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Navy veteran Matthew Kelly's home in San Antonio, Texas. Kelly was left stranded when the VA abruptly ended a mortgage program that's been helping save thousands of vets homes.

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  • Investigations

Trump's VA cut a program that's saving vets' homes. Even Republicans have questions

NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country who are upset about the VA cutting a program that was helping vets avoid foreclosure. Veterans now have worse options than most Americans.

June 19, 2025
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By:
  • Chris Arnold and
  • Quil Lawrence
The Department of Health and Human Services notified 400 laid off CDC workers on Wednesday that their reduction in force had been "revoked."

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  • Investigations

More than 400 CDC staff may be called back to work after being laid off in April

Laid off workers were told their notices of an upcoming reduction in force were "revoked." Officials didn't explain why HHS appeared to be restoring hundreds of jobs it previously called duplicative.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Z fled Afghanistan to escape the Taliban, and was allowed to enter and stay in the U.S. in part because of Temporary Protected Status. The Trump administration is ending the program in July.

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  • Investigations

Despite ongoing Taliban threats, the U.S. is ending some protections for Afghans

Thousands of Afghans in the U.S. fear deportation as the administration revokes some protections, despite Taliban threats and ongoing instability in Afghanistan. Many fear for their lives if forced to return.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Monika Evstatieva
Federal judges have stood as checks on President Trump's power — but law clerks say behind closed doors, some created toxic, fear-driven workplaces where speaking out could end a career.

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  • Investigations

Federal judges are powerful. Some of their law clerks describe a toxic work culture

Federal judges have stood as checks on Trump's power — but law clerks say behind closed doors, some created toxic, fear-driven workplaces where speaking out could end a career.

June 10, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A truck is stuck in water and mud following flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.

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  • Investigations

Recovery Failure: Why we struggle to rebuild for the next storm

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't. 

June 08, 2025
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By:
  • Laura Sullivan
Juvenile detention systems often deny young offenders credit for the time they spend waiting behind bars. This adds months to the duration that kids are confined away from their families.

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  • Investigations

Young offenders are often denied credit for 'dead time' behind bars

Juvenile detention systems often deny young offenders credit for the time they spend waiting behind bars

June 06, 2025
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By:
  • Caitlin Thompson
Years after their son left the U.S. to join ISIS, a Minnesota couple learned they had two young grandsons trapped in a Syrian desert camp. They were determined to rescue them.

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  • Investigations

Their son joined ISIS. Then they learned he had kids in a Syrian detention camp

Years after their son left the U.S. to join ISIS, a Minnesota couple learned they had two young grandsons trapped in a Syrian desert camp. Bringing them home was complicated — and took years.

May 30, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Paul Ingrassia, who is currently serving as the White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, has been nominated to the lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.

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  • Investigations

Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency

President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.

May 30, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Shane Jenkins, seen here in police bodycam footage from Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted of multiple charges in connection with the Capitol riot, including assaulting police. Months after receiving a pardon from President Trump, Jenkins visited the White House along with another former Jan. 6 defendant.

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  • Investigations

A Jan. 6 rioter convicted of assaulting police scored a visit to the White House

Two pardoned Jan. 6 rioters posted photos and videos of themselves visiting the White House. One of them was convicted of assaulting police and texted after the riot, "I have murder in my heart."

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
People participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the main offices of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta on March 28, days before thousands of CDC employees were laid off.

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  • Investigations

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Nick Fuentes, seen here in 2020, is widely known for his white nationalist and antisemitic views, including Holocaust denial. An official in the Trump administration advocated for the social media platform X to remove its ban on Fuentes over hate speech and was also spotted in the crowd at a 2024 Fuentes rally.

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  • Investigations

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.

May 16, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Jeanine Pirro speaks during 2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards in 2022 in Hollywood, Fla.

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  • Law

Trump names Fox's Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for D.C. after dropping earlier pick

President Trump named Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro as the interim top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., to replace Ed Martin.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Mikal Mahdi was executed by a firing squad of three South Carolina Department of Corrections employees on April 11. He is seen here in 2023 at the Broad River Correctional Facility in Columbia, S.C.

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  • Investigations

A firing squad tried to shoot a prisoner in the heart. They missed, autopsy indicates

The autopsy notes two bullet wounds even though there were three shooters, and a forensic expert says the misfires likely caused "excruciating conscious pain and suffering."

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Left: Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin during an Anacostia Coordinating Council monthly meeting in Washington, D.C., on March 25. Right: Timothy Hale-Cusanelli with a mustache resembling Adolf Hitler's in photos recovered from his cellphone by the Department of Justice.

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  • Investigations

Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged 'Nazi sympathizer'

Ed Martin, President Trump's pick for U.S. attorney for D.C., is distancing himself from a Jan. 6 rioter known for antisemitic views. NPR's reporting raises questions about his ties to the rioter.

May 02, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Through ICE arrests, criminal investigations, firings and executive orders, President Trump has launched a sweeping campaign of retribution. The administration has targeted over 100 perceived enemies, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (left), Dr. Anthony Fauci, former national security adviser John Bolton and Letitia James, attorney general of New York.

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  • Investigations

Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies

Through ICE arrests, criminal investigations, firings and executive orders, the president has launched a sweeping campaign of retribution. One judge called his actions "a shocking abuse of power."

May 01, 2025
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  • Tom Dreisbach
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