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President Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Trump says Cabinet secretaries, not Elon Musk, are in charge of agency cuts

The president's message to his Cabinet secretaries comes amid continuing questions over the role of billionaire adviser Elon Musk in the drastic reshaping of the federal government.

March 06, 2025
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  • Shannon Bond
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon leaves the House chamber after President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

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  • Education

Trump prepares order dismantling the Education Department

The draft executive action, obtained by NPR, acknowledges that the department and its signature responsibilities were created by Congress and cannot legally be altered without congressional approval.

March 06, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
A view of the moon from Intuitive Machine's Athena Lander.

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  • Space

Intuitive Machines sends another probe to the moon, but can't stick the landing

Commercial company Intuitive Machines has landed its second probe on the moon, but company officials say it isn't in the correct position. The same thing happened last time.

March 06, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Scott Neuman
Tests show the amount of sediment stirred up by large cruise ships often exceeds EPA standards and can  damage the marine environment.

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  • Environment

In Key West, testing shows cruise ships stir up as much sediment as a hurricane

Tests in Key West show sediment stirred up by cruise ships, which can harm marine life, routinely exceed federal standards. Key West has responded by suspending the tests.

March 06, 2025
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  • Greg Allen
President Trump holds up an executive order after signing it in the Oval Office on March 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump's latest tariff twist: A break for Mexico and Canada

Trump put 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on Tuesday. Markets tanked. And by Thursday, he had decided to broadly lift them.

March 06, 2025
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  • Franco Ordoñez,
  • Eyder Peralta,
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Department of Defense deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson's account on X shows that she has thousands of followers.

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  • Investigations

A Pentagon press secretary has history of pushing antisemitic, extremist theories

Members of Congress and civil rights groups are condemning past comments from Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson, including some which critics called antisemitic.

March 06, 2025
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  • Tom Dreisbach
Dr. Marty Makary testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on his nomination to become Food and Drug Administration commissioner.

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  • Health

5 takeaways from the confirmation hearing for Trump's FDA nominee

Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, faced questions from the Senate HELP Committee on the abortion pill, vaccines, FDA firings and chemicals in food.

March 06, 2025
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Simu Liu stars as saturation diver Dave Yuasa in <em>Last Breath, </em>trying to rescue his stranded teammate.

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  • Movies

'Last Breath' tells the terrifying story of a deep-sea diver trapped underwater

In 2012, three deep-sea divers were on a routine operation in the North Sea when one of them became trapped underwater. Liu had to dive in deep, dark water in order to recreate the harrowing rescue.

March 06, 2025
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  • Ann Marie Baldonado
President Ronald Reagan during a state visit to London in June 1982. Reagan laid the rhetorical foundations for the National Endowment for Democracy in a speech during that visit.

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  • Politics

Democracy-promoting organization sues the Trump administration over withheld funds

President Ronald Reagan laid the rhetorical foundations for the National Endowment for Democracy in a 1982 speech to the British Parliament. Support for its creation in Congress was bipartisan.

March 06, 2025
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  • Frank Langfitt
South African boys from a rural area are briefed by an health worker from Doctors Without Borders before undergoing medical circumcision as a form of HIV prevention. The U.S. has supported male circumcision programs in countries with high rates of HIV. In his address to Congress this week, President Donald Trump listed aid programs that he considers an "appalling waste" and included "$10 million for male circumcision in Mozambique."

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  • Global Health

Trump says 'male circumcision in Mozambique' is a 'scam.' What's the program about?

In his Tuesday address to Congress, President Trump listed U.S.-funded programs that he considers an "appalling waste" — including "$10 million for male circumcision in Mozambique."

March 06, 2025
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By:
  • Bec Roldan
Doug and Lori Cohen, the husband and wife team that owns and runs the Dallas-based Regency Wraps, in front of their company's display space at the Inspired Home Show in Chicago.

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  • Business

At a housewares expo in Chicago, talk keeps turning to price hikes from tariffs

The Inspired Home Show in Chicago draws housewares industry insiders from all over the country to network and show off their latest gadgets. This year, they're making plans to cope with tariffs.

March 06, 2025
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  • David Schaper
Youcef Sellam in his lab with the fossil filaments found in the gypsum.

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  • Science

An Algerian scientist splits his gaze between microbes and Mars

Searching for small fossils in big rocks requires specialized tools --tools that scientists could also use to look for evidence of life on Mars in rocks that may be similar on both planets.

March 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
President Trump leaves the chamber after addressing a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. The administration is locked in a legal battle over the firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency.

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  • Politics

The fired head of a federal watchdog agency says he's ending his legal fight

Hampton Dellinger said he was dropping his case a day after the federal appeals court in Washington sided with the Trump administration in removing him as the head of the Office of Special Counsel.

March 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was censured by the House on Thursday. The vote was in response to Green's protest  on Tuesday during President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.

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  • Politics

House votes to censure Texas Democrat Al Green for protest during Trump address

Texas Rep. Al Green, a Democrat, was officially censured Thursday in a vote in the House following his protest on Tuesday during President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.

March 06, 2025
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  • Barbara Sprunt
Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of <em>Hamilton</em> perform at the Tony Awards in 2016. The show has garnered near-universal acclaim since its 2015 opening.

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  • Performing Arts

'Hamilton' cancels planned Kennedy Center performances

The hit musical joins a number of other productions and acts that have pulled out of appearances at the Kennedy Center since President Trump took over the storied venue last month.

March 06, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
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