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We may be in an AI bubble. What does that mean?

16 Oct 2025

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Is the AI boom an AI bubble? Wall Street and Silicon Valley increasingly think so.This week JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said "a lot of assets" appe...

The fighting in Gaza has stopped. But dire conditions persist.

15 Oct 2025

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“A New and Beautiful day is rising.” That’s what President Trump told a gathering of world leaders this week.He was speaking of the ceasefire be...

The targets of Trump's DOJ are already paying a price

14 Oct 2025

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At President Trump’s public urging, the Justice Department has brought criminal charges against some of his perceived political enemies. NPR Justice...

Justice Anthony Kennedy's book is not boring

13 Oct 2025

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As a justice on the Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy wrote some big opinions.He was appointed by President Reagan, and most often voted with conservativ...

Hostage's brother-in-law: we haven't matured enough as a region to coexist peacefully

12 Oct 2025

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NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Moshe Lavi, the brother-in-law of Omri Miran, who has been held hostage by Hamas since October 7, 2023. Lavi explains...

Jake Sullivan tried to get a Gaza peace deal. Here's what he thinks of Trump's

10 Oct 2025

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A ceasefire is now in effect between Israel and Hamas, and the Israeli military has pulled back from certain positions in the Gaza Strip. In the comin...

Will a ceasefire deal move forward after two years of war between Israel and Hamas?

09 Oct 2025

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After two years of bloodshed, Israel and Hamas have agreed to phase one of a ceasefire deal.It’s a moment of hope — and some skepticism — am...

A week into the shutdown, federal workers are stuck in limbo

08 Oct 2025

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It's been a week since a federal shutdown ground work at numerous government agencies to a halt. There's no indication that an agreement could come so...

The National Guard arrives in Chicago. What now?

07 Oct 2025

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The clock is ticking for Chicago and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.President Trump has deployed the National Guard to the country’s third largest ci...

Trump calls cartels terrorists. Is that enough to go to war?

06 Oct 2025

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Nearly a quarter century after the September 11th attacks, the Trump administration is using the language of terrorism to target a new enemy: Latin Am...

When will sufficient aid be allowed into Gaza? UNICEF says Gazans need more

05 Oct 2025

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As peace negotiations between Israel and Hamas made significant progress over the weekend, many in the region are expressing some cautious optimism ab...

Federal workers reaffirming loyalty to the Constitution, not politics

04 Oct 2025

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Federal workers across the United States are feeling the impact of the government shutdown. This comes after months of turmoil for federal workers as ...

Daniel Day-Lewis was retired. His son is just getting started

03 Oct 2025

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Eight years ago, Daniel Day-Lewis announced he was retired from acting. He offered no further comment. Retirement notwithstanding, the three-time winn...

Here's how the shutdown is playing out across the U.S.

02 Oct 2025

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The government shutdown is on. Already, it’s being felt across the country.National Parks are preparing to scale back or close. Furloughed federal w...

Trump’s economy is marked by uncertainty. What could more tariffs mean for you?

01 Oct 2025

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When President Trump came into office, he promised to fuel an economic boom with a magic bullet: tariffs. They're taxes added to a wide range of impor...

Ukraine's scrappy wartime innovation

30 Sep 2025

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NPR’s National Security Correspondent Greg Myre spent the summer reporting on the war in Ukraine. He saw the devastation of the conflict. But he als...

Why the stakes for this shutdown are higher

29 Sep 2025

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The deadline for a government shutdown is quickly approaching. If Democrats and Republicans can't make a deal, the government will run out of money af...

The world commits to new climate goals without the U.S.

28 Sep 2025

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More than a hundred countries have committed to fresh plans to curb pollution, with one big holdout: the U.S.NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with the EU C...

Goodbye, Ari Shapiro

26 Sep 2025

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After 25 years at NPR and 10 years hosting All Things Considered and the last few years hosting Consider This, Ari Shapiro is moving on to his next ad...

They warned about AI before it was cool. They're still worried

25 Sep 2025

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A superhuman artificial intelligence so smart it can decide to get rid of slower-witted humans is a pretty terrifying concept.What was once strictly t...

Trump is changing public health guidance. What's it mean for you?

24 Sep 2025

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The federal government’s approach to public health has changed more in the last eight months than it has in decades.  Since President Trump returne...

Does Trump's plan to get homeless people off the streets violate civil liberties?

23 Sep 2025

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President Trump is promising to sweep homeless people off America’s streets. One controversial part of his plan could force thousands of people into...

One of ICE’s biggest detention facilities is plagued by problems

22 Sep 2025

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The Trump administration is moving fast on a plan to create several holding centers around the country for people detained in a nationwide immigration...

Did Charlie Kirk's killing shatter Spencer Cox's vision of politics?

21 Sep 2025

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Governor Spencer Cox of Utah, who has been in the national headlines just about every day since Charlie Kirk's killing, has long wanted to bring commu...

How to really listen in today's America

20 Sep 2025

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NPR's Don Gonyea reports from across the country, engaging with a wide range of people and in places as distinct and different as political rallies an...

Trump used the military to target a Venezuelan vessel. Is it legal?

19 Sep 2025

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A 30 second video clip shows a boat bobbing in the water.Then, a fireball and a huge plume of smoke.President Trump posted the footage on social media...

Kimmel cancellation renews questions about free speech

18 Sep 2025

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President Trump has said for years that he wants Jimmy Kimmel off the air. Now, ABC and its parent company Disney have put the show on indefinite hia...

The U.K.'s response to Trump, like America's, is divided.

17 Sep 2025

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The first day of President Trump’s historic trip to the UK was dominated by ceremony.A carriage procession around the grounds of Windsor Castle with...

Robert Redford was his own kind of Hollywood icon

16 Sep 2025

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Robert Redford died early Tuesday morning, according to his publicist. He was 89 years old.Redford was a golden child of Hollywood, starring in dozens...

Charlie Kirk's chair is empty. Can MAGA harness his movement?

15 Sep 2025

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With the assasination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, there’s a great deal of speculation about who will fill his seat, literally and met...

The immigration crackdown is changing how people interact with law enforcement

14 Sep 2025

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The Supreme Court has cleared the way for federal immigration enforcement agents in Los Angeles to use race and other profiling factors in deciding w...

Understanding the war in Gaza through the words of a child

13 Sep 2025

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Sometimes the stories that help us understand the full impact of war are told through a child’s voice.And sometimes the most powerful stories of war...

Can the global HIV/AIDS fight recover from Trump's cuts?

12 Sep 2025

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HIV has been in retreat around the world. Fewer people are dying of the disease.New infections are decreasing. More HIV positive people have access ...

Young Conservatives Are Asking What's Next For the Movement Charlie Kirk Started

11 Sep 2025

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For many young conservatives, Charlie Kirk was more than just another political activist or online personality.He was the face of their movement -- a ...

The 9/11 terrorism case is in limbo. So are the victim families.

10 Sep 2025

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The 9/11 terrorism case has been in legal limbo for more than a decade and many doubt the case will ever make it to take to trial. That’s partly bec...

What Jeffrey Epstein's bank knew

09 Sep 2025

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Six years after his death in prison, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to dominate the news.A House committee has released a suggestive note sent...

Hackers are after your water. How this town defends against them.

08 Sep 2025

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Chris Hugues has what he calls an interesting job.He’s an assistant operator at a wastewater treatment plant in Cavendish, Vermont.On a recent Augus...

What happens when democracies use military force to occupy their own territory?

07 Sep 2025

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Over the weekend, President Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as a character from the war film “Apocalypse Now” and, in that same pos...

Trump wants to change education. What's that mean for kids?

05 Sep 2025

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President Trump has vowed to abolish the Department of Education. He’s pressured schools to end DEI initiatives and protections for transgender stud...

A vaccine skeptic is leading public health in the US. Today, RFK Jr. faced questions

04 Sep 2025

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a scathing line of questioning from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate on Thursday.Kennedy is a vaccin...

Your covid vaccine questions answered

03 Sep 2025

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The one thing certain about the COVID vaccine right now is that everything about it is changing.The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the...

Corporate America ditched DEI. What happened to the employees?

02 Sep 2025

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“Chief diversity officer” was once Corporate America’s hottest job. Now corporate America has retreated from DEI and slashed thousands of jobs...

Cumberbatch and Colman team up to play a couple at war

01 Sep 2025

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So many movies are made about the beginning of a relationship. That first spark of attraction. That first kiss. The new dark comedy “The Roses” i...

The lasting impact of the administration’s changes to health science

31 Aug 2025

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The Trump Administration has made significant changes to the departments in charge of public health. So what does that mean for the health of average ...

Covering Katrina: navigating New Orleans in the days after the storm

30 Aug 2025

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Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans twenty years ago this week, leaving a trail of destruction across the city and the Gulf Coast. NPR journalists were ...

President Trump, entertainer-in-chief

29 Aug 2025

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Before he entered politics, most Americans knew Donald Trump as an entertainer. As the host of the hit show “The Apprentice” he was catapulted to ...

Gazans are starving. How did it get this bad?

28 Aug 2025

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The war in Gaza is approaching the 2 year mark. As it does, Israel continues to launch new attacks on a territory that is already in ruins. And the hu...

Should the government be in the business of business?

27 Aug 2025

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What happens when the federal government owns part of a company? That’s one of MANY questions about federal policy right now, as the Trump Administr...

Can Trump call the National Guard into Chicago too?

26 Aug 2025

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For over two weeks, members of the National Guard have been walking the streets of Washington, D.C. -- alongside federal law enforcement and local pol...

What a day in immigration court is like now

25 Aug 2025

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The Trump administration is deploying a new strategy to speed up deportations. Government lawyers are asking immigration judges to dismiss on-going ca...

Bubbling questions about the limits of the AI revolution

24 Aug 2025

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OpenAI founder Sam Altman floated the idea of an AI bubble, an MIT report found that 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing and tech sto...

High stakes diplomacy and canceled Halibut Olympia, insights from the Alaska Summit

23 Aug 2025

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Normally, foreign policy summits between world leaders involve painstaking planning and organization days and weeks in advance. The hectic and last mi...

Famine is declared in Gaza. Will anything change?

22 Aug 2025

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The people of Northern Gaza are starving. That’s according to an official declaration by a United Nations-backed group of experts, who comprise the ...

It's not your imagination. Hurricanes are getting more severe.

21 Aug 2025

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In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1300 people dead and becoming the most expensive hurricane in histor...

What's Trump doing in DC?

20 Aug 2025

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President Trump says the administration’s takeover of DC is making life safer. But many of the city’s residents and business owners are questionin...

How hundreds of babies and children ended up in a mass grave in Ireland

19 Aug 2025

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Anna Corrigan grew up in Dublin, Ireland. She thought she was an only child, until she was in her 50s and discovered a family secret. Corrigan found d...

Trump and Zelenskyy meet again

18 Aug 2025

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In the last few days, President Trump has met separately with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, in an attempt to break the deadlock and end the wa...

What we know about President Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics

17 Aug 2025

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President Trump turned to the Heritage Foundation help pick his appointee to lead a traditionally non-partisan agency. NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks wit...

Covering climate change in the city of love

16 Aug 2025

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Paris has increasingly found itself on the frontline of the climate crisis and covering the city and the rest of France now means regularly reporting ...

What Bad Bunny means to Puerto Ricans

15 Aug 2025

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This summer, the island of Puerto Rico has been under the thrall of Bad Bunny.His 30-concert residency at a stadium in San Juan is a homecoming for th...

Can Trump get Putin to make a deal?

14 Aug 2025

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American Presidents have been trying to manage Russian President Vladimir Putin since the beginning of this century.There was George W. Bush, who met ...

President Trump is upending global trade as we know it. What comes next?

13 Aug 2025

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”The global trading system as we have known it is dead.”Those are the words of former US Trade Representative Michael Froman.He’s now President ...

Trump and Putin are set to meet. Do they want the same thing?

12 Aug 2025

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Two minutes — that’s how long President Trump says it will take him to figure out whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is serious about findin...

Trump takes over D.C. police. Will other cities be next?

11 Aug 2025

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President Trump said he’s taking over Washington and announced he’s deploying the National Guard to the city.And he made another big promise: that...

Deep-sea mining is unregulated. Some want to forge ahead anyway

10 Aug 2025

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The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. Th...

Investigating the Russia investigations. What's left to learn?

08 Aug 2025

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The question of whether Russian interference in the 2016 election was a decisive reason Donald Trump won the presidency is one that has dogged Trump f...

How some online networks target and radicalize kids

07 Aug 2025

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The FBI is investigating at least 250 people who may be tied to online networks that target children.These networks encourage kids to hurt themselves,...

Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans' public defender system

06 Aug 2025

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In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse. The court system collapsed ...

How gerrymandering became a blood sport

05 Aug 2025

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Fights over Congressional maps never used to be this intense. On Tuesday, Texas Republicans voted to issue civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fle...

What happens to the internet if no one clicks search links?

04 Aug 2025

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Google's AI Overviews feature can deliver an answer to your question before you click a single link. But it spells bad news for the publishers that wr...

Is climate change a reason not to have kids?

03 Aug 2025

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Some young people are hesitant to start a family because they are worried about the impact it will have on the environment. But some experts argue, th...

A tricky reporting assignment: covering your own workplace

03 Aug 2025

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The job of a media reporter is to examine the role the press plays in our democracy, and the choices the large corporations operating newsrooms are ma...

Trump's tariffs are (still) coming

01 Aug 2025

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Thursday night, President Trump announced new tariff rates, and a new deadline. For weeks, the administration said that new, tougher tariffs would go ...

A fact checker hangs up his Pinocchios

31 Jul 2025

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"In an era where false claims are the norm, it's much easier to ignore the fact-checkers." Those are the final words of the final column of Glenn Kess...

How firing hundreds of employees this year has transformed the Justice Department

30 Jul 2025

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This year, hundreds of employees at the Justice Department have been fired, sometimes over clashes with the Trump administration, and other times for ...

A new executive order tackles causes of homelessness. Why are some advocates worried?

29 Jul 2025

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President Donald Trump is aiming to fundamentally shift how the country manages homelessness with a new executive order he signed last week. It calls ...

What reporting in Gaza shows amid Trump's break from Netanyahu on starvation

28 Jul 2025

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New light has emerged between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, with the latter disputing Israel's claim that ther...

Facing persistent scrutiny over Epstein, the Trump administration rehashes 2016 probe

27 Jul 2025

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President Trump traveled to Scotland to talk trade with the EU and play golf. But as soon as he landed he was asked about Jeffrey Epstein, the convict...

Texas floods: how to talk to people on the worst day of their lives

26 Jul 2025

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At least 135 people died earlier this month when floods swept through the Texas Hill Country. As in any other natural disasters, journalists from arou...

How have RFK Jr.'s vaccine policies impacted America's public health?

25 Jul 2025

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Before he entered politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a career out of stoking doubt about vaccines, promoting theories contradicted by mountains of s...

Six months in, how Trump has changed the Education Department.

24 Jul 2025

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Federal education policy has seen a lot of changes since President Trump's inauguration. For example, the Department of Education itself, which Trump ...

Six months of 'shock and awe' on immigration enforcement

23 Jul 2025

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Since returning to office, President Trump has moved swiftly to upend decades of federal policy—from education to healthcare to vaccines...but nowhe...

A civil rights organization declares a 'state of emergency' in the U.S.

22 Jul 2025

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As a candidate in 2024, President Trump promised – often – to end what he and other conservatives describe as "woke" policies.On his first day in ...

Is Emil Bove the face of a new MAGA judiciary?

21 Jul 2025

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President Trump helped reshape the federal courts during his first term in office. And he relied heavily on the Federalist Society in that effort, whi...

With plea deals canceled, what happens next with the Guantanamo 9/11 trials?

20 Jul 2025

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Plea deals with the 9/11 defendants, including for the alleged ringleader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have been canceled. Families of those who died on S...

Florida: The front line of Trump's immigration crackdown

19 Jul 2025

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NPR correspondent Jasmine Garsd has taken several reporting trips to Florida recently, a state seeing some of the most aggressive immigration enforcem...

Trump says no one cares about Epstein. Why won't his base let it go?

18 Jul 2025

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One of the narratives at the heart of President Trump's political movement is this: American society is dominated by a shadowy group of elites, and th...

Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

18 Jul 2025

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Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential American service survive and thrive. Visit d...

Will air traffic control's $12.5 billion update fix employee morale?

17 Jul 2025

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Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy testified on Capitol Hill, where he thanked Congress for recently approving $12.5 billion dolla...

Tariffs are a tax. Are you already paying it?

16 Jul 2025

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It's been over three months since President Trump announced very big across-the-board tariffs on imports from nearly every territory on Earth–includ...

Climate change is fueling brutal rainstorms. Here's how to stay safe

15 Jul 2025

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It's not just Texas. In the past couple of weeks, communities all around the country have been hit with torrential rains and deadly flash flooding. Ex...

Trump threatens Russia over Ukraine. Will it make a difference?

14 Jul 2025

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President Trump has made some big shifts in U.S. policy on Russia's war with Ukraine lately. In the course of two weeks, Trump halted and reinstated w...

What do we know about what's driving political violence?

13 Jul 2025

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It's been a year since the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania and the motivations of the shooter are still unclear.The U...

Inside the Diddy trial: why it felt like a watch party at the courthouse

12 Jul 2025

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On July 2nd, Sean Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges he faced: racketeering and sex trafficking. He was found guilty on two counts of tra...

When old oil wells become 'orphans,' that's a problem

11 Jul 2025

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All across the U.S., there are aging oil and natural gas wells no longer in use.A lot of them don't have anyone on the hook to seal them up. Some esti...

A harrowing journey to find food in Gaza

10 Jul 2025

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Israel bans international journalists from independent access to Gaza. But NPR's Anas Baba is from Gaza, and in the 21 months he has been reporting on...

After devastating floods a Central Texas community comes together

10 Jul 2025

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It's been nearly a week since devastating flooding tore through Kerr County, Texas killing more than a hundred people.Now, after unimaginable tragedy,...

The U.S. birth rate is falling fast. Why? It's complicated

08 Jul 2025

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The total fertility rate is a small number with big consequences.It measures how many babies, on average, each woman will have over her lifetime. And ...

Flooding is common in Texas Hill Country. This was different

07 Jul 2025

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Imagine standing in water shallow enough to just barely hit the soles of your feet. And then it rises so fast that in just about ten minutes, it's up ...

When it comes to vaccines, how are pediatricians restoring trust?

06 Jul 2025

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If you're a parent, decisions about vaccines have gotten a lot more confusing recently. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s health department is walking back lon...