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311 episodes transcribedAfter a week aboard, President Trump will confront a swirl of domestic challenges this week: pivotal elections in several states, Supreme Court tariff...
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Cindy Long, a former administrator of the USDA's SNAP program, what recent court rulings mean for the millions of Americans w...
President Trump recently signed several rare earth agreements with Asian countries to reduce America's reliance on China. Thin on details, the deals a...
President Trump mentioned again this week the possibility of running for a third term. Doing so would be unconstitutional, so why does the president k...
Some federal immigration agents have been using masks to cover their faces when arresting migrants. But an NPR investigation found agents are also dis...
Cattle ranchers are upset at President Trump over his comments that he plans to buy beef from Argentina. Ranchers say it will hurt struggling farmers....
The Pentagon has announced the new members of its press corps after major news organizations refused to sign a new policy. The replacements are decide...
The idea of "common sense" has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States. Politicians still use the phrase all the tim...
Last month, President Trump unveiled a plan that requires employers pay a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas. The impact on schools and educators will be...
ICE tried to send one immigrant to a country he never lived; then he lawyered up. Detainees like him who can afford to pay for more due process show t...
National security scholar Tom Nichols argues that Trump has taken control of the nation's intelligence and justice systems and is now testing the mili...
The government-backed National Flood Insurance Program stopped writing new policies on Oct. 1 and can't resume until it's reauthorized by Congress. Th...
Dozens of journalists will turn in their Pentagon press passes Wednesday after major news outlets said they would not sign a new Defense Department po...
President Trump is trying to reverse the Clinton era rule that puts 59 million acres of National Forest lands off limits to timber harvest and other d...
A federal grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday. The charges, which include bank fraud, come after pressure from Presid...
What people believe about health increasingly depends on how they feel about politics, according to a new poll. NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports.Then, NPR's...
With the 2026 midterm election approaching, U.S. expatriates and their advocates say voting faces more uncertainty than usual, as Republican officials...
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities such as Portland, Ore., and...
Several clashes happened over the weekend between protesters and federal agents in Chicago. It comes as the Trump administration and Illinois Gov. J.B...
As the government shutdown enters its third day, the GOP-led Senate will vote for the fourth time on partisan stopgap bills. Meanwhile, the White Hous...
