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Lawmakers home in on midterm messages as Congress returns to session
Congress returns for a short last session ahead of the midterm election with a full plate as lawmakers look for messaging bills they can take back to voters.
NPR NewsNPR NewsTalks between Iran and Gulf states to discuss Strait of Hormuz postponed
Iranian officials say a meeting with Gulf states to discuss the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed, dealing a blow to efforts to reopen the strait.
NPR NewsIndonesia searches for 129 people missing after ferry capsizes
Indonesian authorities intensified on Monday a search for people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea. At least six passengers were killed and 129 people are still missing.
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NPR NewsRussian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border soon after dignitaries passed through
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after senior visiting officials, including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden, passed through.
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NPR NewsAmazon suspends use of 21 Air, cargo carrier whose plane careened off Miami runway
Amazon said it's decided to pause operations with 21 Air as the investigation into the crash continues. North Carolina-based 21 had flown packages for Amazon since 2024.
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NPR NewsPennsylvania says an unvaccinated woman has died from measles-related complications
Pennsylvania has announced its third measles-related death in less than three weeks. A local coroner says the 40-year-old woman was unvaccinated.
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NPR NewsTrump warns against slowing down AI but he is not against some guardrails
President Trump said there were "negative forces" predicting things that he says won't happen.
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NPR NewsCan Gulf states and Iran negotiate the Strait of Hormuz without the U.S.?
Dania Thafer of the Gulf International Forum weighs in on previously scheduled talks between Iran and Gulf states. Shortly before this interview aired, Oman announced that the talks were postponed.
NPR NewsWisconsin congressman survives emergency plane landing, swims to safety
Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany escaped a sinking plane and swam to shallow water after an emergency landing in a lake. Tiffany and the pilot called 911 from on top of the plane.
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NPR NewsActor Tatyana Ali is advocating for Black and Indigenous maternal health
Actor Tatyana Ali says her healing journey after a traumatic childbirth has inspired her advocacy for Black maternal health, including support for midwives, doulas and other birth workers.
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NPR NewsPolitics chat: Trump's $5,000 promise to voters, Vance invokes Charlie Kirk
Following the midterm convention in Dallas, President Trump's $5,000 campaign promise has generated attention, but not belief. And, Vice President JD Vance characterizes Democrats as extremists.
NPR NewsFrom fracking to data centers: Hearing from people on both sides of the opposition
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with environmentalist, Bill McKibben, and public relations specialist, Frank Maisano, about opposition to industrial development projects like fracking and data centers.
NPR NewsCan you imagine a universe without a new 'Star Trek' on the horizon?
As Star Trek celebrates its 60th birthday, the long-running franchise is also grappling with the challenges of timing and technology. "Its audience is aging," says Strange New Worlds star Anson Mount.
NPR NewsIndonesian passenger ship overturns, sparking search for about 130 missing
Indonesian rescuers said about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday.
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NPR NewsHow a young woman became an ISIS bride — and then an informant, helping save others
A young Canadian mother shares her memories of being an ISIS bride, and her harrowing escape from the extremist group.
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NPR NewsCeline Dion returns to the stage after battling rare illness
The Canadian singer opened up her 16-show residency in Paris at the Plenitude Arena. The entire series is sold out.
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NPR NewsAlien Terrorist Removal Court deports legal US resident to Afghanistan in first-ever case
Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident, conceded to being an "alien terrorist." It marks the first case in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
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NPR News'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV
That's a quote from former rugby star Gareth Thomas, who is HIV positive. At the International AIDS Conference in Rio this year, he spoke out about the isolation and discrimination tied to the virus.
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NPR NewsOPINION: 25 years on, a nation still mourns
A moment to remember those lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago yesterday.
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NPR NewsA cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage
As state governments grapple with how to determine who's sick enough to be excused from new Medicaid work requirements, some families are already struggling with what illnesses guarantee health coverage because of a disability.
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NPR NewsTrump meets Ireland's leaders before heading to his golf club in Doonbeg
U.S. President Donald Trump has held talks in Dublin with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin during a weekend visit centered on a major golf tournament.
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NPR NewsThe secret quest to preserve Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh's diaries
Leading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland
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NPR NewsWhy are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do?
As an Anthropic resignation and OpenAI agents' hack on Hugging Face capture public attention, some researchers worry the industry is racing too fast to develop powerful AI while safety measures lag.
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NPR NewsNeighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. Is the divide here to stay?
The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains.
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NPR NewsMiami crash raises concerns about the jet's operator, and why it's flying for Amazon
The cargo plane crash in Miami is raising concerns about the safety culture at 21 Air, one of the carriers that fly for Amazon. Former pilots were sounding alarms even before Sunday's accident.
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NPR NewsBRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS nations for a summit on trade, investment, and global conflicts.
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NPR NewsYemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shipping
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The move threatens Saudi oil exports through a key commercial lane. And Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack.
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NPR NewsHow shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.
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NPR NewsAmid war and sanctions, many Iranians are losing their jobs and struggling to get by
Many Iranians lost their jobs because of the war and the US blockade. Now some are even losing their back-up jobs as sanctions tighten
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NPR NewsIn photos: Remembering the Sept. 11 attacks, 25 years later
Around the U.S., ceremonies commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terror attacks in New York and at the Pentagon.
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