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An election worker prepares mail ballots at the Clark County Election Department on Nov. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as state law permits.

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  • Elections

Republicans are targeting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day

Many states, like crucial Nevada, allow mail ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day to be counted — even if they arrive after Election Day. Republicans say this violates federal law.

June 07, 2024
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  • Ashley Lopez
<em> The Washington Post</em>'s new publisher and CEO, Will Lewis, announced a newsroom leadership shakeup during a staff meeting on Monday.

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  • Analysis

'Washington Post' CEO tried to kill a story about himself. It wasn’t the first time

The Post's new CEO Will Lewis tried to stop the paper from publishing a story about allegations he faces in Britain. It wasn't the first time he's attempted to head off unwanted coverage. I know, because he tried to do that to me in December.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
A FedEx Boeing 767 cargo plane similar to this one, seen here in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., almost collided with a Southwest jet at the international airport in Austin, Texas, last year. Safety investigators say an air traffic controller's mistake was to blame and that critical safety technology might have prevented the incident.

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  • National

Safety investigators want more technology to prevent close calls on runways

The NTSB says an air traffic controller’s mistake led to a near collision of two jets on a runway in Texas last year. Investigators say critical safety technology might have prevented the incident.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a news conference at Trump Tower in New York on May 31.

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  • Politics

The Veepstakes is on. Here are 10 Republicans Trump could pick to be his running mate

A lot hangs in the balance on who former President Donald Trump chooses as his running mate: the vice presidential nominee might shape the MAGA movement or could woo voters who lean moderate.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han
Merrily We Roll Along revival director Maria Friedman in New York City in 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC host Ali Velshi

Director Maria Friedman and actor Jonathan Groff discuss the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical. Velshi chronicles his ancestors’ migrations across three continents in a new memoir.

June 07, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Migrants and asylum seekers wait to be processed by the Border Patrol between the fence at the US-Mexico border seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on June 5, 2024, the day after President Joe Biden issued executive actions that restrict asylum for most migrants.

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  • National

Would President Biden’s asylum restrictions work? It’s a short-term fix, analysts say

New measure from the White House intends to curtail high number of immigrants attempting to cross through the Southern border

June 07, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Former President Donald Trump speaks at Dream City Church in Phoenix on Thursday. The event with Turning Point USA brought the presumptive Republican nominee back to the crucial swing state for the first time in two years.

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  • Politics

After two years, Trump returns to Arizona with a new partner in campaigning

Arizona is a pivotal state in 2024 and Trump is teaming up with Turning Point USA to get out the vote in a state he hadn't visited in two years until Thursday, and hasn't spent any ad money this year.

June 07, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
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An equestrian was crushed by her horse. How she's surviving with chronic pain

Equestrian Kat Naud was on track to qualify for the Olympics when her 1500-pound horse fell on top of her. But the accident was only the beginning of a journey to manage pain that will never go away.

June 07, 2024
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  • Manoush Zomorodi,
  • Rachel Faulkner White,
  • and 1 more
World War II veteran Gene Kleindl, age 102, from Rockford, Ill., receives a kiss from Chantell Boivin while leaving the Normandy American Cemetery on June 4 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Kleindl, a medic in the U.S. Army's 90th Infantry Division, arrived on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.

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  • Elections

To mark D-Day, Biden will deliver a defense of democracy that hits on campaign themes

President Biden's trip to Normandy will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. But there's also a political subtext to the journey.

June 07, 2024
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  • Tamara Keith
Fat Joe arrives at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 13. The Bronx-born rapper sat with NPR's A Martínez to discuss how he advocates for price transparency and what he wants politicians in D.C. to do about it.

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  • Health Care

Fat Joe wants hospital price transparency. Here's how he's fighting for it in D.C.

The Bronx-born rapper sits with A Martínez to discuss how he advocates for price transparency and what he wants politicians in D.C. to do about it.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Milton Guevara,
  • Adam Bearne,
  • and 1 more
Supporters listen as President Biden speaks during a Black Voters for Biden campaign event at Girard College, Wednesday, May 29, in Philadelphia. Biden won Black voters under 45 with around 80% in 2020. In a recent University of Chicago poll, that support is more of a question in 2024.

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  • Politics

After backing him in 2020, a new poll shows some young voters are Biden's to lose

Four years ago, President Biden overwhelmingly won among Gen Z and millennial voters, and within that group, voters of color led that support for him. But now — a new poll from the University of Chicago, exclusively obtained by NPR, finds that the coalition may be severely diminished.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress on July 24, 2024.

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  • News

Israel’s Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on July 24

The speech from Israel's prime minister is likely to be contentious, with some Democratic members of Congress already signaling plans to boycott.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
Swimming lessons can be a powerful tool to prevent drowning.

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  • Health

QUIZ: Parents, how much do you know about water safety for kids?

Drowning is the No. 1 cause of death for children ages 1 to 4 in the U.S. Before you take your kids to the pool or the ocean this summer, test your knowledge of drowning prevention and water safety.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Malaka Gharib
Veteran Edward O'Connor at his home in Fredericksburg, Va.

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  • National

The VA tells banks not to foreclose on veterans’ homes this year

The move gives mortgage companies more time to get a new program up and running to rescue veterans who were facing foreclosure through no fault of their own.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Chris Arnold and
  • Quil Lawrence
In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas.

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  • Politics

Nevada could decide the presidential election. Trump hopes to woo its divided voters

Voters in Nevada are deeply divided and unhappy with their choices in the upcoming presidential election.

June 07, 2024
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  • Claudia Grisales
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