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President Trump and White House senior adviser, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk depart after looking at Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Trump buys a Tesla with Elon Musk in tow, at the White House

The president perused a series of Teslas with the company's CEO, who also serves as Trump's adviser.

March 12, 2025
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Elon Musk's DOGE team has sought sweeping access to government databases that store personal information on millions of Americans.

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  • National

The government already knows a lot about you. DOGE is trying to access all of it

Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on March 6, including the order terminating the security clearances of those who work at the law firm Perkins Coie.

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  • Law

Law firm says Trump order targeting it specifically is attack on rule of law

Perkins Coie's lawsuit is in response to President Trump's executive order that accused the firm of "dishonest and dangerous activity" that sought to overturn laws and elections and of allegedly discriminatory DEI policies.

March 12, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, speaks outside the White House last week before leaving to Qatar to begin ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

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  • Middle East

Mediators seek a new deal to release more than half of the hostages in Gaza

President Trump's Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff is taking part in ceasefire talks in Qatar, the most serious Israel-Hamas talks since Trump took office.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
More than 50,000 people turned out for the world championships of cross country skiing in Trondheim, Norway this year

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  • Sports

Trail-gating at the Nordic Super Bowl

Fans camp out in the snow weeks early for the Cross-Country World Ski Championships in Norway.

March 12, 2025
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  • Nat Herz
C.C. Wei, the CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is shown at left and accompanied by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and David Sacks, U.S. President Trump's AI and crypto czar, at the White House on March 3. Trump announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, one of the largest manufacturers of semiconductor chips, plans to invest $100 billion in new manufacturing facilities in the United States.

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  • Asia

Taiwanese chip giant's investments in U.S. stir 'silicon shield' security worries

TSMC's plan to invest $100 billion into U.S. production facilities raises concerns that its leverage in securing protection from China may be weakened.

March 12, 2025
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  • Ashish Valentine
Long COVID patients haven't stopped pushing for more research funding to find treatments for their condition, including this protest in Washington, D.C. in 2022.

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  • Health

5 years since the pandemic started, long COVID patients are still hoping for a cure

They're pushing for more funding to find effective treatments. Researchers are finally starting to make headway but have a way to go.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone

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  • Health

An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine

Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

March 12, 2025
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  • Lisa Doggett
A man walks past the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 7.

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  • Education

U.S. Education Department says it is cutting nearly half of all staff

According to the department, more than 1,300 positions will be cut as a result of this reduction in force. Roughly another 600 employees have accepted voluntary resignations or retired.

March 12, 2025
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  • Cory Turner and
  • Jonaki Mehta
Protestors gathered outside the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Feb. 13, 2025. The agency plans to cut 80,000 jobs.

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  • Mental Health

Trump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say

The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway.

March 12, 2025
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  • Katia Riddle
One of the federal workers laid off under the direction of DOGE was Adam Strom, the head coach of the Haskell Indian Nations University Fighting Indians women's basketball team. Strom was dismissed on Feb. 14 but chose to remain with the team without pay. He was reinstated to his position on Monday along with about a dozen of his colleagues at Haskell, but a new federal lawsuit has challenged the rest of the cuts.

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  • Law

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back

Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.

March 12, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
Gretchen Rubin, host of the <em>Happier</em> podcast, says happiness is less about attaining joy than it is about growing in the right direction. She explains how to make small changes that can move you toward happiness and why knowing yourself helps contribute to this emotion.

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  • Mental Health

If you want more happiness in your life, ask yourself this simple question

Gretchen Rubin, host of the Happier podcast, explains the secret to happiness — and why knowing your personality type can help you make better decisions about what can bring you more joy.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Sam Yellowhorse Kesler
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen addresses European Parliament members on new plans to ramp up defense spending agreed at last week's summit, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.

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  • Europe

The European Union retaliates after the U.S. metals tariffs take hold

The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with a series of duties on U.S. products, responding to the Trump administration rise in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.

March 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A Nissan LEAF recharges at a station in Pasadena, Calif. Memos obtained by NPR show a key federal agency has paused orders of zero-emission vehicles and some federally-owned EV chargers will be shut off.

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  • Climate

Trump administration slams brakes on government's adoption of electric vehicles

Memos obtained by NPR show a key federal agency has paused orders of zero-emission vehicles and some federally owned EV chargers will be turned off.

March 12, 2025
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  • Nathaniel Minor
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, center, chairman of Demokraatit Party, plays guitar as he reacts during the election party at Demokraatit by cafe Killut in Nuuk, early Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

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  • Elections

Opposition party wins the most votes in Greenland election amid Trump takeover talk

The Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland's parliamentary elections, a surprise result in an election in the shadow of President Donald Trump's stated goal of taking control of the island.

March 12, 2025
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