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383 episodes transcribedIn an abrupt reversal, the Justice Department said Tuesday that it will continue to defend President Trump's executive orders targeting four big law f...
The Trump administration's justification for war in Iran is exacerbating tensions within the president's political coalition and highlights an increas...
Iran has fired missiles and drones at U.S. bases across the Middle East in response to Israeli and U.S. military strikes. Here in the U.S., authoritie...
President Trump in a video address posted online lays out few details about the U.S.'s objectives in its war with Iran, but says more U.S. service mem...
A community and family in Buffalo, New York, are searching for answers after a refugee who had gone missing after being released from federal custody...
Authorities have not yet shared a motive behind a fatal incident that took place at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence and resort early Sunday mor...
President Trump says Vice President Vance will lead a "war on fraud" to root out corruption in places like Minnesota. Vance announced cuts to some Med...
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivered Democrats' official response to President Trump's State of the Union address while Sen. Alex Padilla of Cal...
People who film immigration operations in their cities say federal agents are surveilling and intimidating them. In some cases, they say agents have t...
The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds...
Following a Supreme Court ruling that rejected about half of President Trump's tariffs, U.S. businesses question whether refunds are coming their way....
The U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, which is packed with President Trump's allies, voted to approve the new White House ballroom project pursued by Trum...
A U.S. federal judge in Fort Worth declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case against nine people connected to a shooting outside an ICE detention facili...
This week, the Trump administration seeks diplomatic deals on three fronts, as it tries to make a nuclear deal with Iran, end the Russia-Ukraine war a...
Five months after the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, a wave of lawsuits reveals how Americans were investigated, fired, and in one...
The conservative town of Social Circle, Georgia, is upset about a warehouse that is set to become an immigrant detention center. NPR's Grant Blankensh...
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who says she has a "list of names" of people to depose after viewing unred...
Refugees from three continents are suing the Department of Homeland Security, saying immigration agents illegally arrested and detained them as part o...
A former Florida police chief said he spoke with Donald Trump in the mid-2000s about Jeffrey Epstein's behavior, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick...
Colorado's Democratic leaders say President Trump is on a political retribution campaign against their state and the fallout will be rural communities...
