to claim tax-cut extensions are free

01 Jul 2025

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Senate Republicans are racing to get their sprawling bill to the House. The Wall Street Journal’s Richard Rubin joins to explain the financial m...

How Medicaid work requirements have failed before

30 Jun 2025

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Republicans are grappling with their big tax-and-spending bill, which the independent Congressional Budget Office estimates will add $3.3 trillion to ...

Tough, principled, and kind — the legacy of a slain Minnesota lawmaker

27 Jun 2025

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Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman — along with her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert — will lie in the Minnesota st...

Why it’s been so hot in June, and when to bring the kids inside

26 Jun 2025

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Israel tasked private contractors with distributing aid in Gaza. Nabih Bulos with the Los Angeles Times explains how those sites have descended into c...

How a 33-year-old progressive pulled off a huge political victory in New York

25 Jun 2025

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The Iran-Israel ceasefire is tentatively holding, as questions emerge over the scale of Iran’s nuclear setbacks. Reuters reports. Megan Messerly...

Trump accuses Israel and Iran of violating ceasefire

24 Jun 2025

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Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but has now accused both countries of violating it. Reuters has the latest. What to know about Ne...

Three big questions after the U.S. strikes on Iran

23 Jun 2025

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Following the U.S.’s strikes on nuclear sites in Iran, there are major questions in the days ahead. CNN reports on the members of Congress who were ...

How lawmakers are responding to rising political threats

18 Jun 2025

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In a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines, the Supreme Court determined a Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors is co...

What Iranians and Israelis think about their warring leaders

17 Jun 2025

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As Iran and Israel trade missiles, The Economist explores how citizens might respond to their leaders’ actions. The suspect in the Minnesota kil...

Suspect found as Minnesota mourns killing of “irreplaceable” politician

16 Jun 2025

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The suspect has been found in the Minnesota killings of a lawmaker and her husband. The Minnesota Star Tribune has the details. Israel and Iran intens...

What to know about Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear program

13 Jun 2025

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CBS reports on Israel’s strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. Bloomberg has more details of the Air India crash — and the remarkable story of the...

The damage that “less lethal” police weapons can really do

12 Jun 2025

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What to know about a fatal Boeing crash in India that killed more than 200 people.As protests continue in L.A. and elsewhere over immigration raids, R...

Inside the White House’s detention strategy

11 Jun 2025

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An L.A. curfew was implemented amid protests against ICE raids there. Elizabeth Findell from the Wall Street Journal looks at the marching orders from...

RFK Jr. ousts his entire vaccine advisory group

10 Jun 2025

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent Marines into Los Angeles, and California’s governor sued Trump. CalMatters’s Nigel Duara has been followin...

What to know about the L.A. protests over immigration raids

09 Jun 2025

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It was a weekend of unrest in L.A. as protesters demonstrating against immigration raids and ICE agents collided. President Trump sent in the National...

What to know about Trump and Musk’s epic breakup

06 Jun 2025

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Trump and Elon Musk attacked each other on social media in an extraordinary public fight. Politico has the blow-by-blow. Afghanistan has a complex set...

How Trump’s travel ban expands on his first-term efforts

05 Jun 2025

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Trump announced a new travel ban. The Wall Street Journal breaks it down. As Canada’s wildfires continue to rage, dangerous air is sweeping acro...

Musk rages at GOP as he returns to an uncertain business empire

04 Jun 2025

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Elon Musk attacks “abomination” GOP bill. As he leaves government, he returns to an uncertain future for Tesla, as the Wall Street Journal...

Inside the unlikely alliance to make childbirth free in the U.S.

03 Jun 2025

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There is unlikely bipartisan support in Congress around an effort to make childbirth free in America. Vox’s Rachel Cohen discusses the plan and ...

Marchers for Israeli hostages attacked in Colorado. Here’s what to know.

02 Jun 2025

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A man in Colorado has been arrested after setting fire to people marching for the release of Israeli hostages. The FBI are treating it as a terror att...