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After weeks of start and stop negotiations between Congressional Democrats and the White House, there's an emerging proposal to fund the majority of DHS and tackle ICE enforcement funding separately.
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Iran rejects Trump's proposal to end the war and lays out 5 conditions, state TV says
Iran submitted a counterproposal that includes safeguards against future attacks against Iran and the country's right to "sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz," Iranian state Press TV reported.
They gave her business a lifeline, then froze all her money
A murky corner of the financial world is now the fastest-growing source of funding for small businesses. One state, Connecticut, had given these lenders unusual power. That may be about to change.
Are you sure you know what 'gaslighting' is?
Therapists say we're overusing the word. Here's what it actually means — and what the Ingrid Bergman film that helped birth the word can teach us about it.
Mumford & Sons: Tiny Desk Concert
The British folk-rock band shares world-weary anthems to growing older, weathering the innumerable blows of life and coming out on the other side, hopefully a little wiser.
How Trump's Iran war objectives have shifted over time
Here is a reminder of some of what he has said - and where the US is now.
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"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson. -
Israel signals major expansion into Lebanon, with plans to control swathes of southern Lebanon in a bid for a "defensive buffer."
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What are Israel's larger goals as it expands its offensive into Lebanon? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Daniel Levy, a former peace negotiator for Israel.
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Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data. -
Shelter villages offer temporary and private places for the unhoused to sleep and store belongings. One of the newest, The Bridge, opened recently in central Illinois. -
Israel signals a major expansion into Lebanon, talks to fund DHS and fully reopen the government hit snags, NTSB shares early findings in LaGuardia Airport crash.
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NPR's A Martínez speaks with director Sofia Coppola about her new documentary "Marc by Sofia," which looks at the rise of influential designer Marc Jacobs.
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NPR's A Martinez asks CNN's Havana Bureau Chief Patrick Oppmann about Cuba's power blackouts, which have brought the country to a near total halt.
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China believes the U.S. is a declining power with expansionist ambitions. The U.S. thinks the same of China.
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Pablo Picasso's grandson is raffling off one of his grandfather's paintings — valued at more than $1 million — for 100 euros ($116) a ticket to benefit Alzheimer's research.
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A U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to NPR that the Pentagon has ordered some 2,000 soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to the Middle East.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi of New York about possible solutions to the partial government shutdown.
