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Kai Trump, 17, stands with her dad Donald Trump Jr., son of former U.S. President Donald Trump on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Kai Trump delivered a short but personal testament to her grandfather at the RNC

Kai Trump, former President Donald Trump's 17-year-old granddaughter, delivered a short but personal testament to him on the RNC stage Wednesday night.

July 17, 2024
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  • Elena Moore and
  • Joe Hernandez
President Biden boards Air Force One as he departs Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 17, 2024, en route to Delaware, after testing positive for COVID.

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  • Politics

Biden tests positive for COVID. It comes at an awkward time in his campaign

This is the president's second bout with the virus. He was campaigning in Las Vegas when he found out his cold symptoms were COVID.

July 17, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
California Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat, is calling on President Biden to step aside as the party's nominee for president.

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  • Politics

California Rep. Adam Schiff calls for Biden to step aside

California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff released a statement saying it was time for Biden to pass the torch.

July 17, 2024
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  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Tamara Keith
GPB  NPR

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  • Elections

With his choice of Vance as VP, Trump doubles down on his version of isolationism

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance share a vision on the direction of an evolving Republican party. They have argued that many foreign conflicts have failed to serve U.S. interests.

July 17, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Special Counsel Jack Smith appealed the dismissal of the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

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Special counsel appeals judge's dismissal of Trump documents case

Special Counsel Jack Smith is appealing a judge's order over the classified documents case against Trump, which was dismissed over his own appointment.

July 17, 2024
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President Biden is expected to announce his support for changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits and a mandatory ethics code.

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  • Law

Biden is eyeing big changes for the Supreme Court. But he needs Congress to make them

The president is preparing to back term limits and an enforceable ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court justices. But these changes would require Congressional backing, and that won't be easy to get.

July 17, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Young Thug performs during halftime of a game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics on Nov. 17, 2021, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga.

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Why the judge in Young Thug’s trial was just recused from the case

Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville was taken off the YSL RICO case this week after his actions in an ex parte meeting were deemed damaging to public perception of the case.

July 17, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
Death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez was set to receive a lethal injection on Tuesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, before the Supreme Court issued a stay.

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Supreme Court grants last-minute stay in Texas execution of man requesting DNA tests

Ruben Gutierrez has been seeking DNA tests on multiple crime-scene items from the murder case against him for more than a decade. His legal team says a Texas law blocking his effort is unconstitutional.

July 17, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
The most recent recommendation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is that all women 40 to 74 get mammograms every other year. A previous recommendation said screening should start at 50. One doctor suggests that people "test smarter, not test more."

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  • Your Health

Mammograms have pros and cons. Women can handle the nuance, study argues

Guidelines for when women should start getting mammograms have been changing. A new study makes the case for explaining to women the risks and benefits of screening for breast cancer.

July 17, 2024
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  • Ronnie Cohen
The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building. A study on judiciary workplace finds significant problems with the courts’ effort to police themselves.

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  • Law

Judicial system fails at policing workplace misconduct, study finds

A hard-hitting exclusive study on workplace issues within the federal judiciary finds fault with the courts’ efforts to police themselves, including a lack of oversight and little record-keeping.

July 17, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
GPB  NPR

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  • Television

Here are the 2024 Emmy nominations

Nominations for the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday. The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards will take place on September 15.

July 17, 2024
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  • Clare Lombardo and
  • Beth Novey
GPB  NPR

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  • Television

6 takeaways from the 2024 Emmy nominations

Some of the nominations were expected — The Bear earned 23 nominations and Shogun received 25 nods. But the Television Academy still had a few surprises up its sleeve.

July 17, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
President Biden walks out of the Oval Office towards the South Lawn of the White House on July 15 as he left to campaign in Las Vegas.

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  • Politics

Why Democrats plan to vote on Biden’s nomination before the convention

In May, Democrats decided to hold their roll call vote for their nominee well before the party’s convention. But the plan has rubbed some lawmakers the wrong way.

July 17, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Tamara Keith
Selina Cheng, newly elected chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, speaks to media in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Cheng said she lost her job at <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post.

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  • Asia

Head of Hong Kong's top journalist group says she lost 'WSJ' job due to her role

Reporter Selina Cheng says she lost her Wall Street Journal job after refusing her supervisor's request to withdraw from the election to lead the journalism group, which advocates for press freedom.

July 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People participate in the first annual Disability Pride Parade on July 12, 2015 in New York City.

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  • News

NPR wants to know: What do you wish people knew about living with a disability?

July is Disability Pride Month, an event celebrating the diversity and contributions people with disabilities have made. NPR wants readers to share what they wish other people knew about disabilities.

July 17, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
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