Where things stand with Trump's National Guard deployments

Armed members of the National Guard patrol on the National Mall in Washington, DC, August 26, 2025.

The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops in more than half a dozen American cities that it says are crime ridden.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 11:14 AM

What happens now that the government has shut down. And, a pricing deal with Pfizer

A view of the U.S. Capitol is seen at sunset on Sept. 30 in Washington, D.C. Lawmakers face a looming deadline to reach a bipartisan funding agreement before midnight, or risk triggering a federal government shutdown.

The federal government has shut down for the first time since 2019. Mass layoffs have been threatened. And, President Trump announced a pricing deal with Pfizer.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 11:00 AM

Government shutdown could delay key economic reports at an especially sensitive time

A key report on the job market will not be published this week as a result of the government shutdown.

The federal government shutdown, which began overnight, will delay key reports on the U.S. economy, including a monthly snapshot of the job market, which was scheduled for release on Friday.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 10:31 AM

Government shutdown begins after Congress fails to agree on spending bill

Much of the federal government shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to reach a deal to keep government programs and services running before the midnight deadline.

NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 9:27 AM

Kimmel and Colbert appear as guests on each other's shows

Jimmy Kimmel during the taping of his show on Sept. 29 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

On Tuesday night, in New York City, they united in a special talk show crossover of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 9:00 AM

A GOP push to restrict voting by overseas U.S. citizens continues before 2026 midterms

Election workers open and inspect mail-in ballot envelopes for Arizona

Republican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the country, after unsuccessfully challenging their ballots in 2024.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 9:00 AM

Poll: Agreement that political violence may be necessary to right the country grows

In a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, nearly 80 percent of respondents say the U.S. has gone too far in restricting free speech

On hot button issues, a majority say children should be vaccinated; controlling gun violence is more important than gun rights; and Epstein files should be released, in a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 9:00 AM

Fans of the mysterious Mothman bring its West Virginia hometown new life

(Left) Mothman masks and other cryptid-related items are on sale at vendors

It started in the 1960s, when two couples told a harrowing story about being chased by a large flying creature on a rural road. It grew from there — and now 20,000 people come to celebrate Mothman.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 9:00 AM

Fool me once: the magical origin of the word hoax

Two rabbits peering out of top hats belonging to Magic Circle magician Gus Davenport, at the Scala Theatre in London in 1951.

Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions are collectively known as hoaxes. But there's more than meets the eye.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 9:00 AM

China's ride-hailing companies try to quell the smell in cars where some drivers sleep

A DiDi ride-hailing driver travels through the financial district in Shanghai on April 9.

China's ride-hailing car drivers work long hours to get enough fares, and often live in their cars. Companies and passengers are penalizing drivers for smelly vehicles.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 9:00 AM

Federal agencies are rehiring workers and spending more after DOGE's push to cut

A portrait of President Donald Trump hangs on the Labor Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 25, 2025. The agency is bringing back some workers who took the government

Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 8:37 AM

Dozens killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the Philippines

People look at a collapsed building in Bogo City, Cebu province, Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after an offshore earthquake on late Tuesday.

The death toll was expected to rise from the Tuesday magnitude-6.9 earthquake that trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 4:01 AM

Government shuts down after Congress fails to reach a funding agreement

The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as the government hurtled toward a shutdown.

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a funding plan to keep the government open.

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NPR NewsOct 1, 2025, 3:09 AM

Change is brewing in the coffee industry. What lies ahead?

A man harvests coffee in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil on July 21. Much of the coffee in the U.S. comes from Brazil.

Coffee growers are facing climate change, labor shortages and incomes below the poverty line. On International Coffee Day, we take stock of the industry behind the beverage.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 10:55 PM

President announces TrumpRx website for drugs, and pricing deal with Pfizer

Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, (from left), Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, President Trump, and Martin Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, discuss a drug price initiative in the Oval Office Tuesday.

The Trump administration says it is making deals with drug companies to lower prices U.S. consumers pay for medicines. But key details are missing on how the initiative would work.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 9:13 PM

Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown

The website for the Department of Housing and Urban Development features a banner and popup message blaming the "Radical Left" for an impending government shutdown.

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 8:11 PM

A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaking at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in January 2025.

A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violates privacy laws and the Constitution.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 6:29 PM

Here's what a shutdown means for Smithsonian museums, memorials and the zoo

A young visitor peers inside the National Museum of African American History that closed due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. government in January 2019 in Washington, D.C.

History tells us visitors will likely find shuttered doors at major cultural institutions. But they will also find plenty of alternatives.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 4:57 PM

Pasta meals from Trader Joe's and Walmart may be linked to a deadly listeria outbreak

The USDA is warning people not to eat specific batches of heat-and-eat products containing pre-cooked pasta, sold at Trader Joe

The USDA says the precooked pasta products, sold at Trader Joe's and Walmart, could be connected to a nationwide listeria outbreak that has killed four people and sickened at least 20 others.

NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 4:33 PM

Spotify's Daniel Ek announces that he'll step aside as CEO

Daniel Ek, co-founder of Spotify, onstage in Los Angeles in November 2024. Ek announced that he would exit his role as Spotify

The founder of the world's biggest music streaming service says he'll remain at the company as Executive Chairman, and will be replaced by two co-CEOs.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 4:06 PM

With 'drug boat' strikes, Trump leans into war on terror tactic against cartels

U.S. Marines

The administration's approach to drug cartels relies — at least in part — on a blueprint for military strikes that mirror those waged during the global war on terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 4:00 PM

Poll: Republicans get more of the blame than Democrats for a potential shutdown

In a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, respondents blame Republicans slightly more for a potential shutdown than Democrats. But nearly a third of people say the blame for a shutdown would be shared across both parties.

As a government shutdown becomes more likely, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows even though President Trump has a low approval rating, just 1 in 4 approve of how Democrats in Congress are doing.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 3:04 PM

'Like ice melting': Journalists warn press freedom is in decline across Asia

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China's jailing of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan highlights a deeper press freedom crisis across Asia.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 3:01 PM

Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

This image shows a human egg after its original DNA has been replaced with DNA from an adult skin cell.

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat infertility and enable gay couples to have genetically related children.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 2:36 PM

Second detainee dies after shooting at Dallas ICE facility

Law enforcement agents secure an immigration facility in Dallas on Sept. 24, 2025 after a gunman shot at the facility, killing two detainees and injuring a third one.

Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, 32, had been on life support after what authorities called a targeted act of violence toward federal immigration agents. He leaves behind four kids and his wife, pregnant with their fifth.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 2:24 PM

Energy Dept. tells employees not to use words including 'climate change' and 'green'

Wind turbines in Goldendale, Wa. Employees at the Energy Department office that funds clean energy technology were told to avoid using terms including "climate change" and "green," according to an email obtained by NPR.

The banned words list applies to all work done at the largest federal funder of clean energy technology.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 12:51 PM

The UN mission appeals to the Taliban to restore internet access in Afghanistan

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2016 photo, Afghanis access social media websites at a private internet cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)

The outage was the first nationwide shutdown since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 and was part of their professed crackdown on immorality.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 12:00 PM

With therapy hard to get, people lean on AI for mental health. What are the risks?

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People are using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence apps to help them with emotional issues, but experts say they are not a substitute for therapy or companionship.

NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 11:09 AM

Government shuts down tonight barring a deal. And, U.S. military leaders gather in VA

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (L) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) talk to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 29 in Washington, D.C. Schumer, Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) met with President Trump earlier in the day at the White House to try and avoid a government shutdown at midnight Sept. 30.

Federal agencies are at risk of running out of funding tonight if Congress does not reach an agreement. And, hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals are gathering for a rare meeting with Trump today.

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NPR NewsSep 30, 2025, 10:30 AM

Germany thrived in the first China Shock. But the next one could prove catastrophic.

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The export-led industrial model that Germany has pursued for decades is now at a crossroads.