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President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan on April 3, 1948, in Washington. The plan played a key role in the reconstruction of Europe after World War II and was part of the wide-ranging moves by the U.S. to establish a new international order that still defines the world to this day.

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  • Politics

The U.S. set the global order after WWII. Trump has other plans

From the ashes of World War II, President Harry Truman helped create global institutions that have defined international order. President Trump is moving aggressively to scale back that U.S. role.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Growing up, Sara Blick-Nitko says she "didn't see role models" who were deaf working in science. Now she tells students—here, on stage with an American Sign Language interpreter—how a series of federal grants, known as the "Deaf Scientist Pipeline," helped her get her Ph.D. and work in a lab researching  treatments for cancer.

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  • Investigations

Deaf students had a path to science careers -- until their federal grants ended

For years, the U.S. government tried to encourage deaf people to study science. But the programs were just ended by the Trump Administration, leaving deaf students unsure about their future.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
The U.S. Supreme Court appears open to allowing religious charter schools, a move that would upend laws governing charters around the country.

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  • Law

Supreme Court seems poised to require state-funded charter schools to include religious schools

The case is from Oklahoma, which like 45 other states, has laws that say charter schools must be public schools funded by the state, closely supervised by the state, and be non-sectarian.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley announces the automaker's new BlueOval Battery Park in February 2023.

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  • Business

Ford Motor CEO 'welcomes' Trump's move to ease tariffs on automakers

President Trump is easing some of his tariffs on the U.S. auto industry. But what will the overall impact of these economic policies mean for the nation's biggest carmakers? Ford Motor CEO weighs in.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse,
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • and 1 more
Elon Musk wields a chainsaw at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 20 in Oxon Hill, Md.

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  • Politics

What has DOGE done in Trump's first 100 days?

One hundred days into President Trump's second term, DOGE hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But it has amassed unprecedented power over data.

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Shannon Bond
An awning with the Department of Veterans Affairs' seal marks the entrance to the department's headquarters a block from the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

VA research brought CT scans and pacemakers into the world. Now it's at risk of cuts

Researchers at the Department of Veterans Affairs warn that crucial medical research is in jeopardy unless the Trump administration reverses course on cuts.

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Quil Lawrence
Coty Raven Morris conducts the combined Rose and Thorn Choirs singing an African piece called "Modimo" at the <a href="https://www.pdx.edu/arts/events/from-the-dust1"target="_blank"   >From the Dust</a> concert performed at First Congregational Church in Portland in November, 2023.

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  • Health

In order to have conversations -- start by singing

To foster equity and community, people gather several times a year to sing together in Portland, Oregon. The woman behind this effort has twice been nominated for a Grammy in music education.

April 29, 2025
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  • Katia Riddle

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  • Health

The government suggests defunding the 988 suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth

A leaked budget proposal shows that the federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ+ youth through the 988 crisis line.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Workers stand inside a special chamber at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The chamber is used to test new conventional explosives that initiate detonation of advanced nuclear weapons designs. The data produced from such experiments is considered restricted.

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  • National Security

DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets

Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR.

April 28, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Jenna McLaughlin
Alexis Agnew (right) and her husband, Zach Agnew.

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  • Arts & Life

Worried that she might have cancer, a young woman is comforted by a kind stranger

After getting some irregular test results, Alexis Agnew left her doctor's appointment in tears. On her way out of the office, a receptionist stopped Alexis and comforted her while she cried.

April 28, 2025
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By:
  • Autumn Barnes
Danielle Waterfield was fired, rehired and fired again from her job at CHIPS for America, part of the Department of Commerce. Now, she fears her health insurance was cut off weeks ago, even though she was told otherwise.

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  • Politics

Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured

Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.

April 26, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Steve Witkoff walks to an interview after meeting with Russian officials in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 18, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump has his old friend Steve Witkoff leading his toughest diplomatic talks

President Trump has put Steve Witkoff — a friend from New York's real estate world — in charge of delicate talks on the war in Ukraine, Iran's nuclear ambitions and the conflict in Gaza.

April 26, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
It's the twinnies being twins!

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  • Arts & Life

These Australian twins have gone viral after speaking in synch

Meet Bridgette and Paula Powers, identical twins who speak in synch and dedicate themselves to animal conservation.

April 26, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo,
  • Mia Venkat,
  • and 1 more
Shlissel challah is the name given to the special challah baked for the first shabbat after Passover

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  • Religion

A Jewish baking tradition rises in the age of Instagram

Shlissel challah is a special loaf baked the first sabbath after Passover. We trace the modern route by which the bread has spread beyond the ultra-orthodox world to everyday Jewish bakers.

April 25, 2025
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By:
  • Deena Prichep
Republican lawmakers in Florida are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a political campaign with ties to the wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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  • Politics

A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive

A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.

April 24, 2025
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  • Greg Allen
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