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Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS lawsuit

Paramount Global will pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit over 60 Minutes' interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris — a lawsuit that many legal experts considered spurious.

July 02, 2025
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The United States is gearing up for a big birthday: July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Above, Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the declaration was debated and adopted.

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  • History

America has a major birthday coming up — here's what to expect for the big 2-5-0

It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the United States of America is planning to party.

July 02, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
The Wisconsin Supreme Court listens to arguments during a redistricting hearing at the state Capitol, Nov. 21, 2023, in Madison, Wis. The court decided Wednesday, July 2, 2025, that the state's 176-year-old law does not ban abortion.

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  • National

Wisconsin's 1849 law does not ban abortion, the state Supreme Court rules

After years of litigation following the Dobbs decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, with their liberal majority, ruled that the state's 176-year-old law does not ban abortion in the state.

July 02, 2025
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  • Maayan Silver
The entrance of the U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Education

The Trump admin is withholding over $6 billion in education grants for schools

The federal grant funding traditionally goes out by July 1. It includes support for migrant education, after-school programs and English language learners.

July 02, 2025
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  • Sequoia Carrillo

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  • World

Greetings from Alishan, Taiwan, whose red cypress forests offer timeless beauty

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

July 02, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama presides over an event celebrating his 90th birthday in Dharamshala, India.

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  • Religion

The Dalai Lama announces plans for a successor, signaling China won't have a say

The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The Chinese government, however, claims authority over the his succession.

July 02, 2025
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  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Anthony Kuhn
"Ghost guns" seized in federal law enforcement actions are displayed at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) field office in Glendale, Calif. on April 18, 2022. Former President Joe Biden imposed a host of restrictions on gun sellers. Some of those will be eased or eliminated as the Trump administration restructures the ATF.

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  • National

Trump administration targets ATF, with plans to cut jobs and ease gun restrictions

DOGE staffers have been working on changes at the ATF that would roll back dozens of gun restrictions. The DOJ wants to downsize the agency — a move some fear will hinder criminal investigations.

July 02, 2025
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  • Meg Anderson
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks with reporters as he returns to his office after going to the House Rules Committee as it holds a hearing to consider the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 01, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

How the megabill will limit health care access. And, plans to ease gun regulations

The House is set to vote on the GOP megabill today. It is set to make big changes that will limit health care access to Americans. And, the ATF plans to ease gun regulations.

July 02, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., (center) joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks after Senate passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill." Millions are estimated to lose health care if the bill becomes law.

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  • Health

5 ways Trump's tax bill will limit health care access

With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.

July 02, 2025
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  • Julie Appleby,
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Jamaican Jerk Chicken cooks on the charcoal grill during the Notting Hill Carnival in 2006 in London.

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  • National

Barbecue is everywhere for the Fourth of July. Here's its origin story

Barbecue is as American as apple pie — but the origins of the word "barbecue" is in the Caribbean.

July 02, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Sean Combs and his attorney Marc Agnifilo discuss with other defense lawyers on how to respond to a new note sent by jurors, during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on Tuesday in this courtroom sketch.

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  • Music

Combs jury says it has verdicts on four counts, will keep deliberating on final count

After 12 hours of deliberation, the jury told Judge Arun Subramanian that it had decided on counts related to sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution but not yet on racketeering.

July 01, 2025
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas and
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
California Attorney General Rob Bonta at a news conference in San Francisco on Dec. 4, 2024. Bonta is leading 20 state attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to block federal health officials from further sharing Medicaid data and DHS from using it for immigration enforcement.

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  • Politics

States sue Trump administration for sharing health data with DHS

California is leading 20 state attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to block health officials from further sharing Medicaid data and the Trump administration from using it for immigration enforcement or "population surveillance."

July 01, 2025
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  • Jude Joffe-Block
On April 24, Kenyan pharmacist Joseph Njer Airo inspects boxes of antiretroviral drugs labeled "USAID," from the last donation before the funding cuts.

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  • Global Health

Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts

A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.

July 01, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
The Tennessee House of Representatives meeting in April in Nashville.

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  • Law

New laws this month touch on fundamental rights

Tennessee's new laws on immigration already face court challenges. Other states are changing gun laws or imposing new restrictions on transgender people.

July 01, 2025
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Bryan Koberger listens during a hearing on Oct. 26, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger is poised to agree to a plea deal to avoid going to trial on multiple murder charges in the November 2022 killings of Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20.

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  • National

What to know about the Bryan Kohberger case as a plea deal emerges over Idaho murders

Kohberger had originally pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys have suggested they wanted try to pursue explore the idea of "alternate perpetrators" during the trial.

July 01, 2025
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