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What the Supreme Court’s tariff decision means for small businesses
Nearly a year ago, Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs, slapping high import taxes on goods from countries around the world. The sweeping tar...
Ex-Prince Andrew is arrested. What now?
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor turns 66 today.
He’s also been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Who gets to decide when the President sues his own government?
Of all the ways President Trump has pushed the bounds of executive power one stands out to lawyers and watchdogs.
He wants the government he lea...
How the Rev. Jesse Jackson transformed American politics
The Rev. Jesse Jackson died this week at the age of 84. The civil rights leader, minister, and protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. helped shape...
Transgender troops speak up as they're forced out
President Trump banned transgender people from the military during his first term.
But at the time, service members could continue with t...
What should the future of federal immigration enforcement look like?
As lawmakers, and people around the country, grapple with what federal immigration enforcement should look like, Janet Napolitano, former DHS Secretar...
A dangerous nuclear moment
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy kicked off a decades-long effort to reduce the risk of nuclear war, when he signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty. Sub...
Finding common ground as another funding deadline looms
Congress is approaching yet another Friday funding deadline. So how can the parties find any common ground before DHS runs out of money?
...
A 'bittersweet' milestone: a million meals per day in Gaza
The people of Gaza have faced the threat of hunger since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. But after a ceasefire agreement finally came i...
How Pam Bondi has reshaped the Justice Department
Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, where she’s likely to face questions about the Epstein...
How the Epstein files are upending U.K. politics
The latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein is threatening the U.K. ruling government.
New docu...
What does it mean when the president urges Republicans to "nationalize the voting"?
The power to regulate federal elections rests with states and Congress, according to the Constitution. Yet President Trump repeatedly questioned the i...
Covering the ICE surge in Minneapolis
Reporting on the ICE surge in Minneapolis
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Will new limits on gender-related surgeries change anything?
The Trump administration is celebrating an American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommendation to delay gender-related surgeries, which are rare. So h...
AI chatbots upended their lives. Then they turned to each other
Some people who say AI chatbots upended their lives and the lives of their loved ones, are now turning to each other for support.
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President Trump’s Kennedy Center plans are unclear, so far
President Trump wants to close the Kennedy Center for two years. He says a massive renovation is coming.
But so far, there are few...
The DOJ released the final Epstein files. Where do the survivors go from here?
The Justice Department says their review into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is done, with the release of millions of documents and thousands...
Faith leaders in Memphis support Afghan refugees, and each other
Stephen Cook, the senior pastor of Second Baptist Church in Memphis, has become friends with Latif Salar, the leader of the Christ Community Afghan Ch...
Gov. Tim Walz is skeptical about Trump’s plan to de-escalate immigration crackdown
Tensions remain high in Minnesota. Despite the Trump administration signaling a willingness to de-escalate tensions in the state earlier this week, Mi...
Sen. Ron Johnson blames state and local leaders for Alex Pretti’s killing
The civilian killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal immigration agents have launched a larger debate in Washington about funding fo...
Will a new leader for ICE operations quiet tensions in Minnesota?
After the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Trump administration is making a leadership change in Minneapolis. Will anything change?
Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro on resisting Trump
Pennsylvania democratic Governor Josh Shapiro on resisting Trump policies, his faith and whether he plans to run for president.
Sh...
Tensions escalate in in Minnesota after another killing
Tensions escalate in Minneapolis after a second U.S. citizen is killed by immigration officers.
It was a deadly weekend in...
How to de-escalate in Minneapolis
The third Minneapolis shooting in three weeks has renewed questions about immigration agents’ role, training, and use of force. Chuck Wexler, executiv...
Miles and worlds apart: two NPR reporters on covering the war in Gaza
Even before this latest war in Gaza, NPR’s Jerusalem-based Correspondent Daniel Estrin and Gaza reporter Anas Baba had spent years working together in...
What's really happening in Minnesota?
So much has happened since ICE ramped up efforts in Minneapolis. It can be hard to get a sense of the big picture. Two NPR reporters on the ground do...
How HIV researchers overcame setbacks and kept a vaccine trial going
Scientists say research into a vaccine for HIV is further along than it’s ever been.
But Trump administration cuts to scientific research have s...
How Trump moves political norms – both slowly and suddenly
In the first year of his second term, President Trump has repeatedly said and done things that were previously assumed to be unacceptable to voters.
Trump is escalating European tensions. What are the consequences?
President Trump’s insistence that the U.S. acquire Greenland could become a major international crisis.
He's now threatened tariffs on eight NAT...
Trump is rewriting the rules of the economy…is it ‘crony capitalism’?
President Trump has spent his first year back in office blurring the lines between business and government.
The administration has bough...
Beth Israel Congregation rebuilds after arson, saying "there's healing that comes"
A week after an arson fire at Mississippi's oldest synagogue, Rachel Myers, a leader of the congregation's religious school, talks about how the congr...
How the Trump Justice Department is targeting his perceived opponents
Under the Trump administration, federal prosecutors have been sent to investigate federal lawmakers, the chairman of the Federal Reserve and the widow...
Do federal agents have 'absolute immunity?'
Vice President J.D. Vance says the ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Macklin Good last week has "absolute immunity." Some legal experts have pushe...
Reflections on an 'electrifying' round of protest in Iran
What began two weeks ago as a demonstration against an economic crisis has become a broader antigovernment movement, in cities and towns across Iran.<...
What happens if the Fed loses its independence?
The Trump Justice Department has subpoenaed the Federal Reserve for information related to its multibillion-dollar renovation of the Fed's headquarter...
What do we know about what's happening in Iran?
What do we know about what's happening in Iran?
The country has been rocked by days of large antigovernment protests...
How powerful is Stephen Miller?
As the deputy chief of staff for policy and one of President Trump’s longest-serving aides, Stephen Miller has been the driving force behind many of T...
Reporting on the invasion of Venezuela
NPR International Correspondent Eyder Peralta has covered conflicts and crises from East Africa to Latin America. Sometimes just getting in place to c...
Poll finds Americans concerned as Trump accelerates global intervention
President Trump raised eyebrows when he told the New York Times that there was only one thing that could stop him on the global stage: his own moralit...