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NPR and PBS heads appear on Capitol Hill to answer allegations of bias

A view of the U.S. Capitol as (L-R) House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), U.S. President Donald Trump and Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin depart a luncheon on March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.

The CEOs of the largest U.S. public broadcasting networks are appearing before a House subcommittee chaired by Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why

White House adviser Elon Musk at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort that is trying to get access to data from across the government to find waste, fraud and abuse.

DOGE staffers have skirted privacy laws, training and security protocols to gain virtually unfettered access to financial and personal information stored in siloed government databases.

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'An unbelievable cocktail of incompetence': a U.S. representative on Signal messages

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) speaks to members of the press after a briefing at the U.S. Capitol on February 14, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Leila Fadel speaks with Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.) ahead of a hearing on the Trump administration's inadvertent disclosure of war plans on messaging app Signal.

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Dems want to investigate Signal blunder. And, federal return-to-office complications

CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Tulsi Gabbard

Top Democrats call for an investigation into how war plans were shared with a journalist on Signal. And, federal employees face complications and shortages when returning to the office.

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Why don't diving seals drown? Scientists finally have an answer

Trish, a juvenile gray seal, was one of the seals featured in a new study that looks at the mammals

New research suggests seals sense internal oxygen levels to know when to come up for air. Digital version of story that already aired. Skedded for pub Weds. 3/26 at 6 a.m. Reporter: Lambert. Editor: Khan.

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'Felt like a kidnapping': Wrong turn leads to 5-day detention ordeal

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents direct vehicles re-entering the U.S. from Canada at the Ambassador Bridge Port of Entry in Detroit, Michigan.

A Guatemalan immigrant without legal status says she took a wrong turn on a highway near the Canadian border and was detained with her two children, who are American citizens. They were held for five days.

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Buying or selling on StubHub? It's probably not showing you all the available tickets

Susan Burke is trying to sell her extra Beyoncé tickets on StubHub, but they are not showing up for most users. In this photo, Burke is posing with her cat, Peaches.

StubHub has a "Recommended Tickets" filter that only displays some tickets but not others. It's automatically turned on — and it's upsetting users.

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Colorado is poised to pass some of the toughest gun laws in the country

Sen. Tom Sullivan hears testimony of opponents of a bill at Old Supreme Court chamber of Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo., on March 8, 2023.

A proposal to severely limit guns that use detachable magazines is approaching final passage in the Colorado legislature. The state's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, is expected to sign it into law.

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Why a tiny bit of oil can be a big deal

Scott Rabinowitz, president of Grand Resources, stands near a pump jack in Sperry, Okla., on March 20, 2024.

More than three-quarters of U.S. wells make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of their small output. But they're a big deal to oil producers and environmentalists.

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As opposition to fluoride grows, rural America risks a new surge of tooth decay

James Flanagin, the only dentist in Leslie, Ark., treats David Potts.  About 25 million Americans live in dentist shortage areas, according to new research from Harvard University.

Many rural counties are short on dentists, and if they lose water fluoridation, tooth decay could surge to levels that have not been seen in decades, experts warn.

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Parts of America will experience a partial solar eclipse this weekend

A partial solar eclipse is seen as the sun rises behind the U.S. Capitol building on June 10, 2021.

The partial solar eclipse will be visible in various locations in the U.S. Northeast.

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March Madness is underway. So is March Napness, the tournament for hibernating bears

Bear Michal sleeps on the ground at Bear Sanctuary Müritz in Germany in May 2015.

A handful of rescued bears in Europe are competing in March Napness, a bracket-style tournament to see what bear can stay in hibernation the longest.

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Federal workers ordered back to office find shortages of desks, Wi-Fi and toilet paper

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. Employees at the FDA and other federal agencies say the Trump administration

As agencies scramble to comply with President Trump's Jan. 20 order terminating remote work, employees say the process has been marked by confusion, changing guidance, and frustrating conditions.

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Kennedy Center lays off Social Impact employees

The Kennedy Center in Washington DC laid off its social impact team on Tuesday — the latest in a wave of dramatic changes at the national performing arts institution.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has dissolved its Social Impact division, which partnered with local organizations to bring in diverse artists and audiences.

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A glimpse into the newly opened archive of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne

Photograph of Joan Didion in the Vogue Art Department, c. 1958

The New York Public Library's Joan Didion archive opens March 26. Here's what you'll find inside.

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Gunman who killed 23 in Texas Walmart attack can avoid death penalty with plea deal

A memorial to honor the victims of the 2019 Walmart mass shooting, is pictured on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in El Paso, Texas.

El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya said that his decision in the prosecution of Patrick Crusius was driven by a majority of victims' relatives who wanted the case behind them.

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'Like a sound from hell:' Was an illegal sonic weapon used on protesters in Serbia?

In this photo provided by the Serbian Interior Ministry, Serbian Gendarmerie officers show the U.S.-made Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) – which is illegal in Serbia and many other countries, in Belgrade, Serbia on March 19, 2025.

The weapons, which are illegal in Serbia, emit sound waves which can trigger sharp ear pain, disorientation, eardrum ruptures or even irreversible hearing damage.

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Wildfires ravage South Korea, killing 18 and destroying a 1,300-year-old temple

A man walks near a burnt-out house in a damaged village in Yeongyang, South Korea on Wednesday.

A 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple, houses, factories and vehicles were among the structures destroyed in the wildfires that have burned 43,330 acres and injured 19 people.

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Trump's new executive order could upend voting

A man places his ballot in a box during early voting in Waukesha, Wis Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

The order tests the power of Trump's authority and would require voters using a federal form to show proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. It's sure to be tested in court.

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Pilot and 2 children survive a night on airplane wing after crashing into Alaska lake

This photo provided by the Alaska National Guard shows an airplane partially submerged into the ice of Tustumena Lake at the toe of a glacier on Monday, March 24, 2025, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Alaska National Guard via AP)

A pilot and two girls survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.

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'Plain sloppiness': Sen. Mark Warner says on Signal chat fiasco

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) addresses the nation

During a heated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Mark Warner described the actions of the nation's top intelligence officials as "sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior.

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Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat

Katherine Maher of NPR, at left, and Paula Kerger of PBS are scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about the federal funding their organizations receive.

A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters.

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Vice President Vance is going to Greenland this week. The itinerary has shifted

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance as seen at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on Feb. 11, 2025.

Second lady Usha Vance announced on Sunday that she would visit Greenland and watch the territory's famed dog sled race. But now the vice president is joining, and they'll go to a U.S. base instead.

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In new assessment, Trump team ranks fentanyl as a top threat to U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25:   Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appeared during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Despite a decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, her team ranked smuggling and drug cartels as top threats to U.S. security.

Drug deaths are declining but the Trump administration's intelligence team has issued a new report describing street fentanyl as a top threat to the U.S.

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Hill Republicans aim to rein in judges but divided on strategy

Republicans on Capitol Hill are divided over how they plan to address judicial actions that they say have unfairly targeted President Donald Trump and his administration.

Following court decisions restricting the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and cuts to federal agencies GOP lawmakers are pushing back. But they're split on how to respond.

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The Triumph of a Doctrine of Cruelty in El Salvador

More than 250 suspected gang members arrive in El Salvador by plane, including 238 members of Venezuela

For three years El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has proudly shown the world the terrible treatment given to the country's prisoners. The president and his defenders say barbaric treatment is necessary to combat a pervasive gang problem in the country. And now the U.S. is endorsing this view, sending hundreds of people removed from the U.S. to those same prisons. We hear about the triumph of Bukele's style of rule in El Salvador.

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5 things to know as Dr. Oz gets one step closer to leading Medicare and Medicaid

Dr. Mehmet Oz at his confirmation hearing with the Senate Finance Committee on March 14. The committee voted to advance his nomination on Tuesday.

The former TV doctor made it through a tight vote in the Senate Finance committee with only Republican support.

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'Heads are exploding': How security experts see the Signal war-plan breach

President Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on March 21. Days earlier, Hegseth shared details about overseas war plans in a group chat on Signal, an encrypted, open-source messaging app, according to <!-- raw HTML omitted -->The Atlantic<!-- raw HTML omitted -->.

The breach left military and intelligence experts asking the same questions as the public: Why would top U.S. officials use a free messaging app to discuss classified military plans?

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A new study quantifies how a citizenship question would likely hurt census accuracy

Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019 to protest the first Trump administration

The next U.S. head count's accuracy would likely be undermined by a census question about citizenship status that GOP lawmakers and President Trump have pushed to add, a new peer-reviewed study finds.

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Lavender, citrus and candy: weed's signature aroma changes with the times

An assortment of aromas fill the air at the District Cannabis grow facility in Hagerstown, Md.

A tour of a grow facility in Maryland reveals the wide variety of scents from different cannabis strains.

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