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Senators take first step toward reopening the government after historic shutdown : NPR
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol Building on Sept. 30. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, voting on the first procedural step on the […]
Cleveland Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with pitch rigging : NPR
Cleveland Guardians’ Luis Ortiz pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Cleveland on April 30. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption toggle caption Sue Ogrocki/AP NEW YORK — Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on charges they took bribes from sports bettors to throw certain […]
Trump directs states to ‘undo’ full November SNAP benefits : NPR
Jen Janecek Hartman helps prepare bagged meals for a food bank for students at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New Town, N.D. John Locher/AP hide caption toggle caption John Locher/AP The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must “immediately undo” any actions they have made to provide benefits to […]
Many would-be buyers are frozen out of the housing market : NPR
High prices and high mortgage rates are making it hard for many people to get a toehold in the housing market. A new report from the National Association of Realtors says the share of homes sold to first-time buyers dropped to a record low in the last year. Scott Olson/Getty Images North America hide caption […]
Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds : NPR
Robert Sánchez dropped out of school as a teenager and like many others in the region became a fisherman like his father, according to friends and relatives. Peter Hamlin/AP Illustration hide caption toggle caption Peter Hamlin/AP Illustration GÜIRIA, Venezuela — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another […]
Education Department out-of-office emails violated First Amendment : NPR
The Washington headquarters of the Department of Education on March 12. A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees when it replaced their personalized out-of-office notifications with partisan language. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal judge ruled that the Trump […]
ICE agents have new tools to track and ID people : NPR
Two ICE agents film the press using smartphones in the hallway outside the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in New York USA on July 11 2025. The Department of Homeland Security has been acquiring new tools to identify people and monitor them. Madison Swart /Hans Lucas via AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Madison […]
States start to issue full SNAP benefits after court order : NPR
A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a bakery as a woman walks past in Chicago, Nov. 2. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily granted the Trump administration’s request to block full SNAP food benefits during the government shutdown, even as residents in some states […]
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97 : NPR
Dr. James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA double helix in his office at his Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory office in Cold Spring Harbor, New York on June 10, 2015. J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday/Getty Images For James Watson, DNA was everything — not just his life’s work, […]