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Nov 28, 2025
Amid NIH funding delays, clawbacks and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
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Nov 28, 2025
This Thanksgiving, a new animated film offers teachers a resource to talk about contemporary Native Americans with their students.
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Nov 28, 2025
Based on Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed 2020 novel about William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, Chloe Zhao's beautiful film Hamnet tells a story of tragedy and the healing power of art.
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Nov 28, 2025
The Kid Governor program is a nationwide initiative that helps teach kids about government by holding elections. Nebraska just elected 10-year-old Charlie Couch as it's first kid governor.
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Nov 28, 2025
After more than 80 years, the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire remains one of the nation's deadliest. Many safety lessons came from the tragedy that claimed more than 500 lives in Boston.
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Nov 28, 2025
States are suing the Trump administration over its plan to massively cut back long-term housing for homeless people. Advocates say the changes could push more than 100,000 residents onto the streets.
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Nov 28, 2025
If you lose your job in Denmark, it's not time to scream at the skies quite yet. The government has a unique set of policies called "flexicurity" designed to help get you back on your feet.
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Nov 28, 2025
Hackers are hoping to take advantage of the holiday season, and they're not just stealing money or data.
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Nov 28, 2025
If Virginia Democrats go ahead with redistricting, it would go a long way to countering the GOP and President Trump. But it would challenge the governor-elect's bipartisan image and anger Republicans.
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Nov 28, 2025
Pope Leo visits war-torn Lebanon but some in the country with the biggest percentage of Christians in the region are upset he's skipping the most battered part.
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Nov 27, 2025
With Inflation and an unpredictable economy, Christmas shopping might look different this season. Washington Post financial columnist Michelle Singletary talks about families can navigate things.
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Nov 27, 2025
From building homes to filling pantries to re-enacting medieval history for middle-schoolers - yes, you read that right - acts of volunteerism have remained vital for communities across the country.
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Nov 27, 2025
This Thanksgiving, Pope Leo is making his first overseas trip as pontiff. He started in Turkey, where he called for tolerance between different peoples and religions.
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Nov 27, 2025
A selective preview of the comedies, action adventures, dramas and awards contenders Hollywood has in store between Thanksgiving and the end of 2025.
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Nov 27, 2025
Haris Tarin, vice president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, outlines how the alleged DC shooter was vetted and what it means for Afghan immigration to the U.S.
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Nov 27, 2025
Officials are conducting a "coast-to-coast" investigation into the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., the FBI head said. The suspect had worked with the CIA in Afghanistan.
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Nov 27, 2025
Thanksgiving is of course a very American holiday. What, though, is an American overseas at this time of year to do — specially when it comes to eating turkey?
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Nov 27, 2025
Jiffy corn muffins are an iconic pantry staple that's been a part of family dinners for 75 years. Thanksgiving is peak season for the company, which has been run by the same family for five generation
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Nov 27, 2025
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Writer Suleika Jaouad talks about how she stays connected to people she's lost.
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Nov 27, 2025
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.
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Nov 27, 2025
Many voters think the federal government should focus on lowering prices, including in the battleground state of Wisconsin, where some say they are concerned about the state of the economy.
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Nov 26, 2025
President Trump addresses the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The shooting happened just a few blocks from the White House.
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Nov 26, 2025
This Thanksgiving season, we remember Susan Stamberg, one of NPR's "founding mothers," who died this year. For decades, she shared a family recipe for cranberry relish with listeners.
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Nov 26, 2025
When the northern lights dramatically lit up skies across the country earlier this month, poet Silas House was among those of us dazzled from below.
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Nov 26, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker, about the latest in the Trump administration's unconventional approach to negotiating a peace deal.
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Nov 26, 2025
Millions of Americans are flying to visit family and friends this holiday season. It's a big test of the U.S. aviation system after weeks of disruptions caused by the government shutdown.
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Nov 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is steeped in stories of pilgrims and native people enjoying a harvest feast in Plymouth. But historians say the first "Thanksgiving" was 23 years earlier, in 1598 along the Rio Grande.
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Nov 26, 2025
During the holiday season, young Scouts across the country work to collect food items for local pantries. It's an annual event, called Scouting for Food, that's more than 40 years old.
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Nov 26, 2025
PG-rated movies are leading the drive back to theaters following COVID, and the film industry has kids to thank!
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Nov 26, 2025
At tribal colleges and universities, students can get degrees while steeped in Indigenous traditions and learning techniques. Under the Trump administration, funding for them has been precarious.
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Nov 26, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to art historian Mary Okin about the significance and uncertain future of the historic murals painted inside the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C.
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Nov 26, 2025
The visit to Turkey and then Lebanon will be the first U.S. pope's first foreign trip.
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Nov 25, 2025
Winter hits early and hard in the high country of New York's Adirondack Mountains. It also brings wild, spectral beauty.
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Nov 25, 2025
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and other house Democrats released a video last week letting service members know they can refuse illegal orders. Kelly is now being investigated for misconduct.
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Nov 25, 2025
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and other congressional Democrats released a video last week letting service members know they can refuse illegal orders. Kelly is now being investigated for misconduct.
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Nov 25, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to have Sen. Mark Kelly court-martialed. We ask a former military lawyer if that's legal.
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Nov 25, 2025
The Trump administration hails "progress" in peace talks for Ukraine after an initial proposal was changed to address European and Ukrainian objections.
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Nov 25, 2025
Israel's Supreme Court has again pressed the government to explain why, more than two years into the war, it still bars independent journalists from entering Gaza.
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Nov 25, 2025
Viola Fletcher died Monday at the age of 111. She was one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre.
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Nov 25, 2025
Sure, insurance companies are part of the reason your premium went up this year -- but so are hospitals and doctors.
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Nov 25, 2025
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott invoked a relatively new Texas law to designate two groups as foreign terrorist organizations -- one being a national civil rights organization that serves the Muslim community.
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Nov 25, 2025
NPR traveled to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia district to hear what her constituents thought about their congresswoman's decision to resign next year after a falling out with President Trump.
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Nov 25, 2025
Scientists have harnessed artificial intelligence to classify lion roars, a tool they say could help with lion conservation.
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Nov 24, 2025
On Monday, NPR launched its end-of-the-year books guide. But Books We Love isn't a "top 10" list. Instead, it's more that 380 books that were personally recommended by members of the NPR staff.
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Nov 24, 2025
Hezbollah is vowing a response after Israel killed its No. 2 commander in a Beirut neighborhood -- an assassination the group calls a "red line."
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Nov 24, 2025
The number of hunters in the U.S. continues to drop. Some states run events to get more kids interested in the sport. We join a pheasant hunt in Connecticut.
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Nov 24, 2025
Democrats are highlighting concerns over health care costs in Wisconsin, a key swing state. The Trump administration says they have a plan of their own coming together to address health costs.
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Nov 24, 2025
Many states and school districts now ban or restrict the use of cell phones in schools. But what do the kids think about this? Student journalists in New Jersey brought this question to their classmates and teachers.
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Nov 24, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. James Campbell, an expert on childhood infectious diseases, about the CDC's new messaging on the relationship between vaccines and autism.
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Nov 24, 2025
Researchers have uncovered DNA and forensic evidence that answers centuries-old questions about the killing of a 13th century Hungarian duke.
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Nov 24, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jennifer Levin, author of Generation Care, about the roughly 10 million millennials working as family caregivers, often before they've fully formed their own lives.
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Nov 24, 2025
The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders."
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Nov 24, 2025
The U.S. has officially labeled Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles, allegedly led by President Nicolás Maduro and top officials, a foreign terrorist organization.
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Nov 24, 2025
Ukrainians feel relief after Geneva talks helped soften the U.S.-proposed peace deal seen as siding with Russia.
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Nov 24, 2025
Palestinian novelist Bassem Khandaqji won Arabic literature's top prize while in Israeli prison for a deadly Tel Aviv bombing. He was freed last month in the hostage-prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel.
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Nov 24, 2025
Pakistanis are protesting a recent constitutional amendment that gives the country's army chief new powers and legal immunity for life.
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Nov 24, 2025
The Pew Research Center's survey of Latinos show majorities disapprove of the president, especially his policies on the economy and immigration.
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Nov 24, 2025
The judge's decision on the appointment of Lindsey Halligan marks a significant setback to efforts to go after the president's perceived political enemies.
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Nov 24, 2025
The musician and actor helped propel reggae into the international spotlight, thanks in part to his songs and starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come.
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Nov 24, 2025
Drinks infused with cannabis' buzzy compound THC are wildly popular and available in many states. But a year from now, the hemp-based products could be banned under a newly approved federal law.
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Nov 23, 2025
U.S. and Ukrainian officials are negotiating a contentious peace plan in Geneva that would require major concessions from Kyiv.
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Nov 23, 2025
Yaroslav Trofimov of The Wall Street Journal explains why he thinks that the U.S., Russia, and China have entered a new nuclear race.
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Nov 23, 2025
NPR's Stephen Thompson and Kathryn Fink talk about the movies their families return to every holiday season and why those traditions stick.
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Nov 23, 2025
Hakeem Oluseyi, host of NOVA and GBH's podcast Particles of Thought, breaks down how his show tackles some of science's biggest and strangest questions.
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Nov 23, 2025
After Zohran Mamdani's win in New York, many are asking if charismatic, progressive mayors can save the Democratic Party. Looking at Michelle Wu's record in Boston, along with Mamdani's campaign, offers some insights into what is energizing voters.
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Nov 23, 2025
Matthew Davis, author of a Mount Rushmore biography, explains how four presidents ended up on a mountain that was never meant to honor them.
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Nov 22, 2025
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning after a break with President Trump made a primary fight inevitable, says Georgia Public Broadcasting reporter Sarah Kallis.
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Nov 22, 2025
Global climate talks in Brazil wrapped up with a deal to increase funding for countries hit by warming but no plan to phase out fossil fuels.
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Nov 22, 2025
This week a CDC website briefly suggested a vaccine-autism link, prompting experts to urge the public to rely on credible medical guidance.
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Nov 22, 2025
The New York mayor-elect's unexpected victory has energized the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won.
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Nov 22, 2025
Education reporter Holly Korbey and writer Elizabeth Matthew explore why some schools are scaling back homework and whether it helps or hurts students
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Nov 22, 2025
Bionic and the Wires is a band that makes music by turning the electrical activity of fungi into playable sounds.
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Nov 22, 2025
NPR's Jonaki Mehta and Matt Ozug talk about what producers actually do on the radio and how they shape the news listeners hear every day.
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Nov 22, 2025
Brett Eagleson, whose father died on 9/11, discusses how families of the victims reacted to the Saudi crown prince's visit to the United States.
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Nov 22, 2025
Ukraine is under increasing pressure to agree to a peace deal American and Russian negotiators developed.
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Nov 21, 2025
Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an "America First" conservative who has clashed with President Trump and her party, said Friday she would resign from Congress Jan. 5, 2026.
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Nov 21, 2025
President Trump met Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office after weeks of fiery rhetoric. Mamdani called the meeting productive.
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Nov 21, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country must choose between "dignity" and U.S. support as peace deal deadline looms.
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Nov 21, 2025
The Coast Guard is reacting to reports that it had downgraded swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols in its new harassment manual. A new policy debuted overnight.
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Nov 21, 2025
For their new album, the expansive jazz group Snarky Puppy collaborated with Metropole Orkest. The live recording is the band's grandest feat yet.
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Nov 21, 2025
What if moving felt better than scrolling on your phone? NPR's Life Kit explains how to get there.
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Nov 21, 2025
A young reporter from Sports Illustrated Kids asked Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla a question about having fun. His answer got people talking.
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Nov 21, 2025
A bipartisan group in the House is looking to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks as part of an effort to increase accountability in Congress.
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Nov 21, 2025
The Washington Spirit takes on Gotham FC on Saturday in San Jose, Calif.
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Nov 21, 2025
Washington Spirit and Gotham FC fans are showing up for their teams at the NWSL finals on Saturday in San Jose, Cal., with chants and songs like "Free DC" and "Gotham Roads." What do these songs and chants express about the teams?
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Nov 21, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The Atlantic staff writer Nick Miroff about the increasing role of Customs and Border Protection officers in immigration enforcement operations.
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Nov 21, 2025
A new NPR poll shows trouble for Republicans as President Trump's message and approach appear to fracture independent voters.
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Nov 21, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Laura Morowitz, art history professor at Wagner College, about the incredible back story behind a Gustav Klimt painting that set a record at auction.
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Nov 20, 2025
The U.S. has proposed a peace plan for Russia and Ukraine, but the EU has already indicated it won't accept the deal.
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Nov 20, 2025
U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, but hiring was weaker than expected. That's according to a new report from the Labor Department, which was delayed because of the government shutdown.
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Nov 20, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have lost their legal right to stay in the U.S., among them an amateur astronomer sharing his love of stargazing as he tries to secure a visa.
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Nov 20, 2025
Alaska owns dozens of crumbling rural schools. But now it wants cash-strapped districts to take on ownership of those buildings in exchange for funding to fix them.
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Nov 20, 2025
Wicked: For Good is out this weekend, and while the prequel-sequel may not feel quite as worthwhile as Part 1, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are two powerhouse voices.
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Nov 20, 2025
Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. This time he is taking the music of J.S. Bach to different locations.
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Nov 20, 2025
The U.S. hardwood lumber industry is struggling because of past tariffs and a recent export ban to China. Now the industry says, just like soybean farmers, they need help.
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Nov 20, 2025
Government data indicates that Americans aren't throwing dinner parties as much as they used to, but there are good reasons to host them — and ways to ease the pressures of hosting.
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Nov 20, 2025
Across the country, districts are reckoning with school closures. At many schools, enrollment is low, and funding depends on students. We look at public education and what's leading to low enrollment.
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Nov 20, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene rose to prominence as one of President Trump's most outspoken allies. But in recent months she's begun to criticize him. What is driving the shift?
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Nov 19, 2025
House lawmakers have collected enough signatures to force a vote on a bill that would nullify President Trump's executive order terminating collective bargaining rights for most federal workers.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Catholic Church is facing aging congregations, fewer priests and financial strain. In many places, this has meant closing parishes. But in Philadelphia, they're trying something different.
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