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Trump administration dismantling deep-sea observation system
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- Trump administration dismantling deep-sea observation system
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- 0:57
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- The Trump administration is dismantling a deep-sea observation system that provides data to scientists worldwide.
The Ocean Observatories Initiative has provided real-time data on the world’s oceans for a decade. It’s made up of more than 900 scientific instruments, some calibrated to withstand the intense pressure of the deep sea. It’s helped researchers better understand marine ecosystems, ocean currents and the effects of global warming.
Starting this month, the National Science Foundation says, it will begin removing instruments from the system, which costs nearly $50 million annually to operate. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, recommended closing the system in its Project 2025 playbook, calling it a source of “climate alarmism.”
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- Trump announces a new pedestrian bridge project near National Mall
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- President Trump announced plans Thursday to build another project near the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
A new pedestrian bridge or promenade would connect the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River. It would be yet another on a list of building and renovation projects the president has undertaken around Washington.
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- Israel has killed at least 129 first responders and medical staff in its war with Hezbollah
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- 1:34
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- 2 days ago
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- Israel has killed at least 129 first responders and medical staff in its war with Hezbollah, the Lebanese government says. Some have been killed in ‘double-tap strikes,' where medics are killed in a second strike after they have rushed to help. One of those was captured on video.
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- New papers say tobacco company tactics are being used to sell ultra-processed foods
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- 1:09
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- 2 days ago
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- A series of papers published in the "American Journal of Public Health" argue ultra-processed foods are the new war on tobacco, as health advocates are saying it’s time to regulate them. The new papers add to evidence that links over-consumption of ultra-processed foods to poor health outcomes — including diabetes and obesity.
But the papers also look at how tobacco giants Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds used tactics learned from selling cigarettes to develop and sell ultra-processed foods when they owned large food firms — from the 1980s to the early 2000s. That includes using chemical additives to make products more appealing.
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- Netanyahu's actions could interfere with what Trump wants to achieve with Iran
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- 1:24
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- 2 days ago
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- President Trump has spent weeks trying to bring an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues Israel's war with Lebanon and intermittent fighting in Gaza.
NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez tells “Sources & Methods” host Scott Detrow that Netanyahu's actions could interfere with what Trump wants to achieve with Iran.
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- FIFA bans vuvuzelas, reusable water bottles from World Cup stadiums
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- 1:06
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- 2 days ago
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- FIFA announced that vuvuzelas will be banned from this summer’s World Cup.
The notorious vuvuzela made a name for itself at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
They’ve since become a staple at some stadiums, to some’s pleasure and to many’s annoyance. FIFA have now confirmed that the plastic horns will be banned. Whistles, apart from the referees, and reusable water bottles are also prohibited.
There will also be serious repercussions for those, “streaking or revealing intimate body parts.” And body paint according to FIFA does not constitute clothing.
The tournament opener is Thursday, with Mexico taking on South Africa.
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- Jill Biden shares her perspective on her husband's decision to stay in the 2024 presidential race
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- 1:34
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- 3 days ago
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- How did Former President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden balance deeply personal decisions, like his decision to stay in the 2024 presidential race as long as he did, with the national implications?
Jill Biden writes about that and more in a new memoir, and told Scott Detrow about her perspective and who was telling her to encourage her president to stay in the race. Watch the full interview on NPR's Newsmakers video podcast.
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- U.S. aid cuts are affecting HIV/AIDS care in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- 1:04
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- 3 days ago
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- Massive gas shortages brought on by the U.S. war with Iran are making it harder for patients to seek medical attention and for doctors to visit them in Mozambique, where over 10 percent of the population lives with HIV.
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- What might an end to U.S.-backed military support mean for Israel?
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- 0:53
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- 3 days ago
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- Despite recent frustrations between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the U.S.-Israel alliance remains strong.
That relationship includes the U.S. providing billions of dollars annually in military support for Israel.
What might an end to that support mean for Israel? It's a question NPR's Scott Detrow put to National Security correspondent Greg Myre on Sources & Methods.
Listen to the episode at the link in our bio.
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- Trump, Netanyahu at odds / Elusive Iran deal | Sources & Methods
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- 30:23
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- 3 days ago
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- President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started the war with Iran together, but they have different ideas for how to end it.
Host Scott Detrow steps in for Mary Louise Kelly again this week. He speaks with NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre and NPR White House Correspondent Franco Ordoñez about the current friction between the two leaders, and where pain points have come up in the past. Also, where the elusive deal with Iran stands.
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- Jill Biden on why she left the room when former Pres. Biden asked Kamala Harris to run
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- 1:10
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- 3 days ago
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- Former first lady Jill Biden is opening up about her experiences in the White House, and a pivotal moment that brought the end of that era: July 21, 2024, when President Joe Biden decided to end his bid for a second term.
"I walked out of the room," Jill Biden writes in her new memoir, "View From the East Wing," about listening to her husband making plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.
She explained to Scott Detrow what that day was like for NPR's Newsmakers video podcast.
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- Trump taps former private prisons executive to run ICE
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- 1:16
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- 3 days ago
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- President Trump has named David Venturella as the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was previously an executive with the private prison company, GEO Group.
About a third of immigrant detainees are in a facility run by GEO Group. Since President Trump took office last year, the company has raced to meet the federal demand for more immigration detention beds — and it’s paid off. In 2025, GEO Group’s profits soared nearly 700% from the year before.
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- Study: National Guard does little to reduce violent crime in D.C. despite $1.5 million cost
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- 1:11
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- 3 days ago
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- A new study suggests President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., has had little effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to U.S. taxpayers. And the number of guard members in the nation’s capital is set to double as the nation marks its 250th anniversary.
President Trump deployed the guard to D.C. in August as part of a federal task force to fight crime.
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- Biden ‘changed his mind’ on pardoning his son after Trump won, Jill Biden says | NPR
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- 3 days ago
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- Former first lady Jill Biden’s new memoir, View from the East Wing, recounts her experience during the four years of the Biden presidency.
In an interview with NPR’s Newsmakers podcast, the former first lady discussed her time in the White House, her reaction to President Biden’s disastrous debate performance and why Biden changed his mind on running for a second term.
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- Title
- Bestselling author Ann Patchett on if she's considering retirement
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- 4 days ago
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- Several of the characters in Ann Patchett's latest novel "Whistler" are nearing or have reached retirement. They tour museums during the week, host brunches and take afternoon sails.
NPR All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly asks the bestselling author if that means she's considering retirement.
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- DOJ investigating former Congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi
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- 4 days ago
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- Federal investigators are examining the prediction market trades of former New York Republican Congressman George Santos — in the latest case that's raising questions about insider trading on the betting sites.
Four months after George Santos had a seven-year wire fraud prison sentence commuted by President Trump, he took to social media, saying he planned to attend Trump’s State of the Union address. What he didn’t say publicly is that he was betting tens of thousands of dollars on the prediction market site Kalshi that he would not attend. Before it was revealed he did not go, he cashed out.
The Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are investigating.
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- The U.S. Embassy in India launched Trump-themed rickshaws to mark America's 250th birthday
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- 1:19
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- 4 days ago
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- Delhi's rickshaws are plying the roads with a new message: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA" emblazoned with Trump's face. Drivers were offered sweeteners to host the signs: tea bags, soda, and an empty plastic bottle.
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- 'How to Rule the World' explores education and power at Stanford University
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- 1:29
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- 4 days ago
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- Theo Baker enrolled at Stanford University to study coding, but as the son of two well-known journalists, once he got on campus he began reporting on a story that would ultimately oust the then president of the university. And he kept going.
In his new book “How to Rule the World,” Baker details stories of outsized power and influence at Stanford.
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- New York Times correspondent Yeganeh Torbati speaks on the tension and hope in Iran
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- 1:35
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- 4 days ago
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- In the weeks and months that followed the initial U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, New York Times correspondent Yeganeh Torbati reported on how a sense of hope was still present in Tehran. Torbati co-authored the new book, "Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran."
"Nothing is permanent," Torbati told Mary Louise Kelly for NPR's "Sources & Methods" podcast, speaking about the tension between the current moment and Iran's more recent history.
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- 6 killed in Iowa shootings authorities say stemmed from domestic dispute
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- At least six people are dead after a mass shooting at several locations in Muscatine, Iowa, Monday that authorities say appears to have been linked to a domestic dispute.
The 52-year-old suspected gunman took his own life as officers confronted him on a trail along the Mississippi River. Muscatine's police chief, Anthony Kies, says four of the victims were shot and killed in one house. Two other victims were found at another home and business.
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- Ann Patchett on her new novel "Whistler" and her experience with maturing relationships
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- 1:35
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- 4 days ago
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- Ann Patchett's new novel "Whistler" is the story of Daphne Fuller, a woman in her fifties, reconnecting with a stepfather she hasn't seen since she was nine, Eddie Triplett.
A number of lessons are learned during their reunion, including how age changes relationships and the conversations we have with each other, and the joy that can be found in those maturing relationships.
NPR All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly asks the bestselling author whether that's something she's experienced in her own life.
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- Exploring the urban villages of Shenzhen, the Chinese city known for tech
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- 0:55
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- 4 days ago
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- Shenzhen is China’s tech capital—headquarters of Huawei, BYD and Tencent among others. It also has exceedingly crowded urban villages, which reveal the city’s very short history. In 1980 no city existed here at all, just farms and villages.
Then China declared it a special economic zone. The fields became factories and the villages filled with much of the housing for 17 million residents.
To this day, many live in “handshake buildings,” so close to one another that residents could reach out a window to shake hands with someone on the other side of a narrow street.
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- The broken promises of the 1979 Iranian Revolution | Sources & Methods
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- 27:06
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- 5 days ago
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- There's a country that was once rooted in a movement around social justice and political freedom.
That country? It's Iran in 1979 during the revolution.
The path from 1979, with the toppling of a monarch, through the decades of oppression and economic turmoil that followed, to this current moment, is mapped out in the book: “Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran.”
Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with reporter and co-author Yeganeh Torbati about her new book, which follows six ordinary Iranians who -- through their lived experiences -- provide rare insight into the hopes and fears of people living from the revolution through decades of turmoil.
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- Jill Biden on former Pres. Biden's disastrous debate performance
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- 2:07
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- 6 days ago
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- For the first time, Jill Biden is offering more details about her concerns for former President Joe Biden's health that arose during his highly criticized 2024 debate performance, and what the immediate reaction was from his medical team.
NPR's Scott Detrow spoke with the former first lady about that day, and whether President Biden should have dropped out of the race earlier for NPR's Newsmakers video podcast.
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- Jake Sullivan: 'Hard to see' what U.S. has gained in Iran | Sources & Methods
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- Jake Sullivan, former National Security Advisor under President Biden, says it's hard to see what the United States gains in the war with Iran.
He spoke with host Mary Louise Kelly before a live audience at the 2026 WBUR Festival last week for a wide-ranging conversation that included China, Ukraine, Greenland, Cuba, Afghanistan and of course, Iran.
"In the weeks leading up to the start of the bombing, they were putting proposals on the table that actually look more forward leaning than what we're seeing now in some ways. And the Strait of Hormuz was open," he said. "Now, today, the Strait of Hormuz is closed. The nuclear deal seems to be getting further away, not closer."
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- Left-wing commentators Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur blocked from entering U.K.
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- 1:12
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- 6 days ago
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- The British government has blocked left-wing American commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the U.K. Both had both been scheduled to speak at events at London’s South by South West festival this week.
Piker is the most popular leftist livestreamer in North America, and Cenk Uygur hosts the popular "Young Turks" talkshow on YouTube. Uygur said on social media that he had tried to board a flight to London but was banned from traveling to the U.K. for “criticizing Israel.” Piker also claimed his visa had been revoked “at the behest of israel.”
A statement from the U.K. government said the decision to ban Piker and Uygur from entering the country was made on the grounds their presence in the U.K. would “not be conducive to the public good.”
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- Anti-establishment candidate Graham Platner talks about his controversial past
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- 6 days ago
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- The path to turning the Senate blue in this year's midterms runs, in part, through the state of Maine. Graham Platner — an oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran — hopes to lead that charge. He is the presumptive democratic nominee for the Senate seat in Maine that Republican Susan Collins has held for nearly 30 years. But Platner's controversial past keeps catching up with him.
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported that Platner exchanged sexually explicit messages with multiple women early in his marriage. The controversies don't end there, and they raise a big question: Does Graham Platner have too much baggage to carry on, or can his political plans — that have generated so much enthusiasm — carry him through?
NPR's Leila Fadel sat down with 41-year-old Platner prior to the latest text messaging revelations to hear how he explains his past views of masculinity, the Iran war and more. You can watch the full interview at the link in the b...
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- Journalist and author Yeganeh Torbati talks about the rare access she's gained to sources in Iran
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- 1:49
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- 6 days ago
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- Journalist and author Yeganeh Torbati has gained rare access to sources in Iran. Some she spoke to before the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran broke out. Others she's managed to interview amid the conflict. And the views she's heard are complex: some Iranians have been devastated, and some have said they were hopeful that the conflict, despite its costs, could actually trigger regime change. Torbati told Mary Louise Kelly what she's been hearing from Iranians on NPR's "Sources & Methods" podcast.
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- Americans' savings rate one of the lowest in 65 years
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- 0:53
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- 6 days ago
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- As things cost more, Americans are putting less aside, as Federal data shows the personal savings rate has fallen to the lowest level in years.
Inflation is around a three-year high. Wages have not kept up. Nearly half of U.S. households are struggling to afford the basics. A year ago, the personal savings rate was 5.8%. By March 2026 it was down to 3.2%. In April, the latest reading, it fell to 2.6%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That's one of the lowest rates in the past 65 years.
"We're seeing people turning more to credit cards and personal loans," says Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. "We can see some early signs of pullback in home improvement and also in healthcare." Long says she expects things to get tighter into the second half of the year.
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- Spike Lee remembers his earliest memories of watching the New York Knicks play
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- 1:49
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- 6 days ago
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- As the New York Knicks head to the NBA Finals, superfan Spike Lee remembers his earliest memories of attending their games at Madison Square Garden.
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- Will Maine voters extend 'forgiveness' to another Graham Platner controversy?
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- 2:02
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- 6 days ago
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- Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and military veteran, is the presumptive Democratic Senate candidate running to unseat five-term Republican Senator Susan Collins in the midterms. Platner has garnered a lot of enthusiasm for his anti-establishment platform, but he’s also been dogged by controversy. NPR's Leila Fadel sat down with Platner for a wide-ranging interview where he spoke about the kind of masculinity he represents.
You can hear Platner talk more about his political plans, the tattoo he used to have on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, and why he thinks his message is resonating with voters in Maine, despite his controversies, on our Youtube channel.
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- Will Maine voters extend 'forgiveness' to another Graham Platner controversy? | Newsmakers
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- 47:21
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- 7 days ago
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- The anti-establishment candidate Graham Platner seemingly came out of nowhere to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for the Senate seat in Maine. But his campaign has been dogged by controversies: from old, deleted Reddit posts in which he made racist comments and blamed sexual assault on victims to a now-covered tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol. And most recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that Platner exchanged sexually explicit messages with multiple women early in his marriage.
Taken together, they raise a big question. Does he have too much baggage to carry on? Or can his anti-establishment political message — that has generated SO much enthusiasm among the democratic base — carry him through?
As part of our Newsmakers video podcast, Morning Edition’s Leila Fadel sat down with Platner before news of the explicit messages came out, to ask why voters, at least at the time, had chosen to forgive or turn a blind eye to his past.
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- Study finds cash for pregnant women leads to healthier babies
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- 1:11
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- 8 days ago
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- A first-of-its-kind cash-aid program for pregnant women in Michigan has led to healthier babies at birth, with a new study finding a significant drop in admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit.
Two years ago, Flint, Mich., started providing all women $1,500 during pregnancy, and $500 a month for a baby’s first year. The aim was to tackle a peak time for poverty, when many women cut back on work even as they face higher costs. The program has since expanded to 42 communities in the state.
Now, a new study in "The Lancet Public Health" finds far fewer babies born prematurely or with low birthweight in Flint. That means saving millions in healthcare spending. Other research has found those mothers faced fewer evictions, less hunger and had better mental health. The pediatrician behind the program says there will also be long term benefits, since the first year of a child’s life is crucial for brain development.
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- How will Trump bring a final resolution to the war with Iran?
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- 1:05
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- 8 days ago
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- Throughout the war with Iran, the Trump administration has highlighted the threat that Iran's nuclear program presents to the U.S. and the world.
To bring a final resolution to the war, the U.S. and Iran will have to come to an agreement on how Iran handles its existing nuclear material, and whether its enrichment program continues to exist.
During Trump's first term, he pulled the U.S. out of the nuclear deal the Obama administration had negotiated. NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman shares what his reporting tells him about whether Trump can get a better deal this time around.
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- Critics, investors pan Ferrari's first fully electric vehicle
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- 1:17
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- 9 days ago
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- Ferrari unveiled its newest model — and its first fully electric vehicle — this week. The company’s share price promptly tanked.
The new car is a sleek, four-door sedan called the Ferrari Luce — Italian for “light.” It was designed by the firm LoveFrom, which is led by Apple’s former top designer, Jony Ive. It has a price tag of $640,000. And as Ferrari's first fully electric vehicle, it won’t have that signature engine growl.
On X, Italy’s deputy prime minister and transport minister Matteo Salvini called it “extremely expensive” and said it looks nothing like a Ferrari. “And this is supposed to be ‘innovation’,” he wrote, adding that he wondered what the company’s late founder Enzo Ferrari would think. Ferrari’s Milan-listed shares skidded 8.4% in the hours after the car was revealed. Its New York-listed shares tumbled 5.3%.
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- Costco's fuel sales soar as consumers hunt for deals
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- 9 days ago
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- Costco is getting lots of first-time visitors to its gas stations thanks to higher gas prices.
The chain says between April and mid-May, it had its best five-week period on record for gas sales. Executives say high gas prices driven by the war in Iran are sending more and more drivers to its fuel stations for the first time as people look for cheaper ways to fill up. This increase boosted Costco’s gas sales: by volume, they set record after record in the last quarter. The company’s overall sales grew 12 percent, with gas being a big factor — both higher sales and higher prices.
AAA says regular gas now costs — on average — $1.20 more than it did a year ago.
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- Shrey Parikh, 14, wins the 2026 Scripps Spelling Bee
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- 1:13
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- 9 days ago
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- A 14-year-old made history at the 98th annual Scripps Spelling Bee last night in Washington, D.C. After three days of competition, an eighth-grader from California took the crown — and he broke a record.
A tie sent Shrey Parikh into a spell-off lightning round. Parikh spelled 32 words in 90 seconds: a record, and seven more words than his competitor, a 12-year-old from New Jersey.
Hours of daily practice, he says, helped make the spell-off a no-brainer: “Spelling fast is what i do every day, so it came naturally. It was another day of spelling for me.”
As an eighth-grader, this was Parikh's last year of eligibility. In his retirement, he says he’ll work on math and tennis competitions.
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- Algorithm | For your right to be curious.
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- Every season of ‘Survivor’ ranked by NPR’s resident superfan
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- 2:30
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- 10 days ago
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- Survivor is a sport, a metaphor for society and yes, entertainment. NPR critic and host Stephen Thompson recently rewatched and ranked every season of the show.
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- As Trump touts progress on Iran talks, major obstacles remain
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- 1:04
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- 10 days ago
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- On Thursday afternoon, the Trump administration said it "perhaps" had the "making" of a deal with Iran to end the war.
Given all that's happened since the U.S. and Israel struck Iran in late February, which country can claim to have "won" the conflict?
NPR international correspondent Aya Batrawy has been covering the conflict from Dubai and breaks down where each side is at this moment with Sources & Methods host Scott Detrow.
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- More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring
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- 1:56
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- 10 days ago
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- A measles outbreak in Bangladesh is suspected to have killed more than 550 and sickened nearly 70,000. Bangladesh was getting measles under control until a new government upended vaccination efforts.
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- This is what Director Spike Lee says he'll do when the New York Knicks win the NBA Championships
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- 0:55
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- 10 days ago
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- The New York Knicks have made it to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. And for director Spike Lee, there's no 'if' when it comes to the Knicks winning the NBA Championships, it's 'when.'
He tells NPR’s All Things Considered host Juana Summers what he'll do when that happens.
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- DOJ opens investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
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- 0:57
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- 10 days ago
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- The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the writer E. Jean Carroll over potential perjury tied to her civil lawsuits against President Trump. This is the latest Justice Department probe to target a perceived enemy of the president.
The investigation into E. Jean Carroll is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Chicago, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. The investigation is examining whether Carroll committed perjury in a deposition regarding funding tied to civil lawsuits she brought against Trump. Carroll won a $5 million civil judgement against Trump for sexually abusing her decades ago, and another $83 million judgment against him in a defamation suit.
The investigation is the latest launched by Trump's DOJ against the president’s critics or perceived political adversaries.
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- U.S., Iran trade strikes / Trump 'won't rush' / Obama nuclear deal 2.0? | Sources & Methods
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- 32:56
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- 10 days ago
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- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week that there's been "some progress" in current negotiations with Iran. But both sides exchanged fire this week, so what gives?
Today, host Scott Detrow steps in for Mary Louise Kelly. He speaks
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- Officials open investigation into deadly paper mill implosion
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- 1:01
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- 10 days ago
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- Federal officials are opening an investigation into the deadly implosion of a chemical tank Tuesday at a paper mill in southern Washington state. At least two people are dead; nine others are missing and presumed dead.
Authorities say they don’t expect to find any more survivors from Tuesday’s rupture of a 900,000-gallon chemical tank at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in Longview.
Gov. Bob Ferguson said the incident could be the "deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington state history."
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- A recent airstrike in southern Lebanon targeting a Hezbollah fighter killed 13 more people
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- 10 days ago
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- Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have taken a high toll on civilians. Almost 20 percent of the dead have been women, children or first responders, according to Lebanon’s ministry of health. A recent airstrike in southern Lebanon targeting a Hezbollah fighter killed 13 other people.
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- Protesters from blockade outside N.J. detention center amid detainee hunger strike
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- 1:44
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- 11 days ago
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- Protests continue outside a federal immigration detention center in Newark, N.J., where some detainees are on a hunger strike.
Activists are also holding an around-the-clock vigil outside the facility while the strike continues. A blockade hopes to prevent detainees from being transferred to other facilities. The hunger strikers are protesting conditions inside, and demanding the closure of the facility and freedom for those detained.
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- Trump's DOJ mass-deletes info on Jan. 6 prosecutions
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- The Department of Justice has been purging government websites of information about prosecutions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including information about violent assaults of police that day.
Late last week, the Justice Department said it was “proud” to purge its website of what it called “partisan propaganda,” including the deleting of news releases about Jan. 6 prosecutions — including cases where rioters were convicted of carrying guns and assaulting police with pepper spray, tasers and stolen police batons.
The announcement and deletions come after the administration announced plans for a $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” Administration officials have not ruled out the possibility that even violent Jan. 6 defendants could receive a portion of those taxpayer funds.
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