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The Trump administration is halting an offshore wind project in New York. Energy experts worry that the U.S. will fall behind other countries with booming offshore wind, like the United Kingdom.

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  • Climate

A wind project is stalled in New York. Experts worry about impacts across the U.S.

The Trump administration halted the construction of a New York offshore wind project. Legal analysts say it has implications far beyond the wind industry.

April 18, 2025
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The Hermits Peak fire approaches Highway 434 at Christmas Tree Canyon in New Mexico in 2022

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  • National

Trump's Forest Service cuts have people in tinder dry New Mexico on edge

The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.

April 17, 2025
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  • Kirk Siegler
The U.S. Supreme Court is shown March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in May

Trump issued an executive order on day one of his administration that sought to limit birthright citizenship, an idea widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.

April 17, 2025
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  • Christina Gatti
LAUSD superintendent Alberto Carvalho says he will continue to advocate for and support the hundreds of thousands of students in his district.

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  • Education

LA schools superintendent says he'll protect undocumented students 'to the very end'

DHS said it was conducting wellness checks on students who arrived unaccompanied to the border. The head of the Los Angeles Unified School District has a different account.

April 17, 2025
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Florida State University students wait for news amid an active shooter incident at the school's campus in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday.

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  • National

Gunman kills 2, wounds 6 others during a shooting at Florida State University

Authorities are investigating a shooting at Florida State University that killed two people and wounded six others. The suspect is hospitalized and is the son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy.

April 17, 2025
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  • Russell Lewis
This artist's impression depicts what a water world with a hydrogen atmosphere, such as planet K2-18b, might look like.

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  • Science

Are there signs of life on alien planet K2-18b, or is it just a lot of hot air?

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks to the media before she enters federal court on April 15, 2025 in Greenbelt, Md.

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  • Law

Court denies White House appeal of 'shocking' Abrego Garcia deportation case

The Fourth Circuit ruling against the Trump administration came just one day after it appealed a lower court order in the Abrego Garcia case, a remarkably short time for a court to reach a decision.

April 17, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says its current staff use only half the available office space and that relocating will "reduce the burden on the American taxpayer."

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  • National

As Trump jettisons its staff, HUD puts its D.C. headquarters up for sale

The federal housing agency says its 1968 building faces more than $500 million in deferred maintenance. It also says current staff take up only half the space.

April 17, 2025
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  • Jennifer Ludden
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio next to special envoy Steve Witkoff (center) and France's foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, before a meeting at the Élysée presidential palace in Paris on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Rubio leads a U.S. team for Paris talks as Macron seeks unity on Ukraine

France hosted top diplomats from the U.S., Germany, the U.K. and Ukraine to discuss efforts toward a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

April 17, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Joanna Kakissis
Staff departures and survey cuts at the U.S. Census Bureau, headquartered in Suitland, Md., are raising questions about whether the federal agency can continue producing reliable statistics for the country.

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  • Politics

Brain drain at Census Bureau has employees warning about the country's statistics

Staff departures and survey cuts are roiling the federal agency in charge of producing census results, job numbers and other key statistics as Trump officials continue to slash the U.S. government.

April 17, 2025
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Students walk to their buses at the end of the school day in Minneapolis, Minn. Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin are among the states pushing back on the U.S. Education Department's DEI directive.

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  • Education

With federal funding on the line, school leaders weigh Trump DEI order

The Trump administration has told states they have until April 24 to promise to end DEI programs in K-12 schools, or risk losing federal dollars.

April 17, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
President Trump greets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni outside the West Wing of the White House on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Trump says he's optimistic about a trade deal with Europe

The remarks came in a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the first EU leader to meet directly with Trump since the president imposed — and then scaled back — a 20% tariff on EU imports.

April 17, 2025
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President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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  • Education

Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews

Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

April 17, 2025
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  • A Martínez and
  • Destinee Adams
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, during his trip to lobby for the release of deported Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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  • Politics

A Maryland senator tried to visit his wrongfully deported constituent in El Salvador

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.

April 17, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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  • Music

Tiny Desk Radio brings you the behind-the-scenes stories of your favorite concerts

We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.

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