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A federal judge rules that the government must release Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil.
The International Monetary Fund looks to support Syria's economic recovery, saying that it will require investment from abroad.
And, more deaths are reported at food aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip.
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Wanting to right a perceived wrong is normal. But neuroscientists are now finding that revenge-seeking behavior can be a form of addiction.
Why does hurting those who have hurt us make us feel good, at least in the moment? And why does getti...
The increase is being driven by a number of factors including housing affordability and fixed incomes. It comes as social safety net programs like Medicaid are on the chopping block and fears grow over the future of Social Security under the Trump Administration.
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But has the way we consume music evolved so much that a "song of summer" is a relic of the not-so-distant past? How can we measure what makes a good summer song?
We convene the 1A Record Club to get into it.
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But this time, they want Trump loyalists.
It's a move that challenges more than 150 years of precedent set forth in the Pendleton Act of 1870, which created a nonpartisan civil service.
The outlook for the federal workforce is changing again under Trump. Tod...
The GOP's budget bill has made its way to the Senate, but not all Republicans are falling in line to pass it.
In the Gaza Strip, at least 80 people are dead and hundreds more wounded in a series of shooting attacks near aid distribution sites.
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June 1 marks its official start and NOAA says it could be a busy one. But with the Trump administration's recent cuts to federal agencies, including FEMA, how ready are we to respond when disaster hits?
How will reductions in staff – and budgets – affect the government's ability to predict severe weather?
We discuss how the country is gearing up for a summer of storms.
Thousands of satellites have been launched into space because our modern life depends on them. There are about 10,000 active satellites in low earth orbit right now. But as more and more of them go up, space is getting crowded.
And where there's crowds, there's waste. Mill...
We've heard from many of you about how the news makes you feel. But what can we do in chaotic moments of history to build a sense of control in our lives? Maybe it's organizing in your community, starting a new hobby, or picking up that TV show from 10 years ago that you promised you'd get around to watching.
We talk about w...
The final vote was 215 to 214, just one vote shy of failure, with all but two Republicans supporting the package. Now, all eyes are on the Senate. It's their job to take the legislation over the finish line and deliver it to the president's desk.
Headlines about the bill are focused on tax cuts for the ...
Elon Musk isn't leaving Washington quietly. In an interview with CBS news Musk took aim at the tax bill making its way through Congress, saying it undermines the work he and DOGE undertook.
Israel's latest offensive in Gaza is drawing criticism from world leaders. This week officials in Germany,...
That murder, and the resulting national protests, led to numerous calls for police reform in communities around the country.
But the politics of policing have changed since 2024. Perceptions of crime and its relationship with immigration were central issues during the last pr...
Forest fires have always been a normal part of our landscape – and a tool used by human civilizations for millennia.
But as climate change makes our landscapes hotter and drier, wildfires are getting bigger and more destructive. Fire consumed 8.9 million acres across the U.S. last year. The LA County fires t...
About 1 in 8 men in the U.S. are diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives. It's the most-diagnosed cancer in men and the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in American men after lung cancer. That's according to the American Cancer Society.
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Human beings love to gossip. We all talk about other people – sometimes it's a good thing and sometimes it's not.
But where do we draw that line? Where and how did we learn to gossip? Are there benefits?
We talk to the creator of the "Normal Gossip" podcast, Kelsey McKinney. Her new book is all about how we talk about other people.
Elsewhere in Washington, President Donald Trump welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for a meeting in the Oval Office where he lectured the visiting leader and made false claims about supposed persecution of white Afrikaner farmers.
Despite Gaza being on the edge of ...
A new report from Feeding America found that people in every county are experiencing hunger. In some areas, child food insecurity is as high as 50 percent.
How are food banks and farms responding to a loss in federal funding?
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But her new album is a true love letter to her North Carolina roots and features former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson. The album is called "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow."
Giddens and Robinson join us to talk about North Carolina's musical past, taking the time to learn at the feet of a master, and ...
But two states that are bucking this trend? Mississippi and Louisiana.
How did two of the country's poorest states turn their literacy scores around in a matter of a few years? What can other states learn from those s...
We break down some of the biggest cases against the Trump administration and what they say about the balance of power in the U.S. toda...
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