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Katherine Maher of NPR, at left, and Paula Kerger of PBS are scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about the federal funding their organizations receive.

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Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat

A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters.

March 26, 2025
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Sen. Tom Sullivan hears testimony of opponents of a bill at Old Supreme Court chamber of Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo., on March 8, 2023.

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Colorado is poised to pass some of the toughest gun laws in the country

A proposal to severely limit guns that use detachable magazines is approaching final passage in the Colorado legislature. The state's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, is expected to sign it into law.

March 26, 2025
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Scott Rabinowitz, president of Grand Resources, stands near a pump jack in Sperry, Okla., on March 20, 2024.

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  • Business

Why a tiny bit of oil can be a big deal

More than three-quarters of U.S. wells make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of their small output. But they're a big deal to oil producers and environmentalists.

March 26, 2025
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China has been trying to woo back investors to help revive its sagging economy.

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China releases staff of an American due diligence firm in a move to woo investors

The release of the employees from the Mintz Group comes as China is trying to woo back foreign investors to help revive its sagging economy.

March 25, 2025
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Regina Brown-Ross, a home care worker and union organizer with SEIU Local 1107, looks at a union flier at her home in Las Vegas.

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  • Business

Facing a silver tsunami, Nevada home health care workers demand a $20 minimum wage

Home health care workers in Nevada are lobbying the state legislature to raise caregivers' minimum wage from $16 to $20 an hour.

March 25, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
A woman sits on a bus in Sriperumbudur district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where many women are employed in manufacturing. India hopes to attract more business as the Trump administration imposes tariffs on China.

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  • World

India is hoping its manufacturing industry will profit from Trump's tariffs on China

India is hoping to attract more manufacturing as the Trump administration's tariff policies make it more expensive to do business in China.

March 24, 2025
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People walk through the Westfield World Trade Center shopping mall in New York City.

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  • Business

How are inflation or tariffs affecting your shopping and budget? NPR wants to know

Whether you're a shopper or a seller, a worker or a business owner, you likely have a lot on your mind when it comes to budgeting, planning trips or big purchases. And we want to hear all about it.

March 24, 2025
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Creature Comforts Brewery in Athens, Georgia

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  • Business

Georgia's largest indie brewery has a cautious eye on tariffs

In the midst of uncertainty over tariffs, some Georgia businesses are having a difficult time making long-term plans.

March 24, 2025
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The city room of <em>The New York Times</em> is pictured on June 15, 1971. From left are <em>Times</em> editors James L. Greenfield, foreign editor; Max Frankel, chief Washington correspondent; and Fred P. Graham from the <em>Times</em> Washington bureau. Frankel went on to be the paper's top editor.

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Max Frankel, former New York Times top editor, dies at 94

Frankel was The New York Times' executive editor from 1986 to 1994. He remained with the newspaper for nearly half a century, ushering it through different eras.

March 23, 2025
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  • Jordan-Marie Smith
President Trump speaks as an image of an F-47 fighter jet is displayed in the Oval Office in Washington on Friday.

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Trump says Boeing will build the new generation of fighter jets, the F-47

Trump said Boeing had won the contract to build the U.S. Air Force's next generation of fighter jets. Little is known about the jet's specifications, appearance or capabilities.

March 22, 2025
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  • Rebecca Rosman
Newsmax Media CEO Christopher Ruddy, shown here in 2018, was the focus of a court hearing in a lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the network. Dominion is suing Newsmax for defamation over false claims of election fraud broadcast on the network following the 2020 presidential election.

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  • Media

Court hearing centers on Newsmax CEO's role in spreading election-fraud claims

Newsmax is being sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems — the same company that sued Fox News over false 2020 election-fraud claims and walked away with a nearly $800 million settlement.

March 22, 2025
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  • Maddy Lauria
Staff at the government broadcaster Voice of America have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, which put nearly 900 employees on leave and froze funding last week.

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  • Media

Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network

Six Voice of America journalists and a director at its parent agency have sued the Trump administration, alleging its moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network are unconstitutional.

March 21, 2025
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On average, the Americans surveyed by Pew said the best age to become a parent is 27.3 years old.

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  • National

What's the ideal age to reach a life milestone? Many Americans say it depends

Owning a home, starting a family or retiring: If these are things you want, what's the best age to do them? The Pew Research Center surveyed 3,600 U.S. adults to find out.

March 21, 2025
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John Barnett's body was found last March in his bright orange Dodge Ram pickup truck in a Holiday Inn parking lot in Charleston, S.C. In a new lawsuit, his family says Boeing should pay damages.

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  • National

Whistleblower John Barnett's family files wrongful death suit against Boeing

The lawsuit includes a photo of a notebook found in John Barnett's truck when he died by suicide, bearing the message, "I pray Boeing Pays!!!" In response to the new lawsuit, Boeing said in a statement, "We are saddened by John Barnett's death and extend our condolences to his family."

March 21, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya chat during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on July 13, 2023. President Trump fired both on March 18.

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  • Politics

How Trump's firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power

Already, lower courts have found President Trump's removal of Democratic members of independent agencies to be unlawful. The Trump administration has appealed.

March 21, 2025
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