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U.N.-backed panel confirms famine in Gaza. And, DOJ to send Congress some Epstein docs

Palestinians gather to receive cooked meals from a food distribution center in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 18.

A U.N.-backed panel of experts has declared that northern Gaza is suffering from famine. And, the DOJ is expected to release to Congress the first wave of documents related to its Jeffrey Epstein probe.

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U.N.-backed agency says famine exists in northern Gaza

Palestinians, including children, who are struggling to access food due to Israel

A U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is expected to spread in the coming months.

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Thai court acquits ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of royal defamation charge

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Criminal Court for a verdict for allegedly defaming the monarchy in Bangkok on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted of a royal defamation charge by a court on Friday, in a case that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 years.

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These programs help poor students with college. Trump wants to pull the funding

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For 60 years, TRIO has helped millions of people along the path to a degree, but the administration says it is no longer needed.

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DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money

Election workers process absentee ballots on Nov. 4, 2024, in Portland, Maine. Maine is forgoing roughly $130,000 in election security grant money because the state does not plan to comply with new requirements from the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has tied new requirements to election security grants. Some states told NPR they're passing on the grants as a result.

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She's cared for America's elderly for decades. Trump wants her gone by Sept. 8

Immigrants make up a large share of workers caring for older adults and people with disabilities. Now some who had legal authorization to live and work in the U.S. are losing those protections.

The Trump administration has moved to end temporary protected status for immigrants from Honduras and other countries. Among them are health care workers tending to older and disabled people.

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Offered a cash price for a prenatal genetic test? It may be your best bet

The company Natera offers a blood test to pregnant women that checks for fetal abnormalities. Natera offers what it calls a "prompt-pay cash price" for these tests.

An expectant mom got a $750 bill for a blood test to check for genetic abnormalities in her baby. Then she tried to figure out why it was so high.

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Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust

Before joining the DOJ, Jonathan Gross was an outspoken attorney for Jan. 6 defendants. In September 2024, he appeared on One America News, where the chyron referred to the riot defendants as "regime hostages."

Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

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First wave of Epstein files is being sent to Congress, says Oversight Committee chair

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee says the Justice Department will begin sharing files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation starting on Friday. Above, federal prosecutors announce charges against Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City.

The Justice Department is expected to deliver files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee starting Friday. The panel plans to release some of the files publicly.

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A year ahead of the midterms, Medicaid cuts take center stage in Michigan

Two campaign signs sit on chairs at a Democratic town hall event in Macomb County, Michigan.

With roughly a quarter of Michiganders enrolled in the program, Democrats are hoping the issue gives them an edge in battleground districts.

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After a few chilly years, the real estate market is looking a little warmer

An aerial view of single family homes earlier this month in Miami.

High mortgage rates cooled home sales over the last few years. But data released this week shows signs that things may be thawing a bit.

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Timeline: Trump administration's words as critics press for Epstein records

President Trump arrives for a presentation ceremony for the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen at the White House on April 15.

The Trump administration has shifted its tone and message in response to persistent pressure about the Epstein records — especially from supporters who see the unreleased files as an unfulfilled promise.

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Florida must stop expanding 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration center, judge says

President Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades.

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Kennedy Center terminates dance programming team

Dancers rehearse at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

This is the latest shakeup since Trump took over the cultural center. "We will have an exciting announcement about the new direction for Dance programming soon," said a Kennedy Center spokesperson.

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Supreme Court allows NIH to stop making nearly $800M in research grants for now

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But the court, in its emergency docket order, also left in place by a 5-4 order a lower court ruling that threw out NIH memos that enforced the administration's policies.

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Vance touts tax cuts, Trump's domestic agenda in Georgia

Vice President Vance speaks at Alta Refrigeration in Peachtree City, Ga., on Thursday to tout the Trump administration

The vice president spoke about the administration's domestic agenda enacted in a sweeping bill last month that will shift resources from social safety programs to immigration enforcement and tax cuts.

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Hamas has one top strategy: End the war and survive

Hamas fighters patrol a street before they hand over three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on Feb. 8.

Hamas has endorsed a new proposal for a ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza, as it faces pressure from Arab countries and seeks to ensure its own survival.

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Texas and California near new partisan voting maps in a battle prompted by Trump

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott have both pushed new congressional maps for their states.

California and Texas, the country's two most populous states, are getting closer to redrawing their congressional districts in a political fight sparked by President Trump.

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Trump says he's going on patrol in DC with the National Guard

Members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol outside of Union Station on Aug. 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.

President Trump says he wants to see for himself how National Guard soldiers and police officers are cracking down on what he has described as rampant crime in Washington, D.C.

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Artificial light has essentially lengthened birds' day

A new study finds that light pollution makes birds

Millions of audio recordings of hundreds of bird species have revealed that artificial light is making the birds wake up earlier and go to bed later.

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With Fed under pressure, Jerome Powell prepares for a high-stakes speech

In his last Jackson Hole address as Federal Reserve chairman Friday, Jerome Powell will address the economic outlook and the Fed

The Fed chair will speak Friday at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The speech comes as the central bank is under mounting pressure from the White House to lower interest rates.

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An appeals court throws out a massive civil fraud penalty against President Trump

FILE - Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom before the start of closing arguments in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Jan. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)

Trump, in a social media post, claimed "total victory" after the ruling, which spares him from a potential half-billion-dollar fine for decades of exaggerating his wealth.

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Hurricane Erin brings flooding to parts of Outer Banks as it pivots from East Coast

Sebastian Kettner fishes on Jennette

The storm flooded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks, including a section of the main highway. It's now turning away from the East Coast, but dangerous surf and rip currents are likely from Florida to Maine.

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Walmart says tariff costs are rising 'each week' and will continue

Walmart employee Tim Taylor adjusts items for sale in the back-to-school section of a store in Dallas.

The world's largest retailer — like many others — has been absorbing most of the increased costs, but raising prices of some goods.

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'I regret that I didn't fight harder,' former labor secretary Robert Reich says

Reich served under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He opens his new memoir, Coming Up Short, with an apology on behalf of the Baby Boom generation for failing to build a more just society.

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Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson dies at 89

James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, speaks at a 2006 rally in Philadelphia. The conservative Christian leader died Thursday, according to a statement from the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.

Conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who founded Focus on the Family and was once called "the nation's most influential evangelical leader," died Thursday.

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New study raises questions about effectiveness of wolf hunting as a tool to help ranchers

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One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a measurable, but small effect on livestock depredations.

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What to know about the Menendez brothers' case as their parole hearings begin

Lyle (left) and Erik Menendez appear in court in 1991. They were convicted in the 1989 murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison, but became eligible for parole in May.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will get their first-ever parole hearings on Thursday and Friday, after spending more than three decades in prison for their parents' murders. Here's what to expect.

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Israel has approved a settlement project that could divide the West Bank

Palestinian hamlets are seen at the E1 area, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, between the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim and the occupied West Bank town of Eizariya, on Aug. 14.

Israel gave final approval for a settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, which Palestinians say could dash hopes for a future Palestinian state.

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A Russian airstrike hits a U.S. factory in western Ukraine

Ukrainians take shelter in a subway station in Kyiv early Thursday as Russia unleashed one of its largest airstrikes of the war. Russia fired more than 600 drones and missiles, according to the Ukraine military. Most targeted western Ukraine, where a U.S. electronics factory was hit.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian cruise missile hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles.

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