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The CBP One app was a central part of the Biden administration's strategy to relieve pressure at the U.S. border. It allowed migrants to schedule appointments at legal ports of entry instead of crossing into the U.S. illegally to seek asylum.

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  • National

Migrants who entered the U.S. via CBP One app should leave 'immediately,' DHS says

DHS is telling some migrants who entered the U.S. using the CBP One app to leave immediately, part of a broader push to revoke temporary legal protections known as humanitarian parole.

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose and
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
A closed entrance to the Social Security Administration headquarters sits empty in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20.

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  • Politics

New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds

A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on April 8. Greer testified on President Trump's 2025 trade policy agenda.

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  • Politics

Trump trade official signals tariffs are negotiating tool amid GOP skepticism

Trump's trade representative Jamieson Greer told Senators that President Trump's tariffs prompted more than 50 countries to reach out to negotiate trade deals. But Greer declined to give a timeline.

April 08, 2025
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  • Deirdre Walsh
Under the agreement, ICE officers can ask the IRS for information about immigrants who have final orders of removal or are under criminal investigation. It's not clear when information-sharing will begin.

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  • National

The IRS finalizes a deal to share tax information with immigration authorities

The Internal Revenue Service reached a deal to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.

April 08, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
Thanks to a deluxe reissue containing five new songs, Ariana Grande's 2024 album <em>Eternal Sunshine</em> races from No. 87 all the way back to No. 1 on the <em>Billboard</em> chart.

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  • Music

Ariana Grande's 'Eternal Sunshine' takes a wicked leap to No. 1, a year after its release

Ariana Grande's deluxe edition of her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine catapults it from No. 87 all the way back to No. 1. Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar's "Luther (feat. SZA)" sits in the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh consecutive week, and Pat Boone makes his long-awaited move toward chart domination.

April 08, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Left to right: Tyler Thompson Jr., Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun and Marcel Malanga upon their release from a Congolese prison.

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  • World

American DRC coup plotters are on their way back to U.S.

The three young men, who were sentenced to death for their part in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo last May, were handed over to U.S. authorities and are on their way to the U.S.

April 08, 2025
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  • NPR's International Desk
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City during morning trading on April 7, 2025. After falling steeply for three sessions, U.S. stocks rebounded on Tuesday.

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  • World

U.S. stocks fall again, wiping out earlier gains as Trump tariff shock remains

Stocks retreated for yet another day after attempting a rebound earlier in the session. Trillions of dollars in investor wealth have been wiped out since last week.

April 08, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
Alleged members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang and MS-13 gang, who were deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador by the U.S. on March 31.

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  • National

What is Tren de Aragua's footprint in the U.S.? Experts say smaller than federal officials say

Unreliable federal gang data and a heavy reliance on tattoos and clothing styles can skew the picture of this Venezuelan gang's operations in America.

April 08, 2025
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  • Allison Sherry and
  • Martin Kaste
President Joe Biden debated former President Donald Trump on June 27, 2024. Biden's lackluster performance led to increased calls for him to drop out of the election.

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  • Politics

Biden's closest advisers were in 'denial' about his decline, 'Uncharted' author says

Author Chris Whipple says Biden's family and closest advisers operated in a "fog of delusion" regarding his ability to serve another term: "There's no doubt that they were protecting the president."

April 08, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
The U.S. Supreme Court is shown March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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  • News

Supreme Court lets Trump move forward with firing thousands of federal workers

The Supreme Court's stay, which allows the administration to execute the firings for now while it litigates in federal court, does not mean the terminations were lawful.

April 08, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Christina Gatti
A first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's <em>The Great Gatsby</em> at the London International Antiquarian Book Fair on June 13, 2013.

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  • Books

100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America

Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025.

April 08, 2025
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  • Maureen Corrigan
The chaos surrounding TikTok in recent months has sent creators on the platform into an emotional spiral.

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  • Arts & Life

TikTok creators go from sadness and fear to...'whatever!' over app's future

It's been an emotional rollercoaster for TikTok creators over the past few months, with the app's future uncertain. But there are ways to decompress.

April 08, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives for a House Republican Caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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  • Politics

House GOP leaders prep vote on budget despite rift within the party

Republicans in Congress are closer to passing key elements of President Trump's legislative agenda — like extending tax cuts that expire at the end of the year — but only if the House and Senate can get on the same page.

April 08, 2025
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  • Barbara Sprunt
Three students will return to Sackets Harbor Central School after their community in northern New York called for authorities to release the family, arrested by federal agents in late March.<br>

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  • National

'We love them': Small N.Y. town embraces a family freed from immigration detention

"I get goose bumps," said school principal Jamie Cook, thinking about the community rallying to support the family. The three students and their mother were arrested by immigration agents.

April 08, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
Women students stand outside Kabul University in Afghanistan. As of December 2022, the Taliban has banned women from higher education. But for some, a USAID grant provided online options as well as a chance to study abroad. That scholarship program has now been terminated.

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  • Global Health

USAID enabled 208 Afghan women to defy the Taliban ban on college -- until now

A USAID grant enabled them to either study online or enroll in college in another country. Now the grant has been terminated.

April 08, 2025
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  • Ruchi Kumar
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