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223 episodes transcribedThe Trump administration pledged this week to withhold millions from various colleges and universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Colu...
President Trump recently declined to rule out running for a third term, setting up questions about the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution which implem...
Wisconsin's Supreme Court race on Tuesday could rake in $100 million in donations, with the most coming from out-of-state billionaires, including Elon...
The "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order removes "divisive, race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and resear...
After the publication of a Signal chat with plans for striking Houthi rebels in Yemen, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee grilled officials...
Federal workers have been ordered back into offices only to face shortages of desks, computer monitors, parking and even toilet paper. Others are stil...
As courts continue to push back against President Trump and his policies, the White House is showing no intention of allowing the narrative about the...
In the past month, two federal judges have ordered federal agencies to reinstate thousands of federal employees, including those at USDA, decisions th...
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ann Veneman, President George W. Bush's agriculture secretary, about the relationship between farmers and the federal gov...
A federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk and his DOGE team likely violated the Constitution when they effectively shut down USAID. Trump said the admi...
The Trump administration flew planes with Venezuelan detainees to a prison in El Salvador, despite a court order blocking the flights. A judge is dema...
More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of Trump's campaign to end DEI programs that his officials...
The Trump administration is taking its fight to nullify birthright citizenship to the U.S. Supreme Court. To date, every court to have considered Trum...
As the U.S. is embattled in a shifting trade war with Canada and impending tariffs from the European Union loom, bourbon makers in Kentucky are trying...
The day before steel and aluminum tariffs on all U.S. trading partners are set to go into effect, President Trump announced — and then hours later res...
Hear an update on Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student and protest leader arrested by ICE over the weekend. A federal judge has halt...
The U.S.-Mexico border is quieter than it's been in years. Vice President Vance says the Trump administration deserves the credit, but migrant apprehe...
The U.S. State Department said it would stop publishing global air pollution data as part of attempts to shrink federal spending. The program set a wo...
President Trump says U.S. automakers will get a one-month break on steep tariffs for Canadian and Mexican goods. Support NPR and hear every episode sp...
In his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump talked about his work to secure the border, slash the size of the government, and his n...
