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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Sununu, president of the Airlines for America trade organization, about how airlines are responding to the FAA's flight reduction order.
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The FAA's order to reduce flights nationwide goes into effect, the Trump administration will appeal a judge's order to restore SNAP funding, Trump's allies worry he's too focused on foreign policy.
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Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Anti-DefamationAfter the ADL announced its scrutiny of Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect told reporters, "I take the issue of antisemitism incredibly seriously." -
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's order that it must provide full SNAP food benefits. The government had been planning to fund only partial payments this month.
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Democrats won every election in the 2025 off-year contests, setting them up for high expectations going into the 2026 midterms. Democrats and Republicans talk about what it could mean going forward.
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The Trump administration struck deals with pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to lower prices and copays for type 2 diabetes and obesity drugs --- but not everyone will qualify.
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Global pop star Rosalía may stun fans with the direction she's taken on her new album, "Lux." It features a full orchestra, a choir and songs in several different languages.
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After Tuesday's election results and low approval numbers for Republicans, allies are raising concerns that President Trump is too focused on foreign policy.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks Republican strategist Brendan Buck about the Democratic election sweep and what it reveals about voter attitudes on the economy under President Trump.
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A jury has acquitted the man charged with assault for throwing his hoagie at a federal officer in Washington, D.C.
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Senators from both parties are regrouping to challenge President Trump's authority to strike targets in the Caribbean, questioning the legal basis for his actions.
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Even after the shutdown ends, SNAP will be at risk as states start to pay for a portion of the program for the first time. Their share will depend on an obscure stat -- the payment error rate.
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The court's decision is not a final ruling, however; it just permits Trump's passport policy to go into effect while litigation continues in the lower courts. -
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package for Elon Musk that could allow him to earn an unprecedented one trillion dollars' worth of stock. -
The 85-year-old California Democrat's departure will mark the end of an era in Congress. In 2007, Pelosi became the first woman elected to serve as U.S. House speaker.
