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Jan 26, 2026
Minnesota officials are demanding to have a role in the investigation into Alex Pretti's killing by federal agents as videos and eyewitnesses contradict the Trump administration's account.
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Jan 26, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Bob Jacobson, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, about the fatal shooting of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti.
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Jan 26, 2026
The massive winter storm that spread across a wide swath of the country this weekend left hundreds of thousands of homes without power.
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Jan 26, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Lee C. Bollinger, former president of Columbia University and author of the new book, "University: A Reckoning."
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Jan 26, 2026
Pierre L'Enfant was a lowly French engineer when he met George Washington at Valley Forge. Washington recruited him to make the design for the nation's new capital city. L'Enfant made the plans, but his personality was so abrasive, he was pushed out of the project.
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Jan 26, 2026
A second person was killed in Minneapolis over the weekend by federal officials. The political finger-pointing began almost immediately.
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Jan 26, 2026
Data centers used to fuel artificial intelligence are popping up all over the country, and they're becoming a midterm issue for voters that's now drawing White House attention.
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Jan 26, 2026
Rideshare drivers in California can now unionize and collectively bargain for better pay and working conditions. It's the second state after Massachusetts to allow drivers to organize.
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Jan 26, 2026
As GLP-1 drugs become more available, some people might use them despite not having excess weight.
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Jan 26, 2026
France is set to debate a proposed social media ban for those under 15 years old, as the country's president backs stricter rules and a high school phone ban.
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Jan 23, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, president of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, which endorsed an economic blackout in protest of ICE's actions.
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Jan 23, 2026
Many businesses in Minnesota will be closed Friday as demonstrators plan protests and a statewide economic blackout to push back against the ongoing ICE enforcement in the state.
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Jan 23, 2026
The president is seeking at least $5 billion in damages from the country's largest bank, alleging that it closed his accounts for political reasons.
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Jan 23, 2026
As President Trump finishes the first year of his second term, it is clear there are fewer guardrails than last time.
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Jan 23, 2026
Heavy snow and ice is expected to affect a large portion of the South and Northeast this weekend. In North Carolina, officials are preparing for icy roads and potential power outages.
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Jan 23, 2026
Jared Kushner unveiled a vision of a futuristic cityscape for Gaza that includes skyscrapers and advanced industrial zones, but Palestinians fear his vision erases what remains of their homes.
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Jan 23, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to auto analyst Tu Le on the floor of the Detroit Auto Show about the rise of China's auto industry compared to the downturn in U.S. car manufacturing.
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Jan 23, 2026
In the wake of the USAID closure, philanthropies are trying to fill some of the gap. How one organization is trying to do the most good in the face of the sudden funding gap.
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Jan 23, 2026
Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of protest songs called "World's Gone Wrong."
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Jan 23, 2026
Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of protest songs called "World's Gone Wrong."
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Jan 22, 2026
European leaders will gather in Brussels Thursday night for an emergency meeting on tensions with the U.S. over Greenland and President Trump's tariff threats.
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Jan 22, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Alan Leventhal, a former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, about developments following President Trump's speech in Davos.
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Jan 22, 2026
Jack Smith's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee marked the first open testimony about his work after presiding over two federal criminal indictments of President Trump.
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Jan 22, 2026
Jack Smith's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee marks the first open testimony about his work after presiding over two federal criminal indictments of President Trump.
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Jan 22, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with longtime Democrat Rahm Emanuel about politics in the Trump era.
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Jan 22, 2026
Snow and possibly icy conditions are forecasted for several Southern states, including Texas, this weekend.
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Jan 22, 2026
Steve Inskeep speaks with longtime democrat Rahm Emanuel about politics in the Trump era.
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Jan 22, 2026
Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced Thursday, including a new category debuting this year. Experts believe "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" could also break records.
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Jan 22, 2026
Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced early Thursday, including a new category debuting this year.
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Jan 22, 2026
As President Trump pursues a takeover of Greenland, an investigation links several of his associates to mining interests in the Arctic territory. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with journalist Kevin Hall.
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Jan 22, 2026
President Trump wants much lower interest rates, and he's going to extraordinary lengths to push the Federal Reserve in that direction. Trump's efforts are now being tested by the Supreme Court.
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Jan 22, 2026
As the Supreme Court considers whether to allow President Trump to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, NPR discusses takeaways from Wednesday's oral arguments with Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog.
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Jan 22, 2026
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is expected to rescind its 2024 harassment guidance, which covered all types of harassment, including those based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
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Jan 22, 2026
A Texas jury on Wednesday acquitted former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales of all charges in the first criminal trial tied to the 2022 shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.
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Jan 22, 2026
Weeks into an internet blackout in Iran, NPR speaks to a protester who is still online and a U.S.-based activist who is trying to get more Starlink terminals into the country to get more people online.
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Jan 21, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks veteran diplomat Richard Haass about President Trump's objectives with his address to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
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Jan 21, 2026
South Carolina is fighting a new, fast-growing outbreak of the measles, as concern grows that the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status.
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Jan 21, 2026
The U.S. president is in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. Trump's push to acquire Greenland has turned to antagonism toward allies in recent days.
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Jan 21, 2026
The U.S. president is in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. President Trump's push to acquire Greenland has turned to antagonism toward allies in recent days.
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Jan 21, 2026
The U.S. president is in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. President Trump's push to acquire Greenland has turned to antagonism toward allies in recent days.
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Jan 21, 2026
The U.S. president is set to meet with an array of leaders to discuss Greenland. Trump's push to acquire Greenland has turned to antagonism toward allies in recent days.
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Jan 21, 2026
At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.
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Jan 21, 2026
Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.
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Jan 21, 2026
Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to stage directing and mentoring.
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Jan 21, 2026
The tensions between the U.S. and Western Allies are a source of satisfaction to many in the Kremlin.
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Jan 21, 2026
Brass Solidarity is a Minneapolis community band that was formed after George Floyd was killed. Now, they're playing at protests against ICE, in an effort to bring joy and break potential tension.
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Jan 21, 2026
Brass Solidarity was formed after George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in 2020. Now, the band is playing at protests against federal immigration enforcement, in an effort to bring joy to residents and break potential tension.
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Jan 21, 2026
A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the Ten Commandments must be displayed in public school classrooms in Texas and Louisiana.
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Jan 21, 2026
At Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon, one of the last monastic breweries in the country, brewing beer is a sacred art.
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Jan 20, 2026
President Trump is expected to speak at the World Economic Forum this week, following a buildup of international tension.
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Jan 20, 2026
With troops standing by for Minnesota and an escalating campaign for Greenland, NPR's Michel Martin asks former Trump official Miles Taylor if this is a presidency without guardrails.
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Jan 20, 2026
Despite government efforts to boost fertility, China's birth rate fell to a record low in 2025.
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Jan 20, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about tariffs, the security of upcoming elections and the prospects of a female president.
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Jan 20, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about tariffs, the security of upcoming elections and the prospects of a female president.
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Jan 20, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about tariffs, the security of upcoming elections and the prospects of a female president.
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Jan 20, 2026
A large share of the departures so far this term were on the National Security Council staff.
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Jan 20, 2026
A large share of the departures so far this term were on the National Security Council staff.
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Jan 20, 2026
Like President Trump, lawmakers around the U.S. blame corporate homebuyers for high prices and want to restrict them. Experts say it's not so simple, and passing laws has proved difficult.
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Jan 20, 2026
Three states that tried to put the Ten Commandments in schools have been blocked in the courts. In Ohio, lawmakers are considering a new approach.
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Jan 20, 2026
Some of President Trump's loyal supporters say they're confused and dismayed by the president's aggressive posture toward Denmark and America's European allies.
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Jan 20, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin asks Stars and Stripes editor-in-chief Erik Slavin about the Pentagon's takeover of the newspaper that has covered U.S. armed forces since the Civil War.
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Jan 19, 2026
The Pentagon says it is prepared to act upon the orders of President Trump and has placed active-duty troops on standby to deploy to Minnesota if needed.
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Jan 19, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison about the Trump administration's possible deployment of active-duty soldiers to Minnesota.
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Jan 19, 2026
Los Angeles is home to the largest concentration of people of Iranian descent in the U.S. Over the weekend, protests against Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations continued.
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Jan 19, 2026
At least 39 people were killed in a high-speed train collision in southern Spain Sunday, police said. Efforts to recover the bodies are continuing, and the death toll is likely to rise.
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Jan 19, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with journalist and author Danny Funt about his new book, "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling."
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Jan 19, 2026
Five years ago, a predominantly Black church named after Martin Luther King Jr. was burned down in a suspected hate crime. Monday, they'll mark their first MLK holiday since reopening.
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Jan 19, 2026
Five years ago, a predominantly Black church named after Martin Luther King Jr. was burned down in a suspected hate crime. Monday, they'll mark their first MLK holiday since reopening.
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Jan 19, 2026
President Trump is attending the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos this year with fellow world leaders who seek answers on Ukraine and Gaza.
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Jan 19, 2026
NPR revisits a series of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviews with a soft-spoken Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1961.
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Jan 19, 2026
President Trump said the U.S. will impose tariffs on eight European countries until the U.S. acquires Greenland. The announcement came as a congressional delegation visited Denmark to ease tensions.
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Jan 16, 2026
President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis to quell ongoing protests against ICE, but local leaders say it's the White House that's escalating the situation.
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Jan 16, 2026
What would it mean for President Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minneapolis? NPR's A Martinez asks Liza Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice.
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Jan 16, 2026
Elon Musk's social media company X says it will block its AI chatbot Grok from creating explicit images of real people after governments around the world launched investigations into the feature.
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Jan 16, 2026
There are no dragons, no maps and no internecine family trees in this Game of Thrones prequel about an underdog knight and his would-be squire.
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Jan 16, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel interviews actor Jodie Foster about her first lead role in French in "A Private Life."
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Jan 16, 2026
Prosecutors face multiple challenges in proving Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro played a central role in a cocaine-trafficking conspiracy that spans some two decades.
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Jan 16, 2026
Thousands of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts would hobble the nation's disaster agency.
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Jan 16, 2026
Are we in an AI bubble? Economists share the warning signs they watch for before the bubble bursts.
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Jan 16, 2026
The Heritage Foundation argues in a new report that declining marriage rates pose a threat to society. NPR discusses the findings with Jennifer Sciubba of the Population Reference Bureau.
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Jan 16, 2026
A growing number of young people are getting involved in what are traditionally considered "grandma hobbies," like knitting, to relax.
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Jan 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado met with President Trump Thursday and talked about the future of Venezuela, including the prospect of new elections.
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Jan 16, 2026
NPR's A Martinez talks to Eduardo Gamarra, a politics and international relations professor at Florida International University, about María Corina Machado's meeting with President Trump.
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Jan 16, 2026
A recent increase in violent incidents between ICE agents and residents in cities like Minneapolis has raised questions about how federal immigration agents are trained and the protocols they follow.
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Jan 16, 2026
A recent surge in federal agents and Trump-friendly social media influencers to Minnesota is part of a White House communication strategy that emphasizes online content to influence policy.
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Jan 15, 2026
The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter who covers the federal government, seizing her laptops, phone and smart watch. The move has alarmed free speech advocates and the media.
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Jan 15, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin asks First Amendment lawyer Theodore Boutrous about the FBI executing a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post reporter.
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Jan 15, 2026
Federal scientists have found that 2025 was among the hottest years on record since the Industrial Revolution, continuing a warming trend and bringing Earth closer to a crucial threshold.
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Jan 15, 2026
In her feature-length directorial debut, actor Kristen Stewart adapts The Chronology of Water, the memoir of Lidia Yuknavitch, a competitive swimmer-turned-author who was abused as a child.
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Jan 15, 2026
Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.
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Jan 15, 2026
Ugandans are voting in a tense presidential election as 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule amid an internet shutdown and heavy military deployment.
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Jan 15, 2026
The FBI searched a Washington Post reporter's home Wednesday, Denmark says a working group will be formed to address U.S. concerns, Trump administration reverses mental health cuts.
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Jan 15, 2026
Tensions are high in the Twin Cities over ICE's crackdown. A state lawsuit calls the agency's tactics dangerous and unconstitutional while Trump officials say that protestors are the real problem.
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Jan 15, 2026
What rights do U.S. citizens and non-citizens have when they encounter law enforcement? NPR's A Martinez speaks with Georgetown University law professor Paul Butler.
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Jan 15, 2026
After meeting with President Trump's top aides, Danish officials say they will form a working group to talk through U.S. security concerns about control of Greenland.
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Jan 15, 2026
Freddy Guevara, former vice president of the Venezuelan Parliament and a member of the Venezuelan opposition, talks about what's next for his country.
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Jan 15, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, about bipartisan legislation that would block a U.S. takeover of Greenland.
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Jan 15, 2026
Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick faces a tough reelection fight and recently bucked Republican leaders to force a vote on an issue that's important in his district: rising health care costs.
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Jan 14, 2026
Top federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned after the Department of Justice pressured them to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent.
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Jan 14, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former federal prosecutor and Politico writer Ankush Khardori about the resignation of several federal prosecutors in Minnesota over the ICE shooting probe.
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