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People walk past Hungary's parliament building in Budapest in May.

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  • Europe

Hungary inspires U.S. conservatives. Its leader is seen as running a 'dictatorship'

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.

May 29, 2025
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By:
  • Leila Fadel,
  • Arezou Rezvani,
  • and 2 more
President Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Federal trade court blocks Trump's emergency tariffs, saying he overstepped authority

A federal trade court ruled Wednesday that many of the tariffs President Trump has imposed so far exceeded his power under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act.

May 29, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben and
  • Scott Horsley
President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order imposing tariffs on imported goods during a "Make America Wealthy Again" trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Federal court blocks Trump tariffs. And, why Hungary inspires American conservatives

The stakes are high in the case of a federal court blocking many of President Trump's tariffs this term. And, why Hungary and its leader are inspiring American conservatives.

May 29, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk listens during a May 21 press availability in the Oval Office with President Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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  • Politics

Judge rules suit challenging DOGE and Elon Musk's power over government can continue

A judge has denied a request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Elon Musk and DOGE are wielding unconstitutional power within the government. Separately, Musk also criticized a Trump-backed spending bill.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A rally for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil in New York in March. He's been detained in an immigration detention center in Louisiana as the government tries to deport him.

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  • USPS

Judge says Rubio 'likely' violated Constitution in ordering Mahmoud Khalil deported

But in a mixed ruling, federal Judge Michael Farbiarz declined, for now, to order Khalil released from immigration detention.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
Flowers and stones are left outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 23 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

Shooting outside Jewish museum raises questions about shifts in political violence

If the suspect in the recent D.C. case planned to kill people because of their Jewish faith, this would represent a major anomaly in lethal, antisemitic violence.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
Sixth graders Connor Atkinson and Genevieve Plante work together to make yogurt parfaits in the after-school cooking club in their rural Maine school district.

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  • Education

After-school programs, a boon for learning, could face Trump cuts

Schools in Maine have been at the center of a political battle with the Trump administration. Now, many fear after-school programs, critical for low-income communities, could be lost.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta

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  • Education

As Trump targets elite schools, Harvard's president says they should 'stand firm'

Cutting off research funding for Harvard University might hurt the school, its president Alan Garber told NPR, but it also potentially sets back important work that benefits the public.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep,
  • Obed Manuel,
  • and 1 more
Trump announced Tuesday that he will grant full pardons to reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, pictured in 2017.

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  • Politics

Trump is pardoning Todd and Julie Chrisley, the reality TV couple convicted of fraud

Todd and Julie Chrisley, who rose to fame in a reality show highlighting their lavish lifestyle, had been serving yearslong prison sentences after 2022 convictions on bank and tax fraud offenses.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Homebuilding has slowed as Americans face economic uncertainty and high mortgage rates. Here, construction workers install a lumber roof on a new home last month in Laveen, Ariz.

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  • Business

'We're in a holding pattern': Home sales and building slump in the face of uncertainty

Would-be homebuyers are finding lots of reasons to wait.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Education

U.S. stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students

The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This image provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows Grant Hardin, a former police chief and convicted killer, escaping the North Central Unit prison wearing a disguise in Calico Rock, Ark.

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  • National

Ex-police chief sentenced for rape and murder escaped prison disguised as prison guard

Law officers searched Arkansas' rugged Ozark Mountains for an ex-police chief and convicted killer who escaped prison by impersonating a guard and walking out through a gate a guard opened for him.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Harvard University's campus in Cambridge, Mass., pictured on Saturday, as students prepared to graduate.

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  • Education

Trump administration moves to cancel remaining federal funds to Harvard

A letter from the U.S. General Services Administration, which is dated Tuesday, tells agencies to submit a list of contracts they have terminated with the university by June 6.

May 27, 2025
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
Pedestrians walk through Harvard Yard at Harvard University, Tuesday, April 15, in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • News

Harvard's president speaks out against Trump. And, an analysis of DEI job losses

Harvard University President Alan Garber sits down with Morning Edition, where he doubles down on his decisions. And, a look at job losses within the DEI field among Corporate America.

May 27, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Candace Byrdsong Williams has been a manager, a director, and a "global head" of diversity for large and small employers, mostly in the tech industry, since 2007. She was laid off last August and she has seen companies abruptly take down job postings for anything diversity-related.

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  • Business

Corporate America's retreat from DEI has eliminated thousands of jobs

"I just didn't think it would take this long," one veteran head of diversity, who's been job-hunting since last summer, tells NPR.

May 27, 2025
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  • Maria Aspan
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