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Acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, speaks during the funeral prayers of Khalil Haqqani, the minister for refugees and repatriation, during his funeral procession in eastern Paktia province, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2024.

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  • World

The U.S. lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, says Kabul

The U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister, officials in Kabul said Sunday.

March 23, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A protester shouts slogans during a protest against the arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday.

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  • World

Hundreds arrested in Turkey in protests against the detention of Istanbul's mayor

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the top challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is accused of corruption and terror links. The opposition says Imamoglu's arrest is politically motivated.

March 23, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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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  • National Security

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
Surgeon Sergio Alfieri speaks to journalists on Saturday in the entrance hall of Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Pope Francis has been receiving treatment for bilateral pneumonia.

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  • Religion

Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday, doctors say

The pontiff spent over five weeks being treated for bronchitis that evolved into a severe respiratory illness. When he returns to the Vatican, he will need to rest for two months, his doctor said.

March 22, 2025
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  • Emma Bowman
Volunteers Olly De Almeida (left), Jordan Bordenave (right) and Rosemary White (far right) plant a tree in front of Tribble Condor's (center) house in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. The project was funded by a federal grant terminated in February.

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  • Climate

Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

March 22, 2025
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  • Eva Tesfaye
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand before sending off former President Joe Biden and Jill Biden to board a Marine helicopter en route to Joint Base Andrews after the inauguration on Jan. 20, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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  • National

Trump revokes classified access for Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and others

While mostly symbolic, the move to revoke security clearances for over a dozen former officials has been seen as a warning to President Trump's adversaries.

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
Naomi, 7 (Left), and Makena, 9 (Center) hold signs and chant during a rally in front of the Department of Education to protest budget cuts.

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  • Education

How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools

With cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years.

March 22, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
Hundreds gathered  in New York in March to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who was arrested by federal immigration agents over his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University

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  • Arts & Life

From Martha Stewart to Japanese Breakfast, 7 can't-miss interviews this week

Rounding up the big interviews you might have missed, from gardening tips with Martha Stewart to a conversation with a former astronaut about what happens to our bodies after that much time in space.

March 22, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Liam McNeeley #30 of the Connecticut Huskies shoots the ball while defended by Mohamed Wague #5 of the Oklahoma Sooners during the first half in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lenovo Center on March 21, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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  • Sports

Where is the NCAA basketball tournament game-winning buzzer-beater?

A wider disparity between major conferences and lesser-known conferences has lent itself to fewer close games in the early rounds of both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments.

March 22, 2025
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  • Greg Echlin
Southern Sudanese who have returned to the south by barges  stand on the banks of the Nile river in Juba's port on Jan. 10, 2011.

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  • World

South Sudan is 'on the brink,' U.N. warns amid renewed violence

The world's youngest country is teetering on the brink of another conflict as a regional war looms.

March 22, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman has hit glove lifted into the air after referee Al Munoz gave Foreman the victory in his heavyweight fight against Bert Cooper in Phoenix, on June 2, 1989.

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  • Obituaries

George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who became a beloved champion, dies at 76

The heavyweight who lost the "Rumble in the Jungle" to Muhammad Ali before authoring an inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman was 76.

March 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Sean Murphy worked for the Department of Justice for years, and served in the group that prosecuted crimes stemming from the Jan.6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Investigations

Why a DOJ prosecutor resigned, telling coworkers and bosses 'you serve no man'

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Murphy resigned from the Department of Justice, telling NPR, 'It just was not a Department of Justice that I any longer wanted to associate with.'"

March 22, 2025
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  • Tom Dreisbach
Iraq war veteran Kevin Conlon is among tens of thousands of veterans left facing foreclosure because of a debacle in the VA home loan program. 

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  • National

A VA rescue effort saved 15,000 veterans' homes. Some in Congress want to scrap it

An NPR investigation uncovered 40,000 vets facing foreclosure due to a VA mistake. A rescue program is helping many of them, but others fear being left out if Congress cuts this new lifeline

March 22, 2025
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  • Chris Arnold and
  • Quil Lawrence
Smoke billows from the site of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the area of the southern Lebanese village of Yohmor on Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Israel strikes multiple sites in southern Lebanon in response to rocket attack

Lebanese health officials said two people were killed, including a child, and several more were injured.

March 22, 2025
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  • Kat Lonsdorf
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