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Top Democrats in Washington are carefully avoiding denying reports that they have called for President Biden to step aside as the party's nominee for president.

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Top Democrats in Washington walking a careful line on Biden amid party panic about his candidacy

Top Democrats in Washington are mired in crisis over President Biden's continued candidacy — exacerbated by his COVID diagnosis. Biden has said he expects to be the party's nominee and is undeterred.

July 18, 2024
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  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Tamara Keith
As calls grow for Biden to leave the 2024 race, polling shows Harris and Trump statistically tied in a hypothetical matchup.

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  • Politics

Polling shows both Harris and Biden tied with Trump

The latest national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, released last week, found that Biden and Trump remain statistically tied, even in the aftermath of the widely panned debate. A Harris-Trump matchup also shows a statistical tie.

July 18, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
 Longlegs

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'Longlegs' is a terrifying serial killer — who never touches his victims

Nicolas Cage plays a satanic murderer, and Maika Monroe is the clairvoyant FBI agent on his trail, in this tense and frightening horror movie.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Justin Chang
Bob Newhart played psychologist Robert Hartley in the 1970s sitcom <em>The Bob Newhart Show.</em>

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'I've lived in an incredible time': Comic Bob Newhart dies at 94

Best known for an everyman persona that powered two classic TV sitcoms, Newhart managed to be the funniest guy in the room while playing unassuming characters.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris makes remarks before a moderated conversation with former Trump administration national security official Olivia Troye and former Republican voter Amanda Stratton on July 17, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Harris hits the campaign trail in North Carolina as Biden isolates for COVID

Vice President Harris is at the forefront of the Biden campaign’s efforts to counter-program the Republican convention today, with President Biden isolating at home for COVID.

July 18, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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  • Education

35,000 more public servants see their student loan balances reduced or erased

The Biden administration announced $1.2 billion in student loan forgiveness for borrowers who work in public service, including as firefighters, social workers and teachers.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo
Hulk Hogan, the longtime pro wrestler whose real name is Terry Bollea, is on the recently released roster of speakers for the convention’s final night, slated to speak in the run up to former President Donald Trump’s address.

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Hulk Hogan will speak ahead of Trump at RNC convention

Hulk Hogan, the longtime pro wrestler whose real name is Terry Bollea, is on the recently released roster of speakers for the convention’s final night, slated to speak in the run up to former President Donald Trump’s address.

July 18, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell

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  • Elections

WATCH: Donald Trump headlines the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee

Former President and GOP nominee Donald Trump is expected to speak at 10 p.m. ET. NPR's live special video coverage will begin at 9 p.m. ET.

July 18, 2024
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  • Heidi Glenn
Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance speaks during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday. Vance spent a portion of his address speaking about the influence of his late grandmother, who he called his "guardian angel."

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  • Politics

Stories about J.D. Vance's grandmother stole the night at the RNC. Here's who she was

Up until her death in 2005, the woman known affectionately as “Mamaw” played a pivotal role in the life of J.D. Vance. She was a Christian who loved to swear, and was fiercely protective of family.

July 18, 2024
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  • Jason Breslow
Inside Fiserv Forum at the 2024 Republican National Committee Convention

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  • Politics

RNC convention pushes party unity following the assassination attempt on their nominee

GPB's Pamela Kirkland speaks with Kiera Butler, a senior reporter and editor for Mother Jones who has been on the ground all week at the Republican convention, about some of the themes coming out of the convention.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
Rogue health insurance agents have been switching people into Affordable Care Act plans without their knowledge. Social media ads that falsely promise people money for groceries are part of the scheme, a lawsuit says.

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  • Health

Misleading ads part of schemes to gin up unauthorized ACA sign-ups, lawsuit alleges

Online ads touted free money for groceries to help lure people to call centers where some were enrolled in health insurance or unknowingly switched from their plans, a new lawsuit alleges.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Julie Appleby
A study finds that psilocybin can desynchronize networks in the brain, potentially enhancing its plasticity.

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A scientist took a psychedelic drug — and watched his own brain 'fall apart'

Scientists scanned the brains of people who took psilocybin, including a member of the research team. The scans showed how the drug disrupts key networks, potentially enhancing brain plasticity.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
In 2022, a large, unexpected rogue wave struck the Viking Polaris, breaking windows. One passenger died and others were injured.

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  • Science

Rogue waves can strike without warning. These scientists found a way to predict them

Scientists have created a new tool that can give 5 minutes advance warning of a dangerous rogue wave in the ocean.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
 Congressman Hank Johnson (center) and state lawmakers Derrick Jackson and Sonya Halpern held a press conference Wednesday to condemn Project 2025, which is the conservative Heritage Foundation’s controversial presidential transition plan. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia Dems try to redirect focus to conservative Project 2025 agenda as Biden campaign struggles

Georgia Democrats are joining their national colleagues in sounding the alarm about an influential conservative think tank’s presidential transition plan called Project 2025.

July 18, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
Right-wing personality Tucker Carlson laughs as he stands alongside Congressman Byron Donalds, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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  • Media

Too toxic for Fox News, Tucker Carlson snags a key role at GOP convention

Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch has been considered a kingmaker in Republican circles. Now two men he shunned — former President Donald Trump and former Fox star Tucker Carlson — are in the spotlight.

July 18, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
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