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The seal of the Department of Defense at the Pentagon.

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  • USPS

Military bases in New Jersey, Indiana, to be expanded to detain immigrants

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the same purpose.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Tom Bowman
Students walk through Harvard Yard.

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  • Education

Lawyers for Harvard and Trump square off in court in Boston

With more than $2 billion in federal research grants at stake, the two sides argued before a federal judge about the legality of the White House's cancellation of those funds to Harvard.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Piper-Vallillo and
  • Elissa Nadworny
Alek Hermon as a baby with his father, Michael, in 1992.

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  • National

After his father died in the hospital, a nurse held him in his arms

Alek Hermon didn't think much of his father's overnight nurse until his father died.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Katz and
  • Laura Kwerel
A Google Maps image shows Minot International Airport's close proximity to the North Dakota fairground. An airliner that was approaching the airport from the southeast deviated course into an abrupt go-around on Friday — at around the same time a bomber performed a flyover at the fair.

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  • National

Airline pilot was about to land in N.D. when he saw a B-52 'coming at us'

A Delta Connection flight from Minneapolis was preparing to land in Minot, N.D., when crew members spotted a large military aircraft flying toward them.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
President Trump, accompanied by Tulsi Gabbard, speaks after Gabbard is sworn in as director of national intelligence on February 12.

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  • Politics

Trump's spy chief claims the Obama administration 'manufactured' intel on Russia

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old intel community conclusions about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin
As efforts to reform the cash bail system increase, the backlash against them does too. On Monday, President Trump disparaged bail reform on social media, calling it a "complete disaster."<br><br>

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  • National

Community bail funds face backlash from GOP lawmakers after a 2020 surge in popularity

Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they've faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them.

July 21, 2025
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  • Meg Anderson
The new book <em>Nothing More of This Land </em>traces indigenous communities on Martha's Vineyard. Above, beachgoers on Moshup Beach in July 2010.

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  • Author Interviews

Beyond polo shirts and presidents, Martha's Vineyard has an indigenous past and present

In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.

July 21, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
Jeff Yerxa, co-owner of Lost Sock Roasters, shows bags of coffee beans, many from Brazil, at the company's warehouse in Washington, D.C. The looming threat of a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil — the world's largest coffee producer — has sent shock waves through the U.S. coffee industry.

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  • National

U.S. coffee drinkers and businesses will pay the price for Trump's Brazil tariffs

President Trump plans to levy a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil — the source of about 30% of U.S. coffee imports. This looming tariff threat has sent shock waves through the U.S. coffee industry.

July 21, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
People leave Harvard University on April 17, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • News

Harvard and Trump admin. face off in court. And, Texas seeks new congressional map

Harvard and the Trump administration are facing off in federal court today over the freezing of over $2 billion in grants and contracts. And, Texas lawmakers are seeking a new congressional makeup.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
A naturalization ceremony at the Nevins Library in Massachusetts on Oct. 30, 2024.

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  • USPS

Trump has a welcome message for new citizens. It's different from past presidents

Trump released his video message to newly naturalized citizens. He welcomes them to the "national family," adding that they have a responsibility to "fiercely guard" and preserve American culture.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
President Donald Trump speaks as first lady Melania Trump, left, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listen during a roundtable discussion with first responders and local officials at Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas, during a tour to observe flood damage July 11.

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  • News

In the spotlight after floods, Texas lawmakers eye disaster plans amid FEMA uncertainty

The Legislature will look at proposals for emergency preparedness in a special session that was already planned over hemp laws. A bill to help build emergency systems failed in the spring.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Blaise Gainey
Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a set of bills called the "Safer Beauty Bill Package," aiming to bring safety and transparency to the largely unregulated cosmetics industry.

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  • Health

Many beauty products have toxic ingredients. Newly proposed bills could change that

The "Safer Beauty Bill Package" would ban the most toxic ingredients in everyday cosmetics and create protections for the women of color and salon workers who are disproportionately exposed to them.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A view of the Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium, defunct and currently under demolition, in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2025. President Trump is threatening to intervene in a deal for a new stadium.

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  • Sports

Trump threatens to derail Washington Commanders' new stadium deal over team name

President Trump said the Washington Commanders should change their name back to their former name, which many Indigenous people consider a slur. He threatened to derail a deal for a new stadium.

July 20, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
World War II veteran Jake Larson meets youths during ceremonies at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, on June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.

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  • National

Jake Larson, a WWII veteran who became a TikTok star as 'Papa Jake', has died at 102

Papa Jake Larson joined the US National Guard at 15 years old.

July 20, 2025
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
Roberto Marquez places a cross at a memorial wall for flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.

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  • National

3 people are still missing from deadly floods in Texas county, down from nearly 100

Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding July 4 said Saturday that just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people who had previously been reported missing have since been accounted for.

July 20, 2025
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