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Dec 09, 2025
Affordability was a huge theme of Trump's campaign and is top of mind for the GOP as he heads to Pennsylvania for a rally. How are Pennsylvanians feeling, and can the GOP salvage its economic message?
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Dec 09, 2025
2,397 golden retrievers, and their owners, converged on a park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Monday morning to set a new Guinness world record.
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Dec 09, 2025
If you've noticed that one drink hits you harder than it used to, you're not alone. It's part of the natural aging process, and it may be your body doing you a favor.
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Dec 09, 2025
More than 10,000 people have been violently displaced from a waterfront community in Africa's most populous city -- Lagos, Nigeria.
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Dec 09, 2025
We speak with a professor in Wales who's working on an ancient Celtic dictionary.
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Dec 09, 2025
The recent shooting of two National Guardsmen in D.C. has revived calls from the Trump administration for "reverse migration," or "remigration." But those ideas trace back to European extremists.
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Dec 09, 2025
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to make bionic limbs act more like natural ones.
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Dec 09, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Venezuelan journalist Tony Frangie, who heads the newsletter Venezuela Weekly, about what life on the ground has been like over the past year.
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Dec 09, 2025
A program in southwest Uganda aims to address extreme poverty by giving people cash and coaching to help them build a sustainable income. But even the most established programs need to keep evolving.
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Dec 09, 2025
American farmers have taken a huge financial hit from President Trump's tariffs and trade policies, and are anxiously waiting for the federal financial assistance he announced Monday.
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Dec 09, 2025
Male breast cancer is rare, but studies suggest it's more common — and more lethal — among veterans. Yet the Veterans Administration is making it harder for veterans with breast cancer to get care.
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Dec 09, 2025
Affordable housing and a shortage of skilled trades workers are both pressing issues in the U.S. A Colorado city is partnering with a local school district and Habitat for Humanity to teach kids trades by building homes working people can afford.
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Dec 09, 2025
Legal challenges put SAVE borrowers in limbo for months, a time during which they were not required to make payments on their loans. That would change if the proposed settlement is approved.
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Dec 09, 2025
The son of Cuban immigrants, Malo and his band blended country, rock and roll, folk, jump blues, Latin music and Cajun rhythms into a distinct sound anchored by his unmistakable voice.
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Dec 08, 2025
When Gillian Kline was diagnosed with breast cancer, she had one day to figure out a health insurance plan at her workplace. She didn't know what to do — until HR team member Alex Mackey got involved.
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Dec 08, 2025
Student Bennett Cook recorded ambient sounds on his way to campus and found something surprising. His resulting podcast — a finalist in NPR's College Podcast Challenge — may change your commute.
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Dec 08, 2025
Republican lawmakers are occasionally pushing back on President Trump's expansive use of executive power, but will that trend hold?
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Dec 08, 2025
Analysts say the latest release of the U.S. National Security Strategy reveals big differences in how the U.S. and European Union view the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Dec 08, 2025
The 12 teams playing in the college football playoff are set. We discuss the highlights, lowlights and surprises.
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Dec 08, 2025
President Trump announced $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers as they adjust to increased tariffs on exports. Some farmers say even with that help they still face rising health care costs.
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Dec 08, 2025
If Santa Claus is the good cop of Christmas, then Krampus is the bad one: a creature from European folklore who scares children into behaving themselves, complete with goat horns and gnashing teeth.
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Dec 08, 2025
Government grazing permits are much cheaper than market price, and a new investigation by High Country News and ProPublica finds most of the cost savings benefit billionaire ranchers and corporations.
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Dec 08, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Kevin Reynolds, who has reported on Brigham Young University's efforts to attract star athletes and coaches, which some say are in conflict with religious principles.
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Dec 08, 2025
It only took a weekend. Paramount is jumping into the fray with a hostile takeover bid, challenging Netflix's deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount's offer is valued at over $108 billion.
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Dec 08, 2025
Hamas is changing its long-held position that its weapons are a red line, now saying it would be willing to lay down arms but with certain conditions.
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Dec 07, 2025
Congress is weighing an extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies while millions of Americans are unsure what their insurance will cost next year.
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Dec 07, 2025
Craig Garthwaite, Director of the Program on Healthcare at Northwestern University and co-author of a new paper from the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, talks about reforms that could make healthcare cheaper and more efficient.
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Dec 07, 2025
Lionel Messi leads Inter Miami to its first MLS Cup, sparking new questions about the league's future. Paul Tenorio of The Athletic was at the final and shared his views.
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Dec 07, 2025
What happens when a director tries to follow up an Oscar win, with NPR's Marc Rivers and film critic Kyle Wilson.
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Dec 07, 2025
Rebecca Armitage, author of the novel 'The Heir Apparent', imagines a woman forced to choose between love and the British crown.
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Dec 07, 2025
A retelling of James Garfield's assassination and other recent TV programs about history show an interest in saying 'who we were, who we are and who we're going to be,' explains presidential historian Alexis Coe, senior fellow at New America.
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Dec 07, 2025
A new book examines the racist background of the last public hanging in the U.S. when tens of thousands of people came to watch in a small Kentucky town.
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Dec 07, 2025
Dr. Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation, says there is no scientific basis for scaling back newborn hepatitis B shots.
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Dec 06, 2025
Protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia mark a year of unrest, accusing the government of ditching Europe for closer ties with Russia.
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Dec 06, 2025
Canadian musician Yves Jarvis has released a deluxe edition of his Polaris Prize-winning album 'All Cylinders'.
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Dec 06, 2025
American Muslim communities are working to reduce stigma around therapy by bringing mental health services into mosques and making counseling easier to access.
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Dec 06, 2025
Professor Sumit Ganguly, Director of the Huntington Program at Stanford, says Putin's visit to India reflects ongoing ties despite U.S. pressure.
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Dec 06, 2025
Gaza students with scholarships to Canada say visa delays have left many stranded, and some were killed waiting to leave.
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Dec 06, 2025
NPR's Tom Bowman says his decades of roaming Pentagon halls ended after NPR refused to sign a new policy requiring reporters to wait for official information releases - but his reporting hasn't slowed at all.
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Dec 06, 2025
Senator Mark Warner says video of the Caribbean attack reveals survivors still on the wreck when the second strike came.
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Dec 06, 2025
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was seriously wounded. Trump says the deployments are necessary to fight crime, but others disagree.
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Dec 05, 2025
It was a busy week in Washington, from foreign policy to Congressional redistricting and another special election. NPR's Domenico Montanaro and Tamara Keith break down the big news of the week.
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Dec 05, 2025
Some Philadelphians are cheesed off at the Michelin restaurant ratings team for an honor bestowed on some local cheesesteak restaurants.
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Dec 05, 2025
Countries with teams that qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026 now know who they'll play their opening games against after Friday's draw in Washington, D.C. A record number of teams will compete.
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Dec 05, 2025
News that Netflix plans to buy Warner Bros. in a massive deal is raising lots of questions -- including for consumers.
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Dec 05, 2025
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Podcaster and author Mel Robbins opens up about her early failures.
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Dec 05, 2025
Streaming giant Netflix said it's buying Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal that would create a global entertainment behemoth. CNN and other cable channels Warner Bros. owns are not part of the deal.
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Dec 05, 2025
Sudan has been at the center of a deadly and brutal war since April of 2023. Over 4 million people have fled the country since war broke out and at least 40,000 have been killed.
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Dec 05, 2025
As Congress raises questions about the legality of U.S. military boat strikes in the Caribbean, the spotlight is falling on Admiral Mitch Bradley, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.
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Dec 05, 2025
The calendar has turned to December, and jingle bells have arrived at the top of the charts, led, as usual, by Mariah, Wham and Brenda Lee.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Border Patrol's aggressive immigration operation in Charlotte, N.C., took the city by surprise. It lasted about a week, but immigrants and other residents say their city won't ever be the same.
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Dec 05, 2025
Vaccine advisers to the CDC took action on vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B and questioned the overall childhood vaccination schedule and ingredients that boost some vaccines' potency.
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Dec 05, 2025
In Somalia, people are pushing back and pointing to the positives after President Trump disparaged their country.
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Dec 05, 2025
Gehry transformed modern architecture with exuberant buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. "I've always been for optimism and architecture not being sad," he said.
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Dec 05, 2025
If it seems like traffic is getting worse where you live, that's because it probably is. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion climbed to record levels in 2024, researchers say.
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Dec 04, 2025
A small community of Afghan immigrants have made Bellingham, Wash., their home. This is where the alleged National Guard shooter lived, leaving resettled Afghans to worry about the future.
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Dec 04, 2025
Volunteer emergency responders give their time to train just in case they may be needed in a disaster. Meet some of those volunteer responders in our series Here to Help.
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Dec 04, 2025
Tropical storms and monsoon rains have wreaked havoc across Asia in the past week, with the death toll continuing to rise after extreme floods in large parts of Southeast Asia as well as Sri Lanka.
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Dec 04, 2025
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional.
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Dec 04, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Katelyn Vue, a reporter from Sahan Journal, a news outlet focused on immigrants and people of color in Minnesota, about President Trump's attacks on Somali people.
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Dec 04, 2025
Elephant seals don't forget their enemies. We learn about the great beasts' big beefs and why they matter.
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Dec 04, 2025
Federal authorities have arrested a Virginia man suspected of placing pipe bombs near the Capitol nearly five years ago, hours before a mob swarmed the building.
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Dec 04, 2025
Depression and other mental health issues affect millions of Americans. Police are especially vulnerable, due to the stresses of the job. One officer in Colorado found an outlet doing standup comedy.
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Dec 04, 2025
Steve Cropper, the Booker T. & the MG guitarist, songwriter and producer who was instrumental in the rise of R&B powerhouse Stax Records, died in Nashville at 84.
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Dec 04, 2025
What's going on at the Pentagon and what does it mean for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, Tom Bowman and Quil Lawrence break it down in this excerpt from Sources & Methods.
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Dec 04, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former NPR host David Greene who is set to take over LNP, the Pennsylvania newspaper where he was once an intern.
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Dec 04, 2025
A corruption scandal in Ukraine hits Volodymyr Zelenskyy's inner circle but not the president himself.
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Dec 04, 2025
Hong Kong's chief executive has created an independent committee to investigate the causes of a deadly apartment blaze, as political pressure and popular frustration mount.
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Dec 04, 2025
The Trump administration's actions show they are aware of the potential fallout on the kill strike and are working to contain it - despite what they are saying.
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Dec 04, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, after his meeting with Adm. Frank Bradley about the military strike off the coast of Venezuela.
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Dec 04, 2025
After a contentious discussion, the vaccine advisory group pushed the vote to Friday to give members time to study the language of proposed changes longstanding policy on the shots.
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Dec 03, 2025
A new report says Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth risked a U.S. bombing mission in Yemen back in March when he shared extremely sensitive attack plans on Signal, a publicly available messaging app.
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Dec 03, 2025
The traditional press corps at the Defense Department has been replaced with an unusual assortment of far right media personalities and outlets. The Pentagon held it's first press briefing for them.
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Dec 03, 2025
A non-profit affiliated with Grand Canyon National Park has been hosting free dinners for park employees and those who work in park-dependent businesses, to show they're valued and appreciated.
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Dec 03, 2025
NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels. With no evident progress toward ending Russia's war on Ukraine, European leaders in both NATO and the EU are redoubling efforts to provide military back-up.
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Dec 03, 2025
Homeland Security announced that federal agents began an operation in New Orleans targeting immigrants in the country illegally. It's the latest city to face a widespread immigration crackdown.
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Dec 03, 2025
In rural Minnesota, transportation options can be limited. But a local transit system hopes to change that with the help of a fleet of autonomous vehicles.
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Dec 03, 2025
The playwright Tom Stoppard, who penned shows including Arcadia and Travesties and the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love, died last week.
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Dec 03, 2025
At a White House this afternoon, President Trump said he was terminating "ridiculously burdensome" fuel economy rules. It's part of a series of changes relaxing or eliminating rules promoting cleaner cars.
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Dec 03, 2025
With childhood vaccination rates already declining, a vaccine advisory committee to the CDC considers changing the vaccine schedule, including dropping the universal hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.
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Dec 03, 2025
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Emily Vinson started a new job at a pizza place. She fainted on her first day — and a customer came to the rescue.
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Dec 03, 2025
Israel has revealed new technology it deployed in Gaza and other battlefields in the last two years of war, and a laser it will begin to deploy to intercept missiles.
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Dec 03, 2025
Some people spend their retirement traveling or playing golf, but the volunteers with Philadelphia's Senior Environment Corps see themselves as watchdogs for the local environment.
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Dec 03, 2025
Americans' most loved Italian food staple could soon double in price or disappear from supermarket shelves following tariffs imposed by the Trump administration that could go into force from January.
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Dec 03, 2025
After blistering attacks by President Trump on the Somali community in Minnesota, local leaders in Minneapolis and St. Paul are defending Somali-Americans.
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Dec 03, 2025
Brief glitches in video calls may seem like no big deal, but new research shows they can have a negative effect on how a person is perceived by the viewer.
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Dec 03, 2025
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
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Dec 02, 2025
A bitter dispute between East Asia's biggest powers, China and Japan, has moved to the cultural front. With both sides unwilling to back down, experts say it could be a protracted feud.
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Dec 02, 2025
The Trump administration fired immigration judges in New York on Monday. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jeremiah Johnson Executive Vice President of the National Association of Immigration Judges.
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Dec 02, 2025
Librarian Dorothy Vogel, who, with her late husband Herb, amassed a priceless collection of contemporary art in their one bedroom apartment, died on Nov. 10.
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Dec 02, 2025
U.S. farms increasingly depend on foreign workers, but ICE raids have exacerbated the agriculture labor crisis. Some farmers want to make it easier to hire people from abroad using a visa program.
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Dec 02, 2025
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visit Moscow to present the Ukraine peace proposal.
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Dec 02, 2025
NPR has been following the money behind veterans' disability claims — specifically, for-profit companies that help vets navigate the VA's red tape. Critics of the companies call them "claim sharks."
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Dec 02, 2025
Calgary artist Jeff De Boer has spent decades learning, perfecting, and teaching the art of making suits of armor. For mice.
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Dec 02, 2025
A special election in what should be a safe seat for Republicans has proven to be more competitive than expected as polls close Tuesday.
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Dec 02, 2025
A standout entry from our NPR College Podcast Challenge was a story about two sisters: One a college junior, the other a soldier in the U.S. Army.
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Dec 02, 2025
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth defends his role in a military strike against suspected drug traffickers in the Carribbean. Members of Congress are demanding more answers.
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Dec 02, 2025
Since 1914, Denver, Colorado, has maintained a small bison herd in a park outside the city. In recent years, an Indigenous group has slaughtered one annually to feed urban Native people.
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Dec 01, 2025
Afghans who were in the process of seeking asylum in the United States have had their hopes repeatedly dashed under this Trump administration. In the U.S., they live in fear of ICE detention.
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Dec 01, 2025
Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.
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