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FEMA program for last year's California wildfire victims running out of money
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- FEMA program for last year's California wildfire victims running out of money
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- 1:10
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- 12 hours ago
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- A FEMA-backed program that's helped hundreds of survivors of last year’s Los Angeles fires navigate the rebuilding process is running out of money — and California's leaders are accusing the Trump administration of playing politics.
Last year, as is typical after bad wildfires, FEMA approved $13 million in funding for its disaster case management program, which pairs a case manager with a fire survivor helping them with insurance, to file grant applications and secure building permits. But some 1,300 survivors are now losing their case managers, as only $3 million of the promised $13 million in aid has actually been distributed in LA's burn zones. FEMA also recently denied an aid request for an additional $6 million, which state leaders say is further delaying a slow recovery.
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- The fatal choices behind telling a war story
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- 2:33
- Date posted
- 16 hours ago
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- In 2022, Fox News war correspondent Benjamin Hall nearly died when a Russian artillery strike in Ukraine left him gravely injured. The attack killed four people traveling with him– two Ukrainian soldiers, veteran videographer Pierre Zakrzewski, and Sasha Kuvshynova — a 24-year-old Ukrainian producer.
Now, lawsuits from Kuvshynova’s parents and Zakrzewski’s widow accuse Fox of failing to keep them safe, and Benjamin Hall of letting his ambition make him reckless.
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- BTS singer RM unveils personal art collection at San Francisco museum
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- RM, the K-pop idol and leader of the globetrotting boy band BTS, has turned museum curator — a new exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is the first ever to feature the South Korean superstar’s art collection.
At a press briefing for the show Tuesday, the self-deprecating musician said he loves collecting art — but also feels guilty about it: "Do I really need to carry so many unnecessary things that I don't even need? Have I ended up becoming just a boring, rich snore? Well, maybe."
RM started collecting art in 2019. The exhibit, "RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me," runs through Feb. 7, 2027.
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- Among the world’s loudest, scientists discover two birds as loud as jackhammers
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- 1:05
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- 2 days ago
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- Two new contenders have joined the ranks for world’s loudest bird: the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema.
Researchers have long studied the pitch and rhythm of bird vocalizations, but technology now allows the measurement of volume. While a Ph.D. student at UMass Amherst, João Menezes and his advisor managed to record the volume of 123 bird species across Western Massachusetts and Brazil, many for the first time. The range was staggering: an 800-fold difference between the softest species, a kind of hummingbird, all the way up to a very loud trio of species that were "comparable to the level of a jackhammer," Menezes says.
Larger species and those with wider mouth openings tend to sing louder, but it’s still not clear what’s driving all the variety.
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- Brazilians are voting in this year’s presidential election, but voters are feeling disconnected
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Brazilians are voting in this year’s presidential election. But many voters complain that both candidates are corrupt.
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Producer: Keren Carrión/NPR
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- Iraq withdrawal / America's Mideast footprint / Hegseth's Pentagon overhaul | Sources & Methods
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- 35:09
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- For the second time since the 2003 invasion, the last American troops have left Iraq.
Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR International Correspondent Jane Arraf who is in Baghdad to see how Iraqis are greeting the moment. And NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman explains how this withdrawal and the ongoing war with Iran are changing the U.S. footprint in the region. He also discusses Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "State of the Force" address.
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- Leaning into culture war flashpoints, Hegseth says he has transformed U.S. military
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- This week Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered a "State of the Force" address to hundreds of junior military leaders at a Virginia military base. Hegseth touted what he sees as the successes of his first year and a half in office. NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman has been reporting on the speech, and how U.S. forces have been affected by the changes and Hegseth's leadership, and shared what he's found with “Sources & Methods” host Mary Louise Kelly.
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- This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Origin Genomics is trying to convince Congress and regulators that making babies from genetically modified human embryos should be legal. NPR got exclusive access to its lab.
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- A midair stabbing on a flight to Israel is being investigated as possible terrorism
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Dozens of passengers are safely on the ground in Israel after a commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia this morning. One of the pilots stabbed the other pilot and was trying to crash the plane with everyone on board, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli officials are calling it an attempted terror attack, but there is still a lot we don’t know about the incident.
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- Russia continues to attack Ukrainian capital, killing two people and injuring more than 20
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Russia has been continuously attacking the Ukrainian capital for nearly a month. Monday's attack on Kyiv damaged the building of the National Academy of Sciences and a hospital in the very center of the city, killing at least two people and injuring more than 20.
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- SNAP's new funding model shifts more of the burden to states
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- tarting today, states will be footing a larger share of the bill to run the food assistance program known as SNAP, as federal funding to pay for things like state SNAP workers shrinks by half.
Last year’s massive Republican tax and spending law known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act included major changes to how SNAP is funded. As a result, states may need to spend two to three times more in the future in order to keep the food assistance program running. The key question now is how states will afford these new costs to SNAP. Policy experts say states may need to raise taxes, cut funding for other programs or reduce access to food benefits.
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- Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives two lethal injections in botched execution
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- Tennessee failed to put a condemned prisoner to death Wednesday.
Executioners gave inmate Christa Pike two separate lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital, and she survived both. Prison officials said they moved Pike to a hospital for treatment. Pike’s attorneys said she was clearly alive and snoring.
This is the second time this year that Tennessee has botched an execution. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has halted the state’s remaining execution scheduled this year.
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Reporter: Catherine Sweeney/WPLN
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- In new book, Princess Diana's brother remembers her as unforgettable
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer is out with a new memoir and it's making some waves for the House of Windsor. Most notably, Spencer recounts a phone call he says he had with then-Prince Charles after Diana died in a car accident in Paris. Spencer claims the man who is now King Charles said, "we'll forget her soon enough."
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- Journalist recounts his Russian imprisonment on false espionage charges in new memoir
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- Images of Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich, inside of a glass cage in a Russian court circulated on the internet two years ago.
At the time, the Russian American journalist was charged with espionage for doing his job as a journalist in a case that drew international outcry.
His arrest came after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as the Kremlin was stripping press freedoms. A new censorship law was passed, but he still felt he could work safely until he was set up by a source.
What kept him sane for 16 months inside the Russian prison was doing what he does as a journalist — listening, watching and writing. The journals he kept are the backbone of Gershkovich’s memoir, “This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian American story.”
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- Local leaders reject possible MLB field inside Grand Teton National Park
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce and the Teton County Commissioners in Jackson Hole, Wyo., are urging the U.S. Interior secretary to reject a proposed baseball field inside Grand Teton National Park.
According to a recent "Washington Post" report, the Trump administration has scouted locations in Grand Teton National Park to build a baseball park to host a Major League Baseball game. NPR has not independently confirmed the report.
The White House said in a statement that the MLB has not made any decisions and the National Park Service has not granted any permits. Officials added the issue is not a priority of the Interior Department. Representatives from MLB and the National Park Service did not respond to a request for comment.
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Reporter: Sophia Boyd-Fliegel/KHOL
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- Startup seeks to build a nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- NPR has learned of a plan for a massive new data center and hundreds of nuclear reactors on federal land in Utah.
The proposal seen by NPR came from the company Valar Atomics. Valar already has a test reactor operating in Utah, but it wants to build around 450 more small nuclear reactors on 9,000 acres of federal land. The reactors would provide power for data centers, among other things.
The Bureau of Land Management says the public will have an opportunity to comment on the proposal, after the agency reviews the application for completeness.
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Producer: Michael Zamora/NPR
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- Trump says tech firms have signed an ‘accord’ to ‘self-police’ AI development
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- President Trump says major tech companies have agreed to come together and “self-police” their AI products. The voluntary agreement comes after about 30-executives from the biggest U.S. tech companies gathered at the White House.
Asked whether this agreement was legally enforceable, Trump replied, "I think it’s morally binding, yeah." He argued that private tech companies should can be trusted to regulate themselves. The "accord" asks companies to monitor their AI products and set up internal controls to make sure they don’t hack into other systems. Those involved offered no details on how that would work.
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- Rwanda is a world leader in using drones for healthcare. But drones can't do it all
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- 3:31
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- Drones carrying medical supplies constantly crisscross the skies of Rwanda. The Trump administration is giving a major grant to expand Zipline's work in Rwanda and four other African countries.
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- For Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel, success is all about 'being relentless'
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- “Are you happy?”
Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel says agents often pose that question to actors, directors and writers. And people rarely say “Yes” — putting them on the road to a new agent.
Emanuel’s memoir, “Roll the Calls,” recounts his own rise to the top of the agency William Morris Endeavor, offering biting descriptions of other Hollywood figures and speaking candidly about Emanuel’s frequent explosions of rage.
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- In new book, Princess Diana's brother remembers her as unforgettable
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- In his new book, Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's younger brother, writes about their childhood and the love she had for her two sons. All Things Considered host Scott Detrow asked Spencer how his sister might feel about the reported estrangement between her sons.
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- For people from South Asia, mornings are often powered by chai. But, why?
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- People in South Asia, like India and Pakistan, power through their morning with chai, which is tea boiled in milk with sugar. But, do you know of its surprising origin?
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- Europe on edge from threats of Russia's growing escalation. Can NATO defend itself?
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- 1:00:18
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- Russia threatens attacks beyond Ukraine's border and rattles Europe. Is it ready?
This month Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned about intelligence assessments suggesting that Russia is planning drone and missile strikes against countries that support Ukraine, including Poland and Romania.
How serious is that threat? And if that happens, is NATO ready to defend itself?
Would the U.S. honor its NATO collective defense commitments and jump in to help?
Those are some questions host Mary Louise Kelly put to Romania's Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia ?oiu and Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.
The conversation took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly before a live audience at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City.
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- Journalist recounts his Russian imprisonment on false espionage charges in new memoir
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Images of Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich, inside of a glass cage in a Russian court circulated on the internet two years ago.
At the time, the Russian American journalist was charged with espionage for doing his job as a journalist in a case that drew international outcry.
His arrest came after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as the Kremlin was stripping press freedoms. A new censorship law was passed, but he still felt he could work safely until he was set up by a source.
What kept him sane for 16 months inside the Russian prison was doing what he does as a journalist — listening, watching and writing. The journals he kept are the backbone of Gershkovich’s memoir, “This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian American story.”
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- Can we find ways to address climate change that also make us happier?
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- Climate action usually means sacrifice: eat less meat, buy less, drive less. What if there's another approach? Researcher Elizabeth Dunn shares climate hacks that help the planet AND make us happier.
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- Did Thomas Jefferson father children with Sally Hemings?
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- 3:49
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- Did Thomas Jefferson father children with Sally Hemings?
“Yes,” said Richard Kurin, author of “History by a Hair,” a new book detailing the complicated process behind answering this question.
It's an over 200-year-old question that has been infused with debates about race, power, slavery and the mythology of the Founding Fathers.
In 2011, a few strands of hair were discovered inside Thomas Jefferson's personal Bible at the Smithsonian. The discovery set off a winding scientific investigation, led by Kurin, to finally settle whether Jefferson, the third president of the U.S., fathered children with Hemings, a young woman he held in slavery.
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- British chess prodigy becomes the youngest woman grandmaster
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- An 11-year-old British chess prodigy has become the youngest player to earn the title of woman grandmaster.
Bodhana Sivanandan uses a booster seat to reach the chess board. She’s also Britain’s youngest women’s chess champion, and the youngest person overall to represent England internationally in any sport. In addition to traveling the world to play chess tournaments, Bodhana is in the British equivalent of the sixth grade and is on her way home now to catch up on school assignments.
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- Prosecutors reopen a Cornell University sexual assault case involving seven fraternity members
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- New York prosecutors are reopening a criminal investigation into an alleged sexual assault two years ago involving students at Cornell University after the alleged victim, a former student at Cornell, filed a lawsuit against the university and seven fraternity members.
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- Title
- Madonna wins big as Taylor Swift sets a new record at MTV’s VMAs
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- Last night, in Los Angeles, singer Taylor Swift set a new record for the artist with the most MTV Video Music Awards, with 33, surpassing her own previous record of 30 — a tie with Beyoncé. She won the night’s top prize, video of the year, and also became the first winner of the artist director award.
But the biggest winner of the night was Madonna, who scored seven wins, including artist of the year. It was 42 years ago that Madonna performed her hit “Like a Virgin” at the first ever MTV Video Music Awards.
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- Giant pandas Ping Ping, Fu Shuang arrive in Atlanta
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- Atlanta's zoo has welcomed two new giant pandas. The loan is part of a new agreement between the U.S. and Chinese governments.
Male panda Ping Ping, who’s 6, and female Fu Shuang, who’s 5, flew in on Boeing’s FedEx Panda Express. The giant pandas will stay in quarantine for about a month in Zoo Atlanta’s new panda complex before they’re introduced to the public on a date to be announced later. Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are in Atlanta for 10 years through a new conservation agreement between the zoo and the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Zoo Atlanta is one of three zoos in the U.S. with pandas on loan from China.
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- Cuts to safety net programs start to kick in ahead of the midterm elections
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
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- Cuts to social safety net programs like Medicaid and food assistance are kicking in just as voters are grappling with higher prices.
In addition to the social safety net cuts that were in the One Big Beautiful Bill, the White House has told Congress that it plans to cancel an additional $810 million in health care and educational programs. Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, said she was not happy about the additional cuts. In a statement on X, Collins, who is locked in a tight race for reelection, said the move — known as a pocket rescission — is unlawful, and that the rescissions were intended to “undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse.”
Regardless of how the separation of powers dispute is resolved, the cuts are hurting people who depend on medicaid and food assistance — another reason, along with higher prices at the pump or 7% mortgages, that voters say they feel angry and economically...
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- Political text messages could now be powered by AI
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
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- Candidates are using AI to text voters. Is it effective or annoying?
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- Job market is booming for Gen Z workers without degrees
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Young Americans without college degrees are seeing one of the strongest job markets in decades, with unemployment rates among workers aged 22-34 without a degree near a 20-year low.
The Burning Glass Institute says the job market looks much different for recent college graduates, who are having a harder time finding work. Georgetown University economist Harry Holzer says one reason is the strength of the construction industry: "I do think that construction sector is strong right now — all the data centers that are being built is creating a lot of jobs for skilled construction workers."
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- Title
- Study: As screen use rises, we talk to each other less and less
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- As screens take over more of our lives we appear to be speaking to each other less and less — a growing silence could have unintended consequences.
An analysis of daily audio recordings over 14 years, starting in 2005, finds people spoke 338 fewer words each day on average — a 28% drop in all. The researchers, who published their findings in "Perspectives on Psychological Science," say the word drop is wearing away at social connection and more, says Maryellen MacDonald, author of "More Than Words: How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World." She says, "talking focuses our attention, improves long-term planning, helps to regulate our emotions."
AI communication and companions aren't helping, "giving us even less reasons to converse," MacDonald says. Researchers say a brief chat with a neighbor or stranger can make up for the word decline.
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- South Africa attempts a new record for the biggest cookout
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Thousands of people turned out in a sports stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday trying to break the world record for the biggest cookout. Organizers say they were aiming for 3,000 people for the big grill.
The "Guinness Book of World Records" hasn’t yet determined if they set the cookout record.
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- White House airs Trump ad 'Paid for by the U.S. government'
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- A democratic senator is demanding answers from the White House about a new TV ad featuring President Trump. The ad says it’s "Paid for by the U.S. government." The White House insists it is a public service announcement.
The ad features president Trump’s voice, a splashy montage of images of the president and phrases including “largest tax cut in history” on the screen with JMSN's “Love Me” being used as the soundtrack.
In a letter demanding answers, Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire, says the ad appears to run afoul of federal prohibitions against using government funds for propaganda.
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- Trump harangues the U.N. / Xi in D.C. / White House press ban fallout | Sources & Methods
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- 28:01
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- President Trump used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly to attack the principles the organization is built on. Does the U.N. stand a chance in a new era of great power rivalry?
Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR Diplomatic Correspondent Michele Kelemen about what happened this week when leaders from around the world came to New York at a precarious moment for the U.N. And NPR White House reporter Emily Feng explains what to look for during the diplomatic event that overshadowed the U.N. meeting this week: Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit in Washington.
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- The Bayeux Tapestry is now back on English soil for the first time in more than 900 years
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- The Bayeux Tapestry is the earliest depiction of the Battle of Hastings, in the year 1066. That was the start of the Norman Conquest, which changed England’s rulers, language and ethnic makeup. Sewn in England but whisked away to France in the late 11th century, it’s now back on English soil for the first time in more than 900 years.
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- Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson recalls talking to President Trump days before the Iran war
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson doesn’t believe Trump’s war with Iran is about nuclear weapons. He believes Israel pushed President Trump into the war in Iran with three aims: to project regional hegemony, to diminish the power of the six Gulf States and to get the U.S. out of the Middle East.
In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, Carlson said “Israel wants our bases out of the Middle East. I said this to Trump to his face in the Oval Office days before the war began. And he looked at me and said ‘Yes, you’re right. But in the end we all die anyway, so it doesn’t matter.’”
We reached out to the White House for comment and they did not address that point specifically, instead sending along a social media post by the president that describes Carlson and others as “stupid people” who want Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
For more of what Tucker Carlson said, watch the full video on NPR’s Newsmakers video podcast.
- Title
- Did Thomas Jefferson father children with Sally Hemings?
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Did Thomas Jefferson father children with Sally Hemings?
“Yes,” said Richard Kurin, author of “History by a Hair,” a new book detailing the complicated process behind answering this question.
It's an over 200-year-old question that has been infused with debates about race, power, slavery and the mythology of the Founding Fathers.
In 2011, a few strands of hair were discovered inside Thomas Jefferson's personal Bible at the Smithsonian. The discovery set off a winding scientific investigation, led by Kurin, to finally settle whether Jefferson, the third president of the U.S., fathered children with Hemings, a young woman he held in slavery.
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- Disgraced tech startup CEO Elizabeth Holmes secures early release
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Former tech executive Elizabeth Holmes is set to be released from federal prison early.
Holmes ran the blood-testing startup Theranos that was once the darling of Silicon Valley, but in 2022, a jury sentenced her to 11 years in prison after finding she'd defrauded investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars by deceiving them that Theranos could revolutionize healthcare with just a pinprick of blood. She was scheduled to be released in 2030, but her sentence has been reduced several times. A new notice sent to Holmes’ investor victims from the Bureau of Prisons shows she is set to be moved to a half-way house next year. It’s unclear what led to her partial freedom.
Holmes has been trending online since comedian Nathan Fielder premiered a documentary called “You Can See Everything” in which Holmes and her family let Fielder live with them in the weeks before she turned herself in.
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- Children's entertainers Ms.Rachel and Mr. Aaron launch their debut children's music record
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Since launching the YouTube channel "Songs for Littles" in 2019, Rachel Accurso better known as Ms. Rachel and her husband, Aron Accurso, better known as Mr. Aron, have racked up over 17.2 billion views.
The couple launched the channel after struggling to find proper resources for their son, who had a speech delay. What started as videos made at home has since grown into a children's entertainment and education business worth millions.
Their debut record, “I'm So Happy,” is set for release Sept. 25. The 23-song compilation of original music, children's favorites and traditional nursery rhymes is meant to be a reimagining of what the couple has accomplished on YouTube.
Ms. Rachel and Mr. Aron said they never imagined the channel would grow into what it is today.
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- Tucker Carlson criticizes Trump’s decision to go to war against Iran
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Tucker Carlson used to be a vocal supporter of President Trump but now he’s a critic. In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, the conservative pundit calls Trump’s decision to go to war against Iran “profoundly destructive.” And he says Trump “should have been removed from office immediately when he threatened nuclear war.”
For more of what he said, watch the full video on NPR’s Newsmakers video podcast.
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- Tucker Carlson has a new enemy: the politics he helped build | Newsmakers
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- 56:45
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Tucker Carlson has broken with President Trump — and he has plenty to say about how we got here.
In a wide-ranging conversation with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, Carlson revisits his years as a cable-TV partisan, talks about a possible third party and explains why he believes both major parties have failed Americans. They also get into faith, money, political power, how Carlson sees Israel’s influence in Washington, the war with Iran — and his regrets about what he spent decades arguing about.
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- 'Choosin' Texas' steals Mariah Carey's crown — but Christmas is around the corner
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Country singer Ella Langley has set a new all-time "Billboard" chart record, taking the throne from Mariah Carey — though perhaps not for long. This week, Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is, once again, the No. 1 song in the country, a feat it's achieved for 23 straight weeks — something that’s never been done before.
Last winter, Mariah Carey reached 22 weeks at No. 1 with “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” That song returned to the top of the charts during the most recent holiday season, and it’s a hit every December, so Langley has her work cut out for her in the weeks to come. If “Choosin’ Texas” can’t rack up a bunch more weeks on the top of the charts, Langley may soon find herself regifting the all-time record right back to pop music’s Queen of Christmas.
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- Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel recounts his own rise to the top in new memoir
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- “Are you happy?”
Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel says agents often pose that question to actors, directors and writers. And people rarely say “Yes” — putting them on the road to a new agent.
Emanuel’s memoir, “Roll the Calls,” recounts his own rise to the top of the agency William Morris Endeavor, offering biting descriptions of other Hollywood figures and speaking candidly about Emanuel’s frequent explosions of rage.
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- Why China and the U.S. are fighting for dominance in the AI race
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- President Trump has said the U.S. can't fall behind China in the AI race. NPR White House Correspondent Emily Feng explains some of the reasons why China and the U.S. are fighting for dominance to Sources & Methods host Mary Louise Kelly.
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- Alleging fraud, Trump administration ends insurance coverage for 760,000
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- The Trump administration says it’s canceling health insurance plans for 760,000 "phantom" enrollees on HealthCare.gov, but the government is providing few details about how it determined the health plans were not legitimate.
Administration officials explained in a press conference that they suspected fraudster brokers had signed up people who weren’t eligible or who didn’t even know they had been signed up. The fight against fraudulent brokers has been going on for years, says Cynthia Cox of the nonprofit health research organization KFF, but she questioned the approach the administration's taking. If someone didn’t file a claim, she says, they might have just been healthy, and if they didn’t respond to the notice in time, they might have just missed it.
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- Title
- The biggest permanent desert lake in Kenya faces rising waters and hungry crocs
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.
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- Israel has seized territories in Southern Lebanon, displacing more than 300,000 people
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- In Southern Lebanon, Israel has been seizing territory since a ceasefire with Iran-backed Hezbollah five months ago and now occupies almost 6% of the country, leveling villages and displacing more than 300,000 people. NPR's Jane Arraf and Jawad Rizkallah recently joined U.N. peacekeepers for a rare look at Israeli-controlled territory.
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- We have a new Senior Podcast Challenge!
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- 65 and older? Got a story to tell? Seniors, we want to hear from you! Record, then send us a podcast about any topic you are passionate about for a chance to win a free visit to NPR headquarters where you'll hear your story air live on national radio. Deadline is Nov. 30.
