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Despite mixed messaging on the aims of the war, President Trump says he will decide when the conflict is over.
But not everyone thinks it will be that easy.
Thomas Wright ser...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to significantly expand its detention capacity, to help support President Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
NPR’s Jasmine Garsd and Kate Dario of New Hampshire Public Radio have been talking with people in communitie...
During this Ramadan he’s hosted half a dozen public prayers and celebrations, the latest Monday night when he broke fast with incarcerated men at Rikers Island.
NPR’s Brian Mann reports on how Mamdani’s efforts to celebrate his Muslim faith and the backlash that has accomp...
Only now is the president trying to enlist allies to help end Iran’s effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.
And many of the countries he’s asked – are rejecting Trump’s request.
Can the U.S. get its allies to help after going to war with Iran, and if they do, can the Strait of Hormuz really be secured?
In a recent essay for the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-American writer Nick Mafi wrote about the myriad of emotions that he and millions of others in the Iranian diaspora are feeling as the...
Even before the war in Iran, the terrorism threat in the U.S. has been evolving. So how do the attacks of the past week fit into that picture? Host Scott Detrow speaks with Domestic Extremism Correspondent Odette Yousef, who is tracking all of this closely.
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It’s not the first time the United States has been involved in the killing of a foreign leader, but it’s something U.S. leaders and the American public have long wrestled with.
NPR’s Ryan Lucas reports...
And in addition to tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation, it wants to increase the supply of skilled labor through apprenticeships – to train up workers on the job.
The goal is to reach one million active apprentices.
Are the programs in place now doing enough to make that happen?
NPR’s Andrea Hsu reports.
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In the four years since Russia first invaded, the Kremlin’s so-called “special military operation” has evolved into the deadliest conflict on the European continent since World War II. According to Western governments and think tanks, more than 1.5 million people ...
On Sunday, the price of oil hit $118 a barrel. It's since come down from those highs, but remains up sharply from the pre-war price of $70.
The price is being pushed up by disruption to oil supply out of the Persian Gulf – The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, typically handles around 20 million barrels ...
Israel began its military assault on Lebanon after the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel as a show of solidarity with Iran.
The U.S. and Israel's war in Iran is not just a reg...
When intern Ava Berger and other reporters started combing through the documents, they learned how Jeffrey Epstein used his wealth to gain access to the campus and prey on girls.
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How is the conflict reshaping the world order and impacting Trump’s popularity here in the United States?
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That web helps federal agents find people to deport. But it also allows them to identify U.S. citizens who criticize the federal government and its policies.
NPR has compiled dozens of stories of people caught up in the surveillance web. Some were monitoring ICE activities and found themselv...
This past weekend, the United States went to war.
The president didn’t present his case in a primetime speech from the Oval Office or the White House’s East Room, but rather, in an edited video posted at 2:30 a.m. on the social media platform he owns.
And that video post came between others where President Trump has falsely claimed that elections were rigged and stolen, called for the prosec...
The future of Iran hangs on an important question: Who will be its next leader? We'll look at how succession could unfold.
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In the days since the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran, the Trump administration has given a wide range of reasons why the US is now at war. On Saturday, Trump seemed to indicate the U.S. and Israel were trying to clear the way for regime change. On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the conflict in Ira...
Senator Mark Warner tells NPR that the families of sailors in the conflict area that he has met with "have no idea why their sons and daughters are being put in harm's way." Warner says that the president should appear before Congress and ask for a declaration of war.
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Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khemenei is dead, according President Donald Trump. This comes after US and Israeli forces bombarded targets across Iran. Iran has retaliated, launching attacks throughout the Middle East.
Given these historic events, we’re dropping our National Security Podcast “Sources & Methods” into the feed today.
President Trump issued an executive order to increase domestic production of glyphosate, commonly used as a weedkiller. It’s the active ingredient in the weedkiller, Roundup.
That order immediately ignited an uproar in the Make America Healthy Again movement. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his supporters have long believed glyphosate is a health risk. But now, Kennedy says he suppo...
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