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Elon Musk gives a tour to then-President-elect Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of a SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Musk's businesses have been built with billions of dollars of government support that could be at risk after his relationship with Trump ruptured this week.

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  • Technology

What the Trump-Musk breakup may mean for SpaceX and Tesla

From space travel to military operations to the future of green energy, the U.S. has become reliant on Elon Musk's business empire. But it won't be easy for the government to end its reliance on Musk.

June 06, 2025
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Tony nominees Tom Francis and Nicole Scherzinger in <em>Sunset Blvd.</em> on Broadway. The show is in contention for Best Revival of a Musical.<br>

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  • Arts & Life

How to watch the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday

The 78th annual Tony Awards are Sunday, June 8. Here's where to stream.

June 06, 2025
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse in Houston for a bankruptcy hearing in June 2024.

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  • National

3 years in, Sandy Hook families still wait to collect what Alex Jones owes them

The Infowars founder declared bankruptcy after families sued him for defamation and won more than a billion dollars in damages, but Jones has yet to pay them a dime.

June 06, 2025
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  • Tovia Smith
Shira Perlmutter is suing President Trump over her abrupt firing as the head of the Copyright Office.

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  • Arts & Life

The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore

President Trump fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office just after the agency released a major report on AI. Copyright insiders say it's caused a shakeup in their normally drama-free neck of the woods.

June 06, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Homes destroyed by a 2020 wildfire in Talent, Ore. FEMA denied about 70% of assistance applications related to massive Oregon wildfires that year, an <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1010897265/as-western-wildfires-worsen-fema-is-denying-most-people-who-ask-for-help"target="_blank"   >NPR investigation</a> found. The agency has a long history of failing to help vulnerable disaster survivors, but reforms under the Biden administration were starting to fix those long-standing problems.

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  • Climate

FEMA was starting to fix long-standing problems. Then came the Trump administration

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a long history of failing to help those who need assistance the most after disasters. Biden-era changes meant to fix some of those problems now face an uncertain future.

June 06, 2025
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  • Rebecca Hersher
This combination of pictures created on June 5 shows U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, D.C., on May 5 and Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 30. President Donald Trump said on June 5 that he asked "crazy" Elon Musk to leave his administration and threatened to take away the tech tycoon's government contracts, as a growing row over the U.S. president's budget bill triggered a bitter public divorce with his top donor.

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  • News

Trump and Musk's breakup. And, ICE detention centers face serious overcrowding

President Trump and Elon Musk deal personal jabs in a public breakup that started over the "big, beautiful bill." And, the U.S. faces serious overcrowding at ICE detention centers.

June 06, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Explosion is seen after Russian air strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.

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  • Europe

Russia launches massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, killing 3 in Kyiv

President Trump said the Russian leader Vladimir Putin had warned that he would retaliate for a covert Ukrainian attack in Russia last weekend that destroyed dozens of Russian bombers.

June 06, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis
President Donald Trump, right, meets Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine, Russia 'fight for a while'

In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Trump likened the war between Russia and Ukraine to a fight between two children who hate each other.

June 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A sign warns of an air quality alert as smoke from wildfires burning in Canada reaches Minneapolis on Tuesday.

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  • World

Smoke knows no boundaries: What Canada's fires mean for the U.S. in the future

More than 200 wildfires are raging across Canada, sending a thick blanket of choking smoke through the U.S. Midwest. Experts says climate change means U.S. residents better get used to it.

June 06, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
People wait in a cue before being led into a downtown Chicago building where an immigration court presides in November 2024 in Chicago.

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  • USPS

He was fired under Biden. Under Trump, he's now leading an immigration court

His rehiring raises questions about the neutrality of immigration judges, who are supposed to be impartial and whose decisions determine if someone can stay or must leave the country.

June 06, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was evident during the recent outages at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The radar and communication problems led to hundreds of delays and cancellations. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and failed attempts to modernize the system.

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  • National

'No more floppy disks': Air traffic control overhaul faces some daunting obstacles

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

June 06, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
Trump senior adviser Kari Lake is overseeing the downsizing of Voice of America and other government-funded international news outlets. Here, she speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, on Feb. 21, 2025.

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  • Politics

From 1,300 to 81 workers: Trump official plans to cut Voice of America to the bone

Trump senior advisor Kari Lake envisions the agency that includes the international broadcaster Voice of America with 81 staffers after mid-August — down from about 1,300 full-time employees and contractors.

June 06, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., March 13, 2016.

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  • Law

Judge puts temporary hold on Trump's latest ban on Harvard's foreign students

Admitted students around the world are anxiously tracking the school's feud with the Trump administration, which is seeking to keep it from enrolling international students.

June 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli shelling hits an area in the northern of Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it is arming clans opposed to Hamas in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the government was arming factions in the Gaza Strip to combat Hamas, after accusations from an opposition politician.

June 06, 2025
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  • Daniel Estrin and
  • James Hider
People await the update on ispace's private lunar lander's attempt to touch down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan.

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  • Space

Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission

The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.

June 06, 2025
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