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The White House wants tougher rules for commercial licenses after several high-profile crashes involving foreign-born drivers. Critics say that would do little to make the nation's roads safer.

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  • National

The Trump administration's crackdown on immigrant truckers shifts into higher gear

The White House wants tougher rules for commercial licenses after several high-profile crashes involving foreign-born drivers. But critics say that would do little to make the nation's roads safer.

March 12, 2026
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  • Joel Rose
The U.S. and other nations have agreed to tap into oil reserves, but the move might not do much to bring jet fuel prices down rapidly, an expert tells NPR. It's one way violence in the Middle East can affect flights around the world. Here, an Emirates airliner prepares to land at Dubai's main airport on Sunday.

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  • Your Money

How the Iran war is disrupting air travel -- and advice if you're planning a trip

The war in Iran is roiling jet fuel prices and airlines are beginning to hike prices, unsettling travelers far from the Middle East. If you're booking a flight soon, here are things to know.

March 12, 2026
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  • Bill Chappell
Plumes of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil facility late Saturday linger and merge with the cloudy sky over Tehran, Iran, Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Old-school tricks and AI tech are weapons in the Iran war

Cyberwarfare is coming out of the shadows in the Iran war, from hacking phone apps to recruiting agents online to embracing AI as a weapon.

March 11, 2026
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  • Daniel Estrin

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  • Education

Key oversight helping keep student loan records accurate has stopped, a watchdog says

Without this Education Department oversight, borrowers could "be placed in the wrong loan repayment status, billed for incorrect amounts" and more, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.

March 11, 2026
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  • Cory Turner
Protesters hold signs saying "COUNT ME IN" at a 2019 rally against the Trump administration's push for a census citizenship question outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

The next redistricting battle might be who is counted in state legislative districts

A Republican push to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures — drawing districts that don't take into account children and non-U.S. citizen adults.

March 11, 2026
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
People in the remnants of a home in London, Kentucky after it was hit by a tornado in May 2025. Home insurance costs are expected to increase this year in states that have suffered hail and tornado damage from big convective storms.

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  • Climate

2025 saw relatively fewer natural disasters. Will you get a break on home insurance?

Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates.

March 11, 2026
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  • Michael Copley
A lawsuit filed by the Justice Department, the District of Columbia and 39 states in 2024 accused Live Nation and Ticketmaster of unfairly wielding their power over concert promotion, artist management, venue operations and ticketing services to shut out competitors.

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  • Music

Live Nation and Justice Department reach settlement in antitrust case

The trial, which began a week ago in a New York City courtroom, aimed to break up Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster.

March 10, 2026
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

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  • Health

Kids' willpower is no match for fast food and screens. Try this instead

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.

March 09, 2026
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Valtteri Bottas of Finland drives the Cadillac F1 Team MAC-26 Ferrari on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.

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  • Sports

Move over, Europe? Cadillac arrives in F1 as 'America's team'

Cadillac isn't the first American team at the pinnacle of motorsport, but they're embracing that identity.

March 06, 2026
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  • Adam Bearne
President Trump urged pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol in a White House announcement in September 2025.

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  • Health

Pregnant women in ERs took less Tylenol after Trump autism warning

A study in The Lancet finds that pregnant women in emergency rooms used less Tylenol after President Trump said it could raise their babies' risk of autism. Scientists say there is no proven link.

March 06, 2026
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  • Sydney Lupkin
A "VOTE" sign stands near a polling center in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday. Texas held its primary elections, including two hotly contested races for the Democratic and Republican Senate nominations.

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  • Analysis

5 takeaways from the first primaries of the 2026 midterms

Voters headed to the polls Tuesday in the first primaries of the midterm election season. The latest results from Texas and North Carolina.

March 04, 2026
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  • Domenico Montanaro
A production still from<em> </em>the<em> </em>North American tour company of <em>The Notebook</em>. The lushly romantic musical might seem like an odd choice to test out "Solo Seats" — a new initiative aimed at attracting solo ticket-buyers. But 60 people signed up for the inaugural event in San Francisco, and the organizers say they are planning more.

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  • Performing Arts

Would you go to a play by yourself? Theaters are hoping so

As solo leisure booms globally, theater operator ATG Entertainment is launching "Solo Seats" events to destigmatize going to the theater alone.

March 04, 2026
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  • Chloe Veltman
In this file photo, then-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) puts on her Make America Great Again hat while addressing a campaign rally with then Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump March 9, 2024 in Rome, Georgia. After Trump ordered strikes on Iran March 1, 2026, Greene sharply criticized the president for abandoning "America First" foreign policy and his promises of "no new wars."

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  • Politics

Trump promised the MAGA base no new wars. Then he went to war with Iran

President Trump promised his "Make America Great Again" voters an "America First" foreign policy. With the war in Iran, he's testing MAGA world's willingness to be flexible on one of its core beliefs.

March 03, 2026
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  • Stephen Fowler
President Trump defended the U.S. military operation in Iran in public remarks Monday, before awarding the Medal of Honor to three soldiers.

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  • National Security

Trump defends Iran strikes, offers objectives for military operation

His remarks are the first public ones to reporters since the U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran began Saturday despite weeks of talks designed to stave off a conflict.

March 02, 2026
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  • NPR Washington Desk
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court ponders law making it a crime for marijuana users to own guns

The law, the same one used to prosecute Joe Biden's son for illegal gun possession, has united an array of strange bedfellows, from conservative gun rights groups to liberal civil liberties groups.

March 02, 2026
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