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The crossover hits stacking Grammy nods this year have little in common with the culture that birthed them — but they're winning the chart game.
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Border czar says he plans to "draw down" ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota
Tom Homan, who took over leadership of the surge in Minneapolis, says he is working on a plan to reduce the force of federal agents in the Twin Cities.
George Saunders' 'Vigil' is a brief and bumpy return to the Bardo
The Bardo is a Tibetan Buddhist idea of a suspended state between life and death. Saunders explored the concept in his 2017 novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, and circles back to it again in his new novel Vigil.
Former NBC producer tells her own story about Matt Lauer in 'Unspeakable Things'
Brooke Nevils was working for NBC at the Sochi Olympics when, she says, she was sexually assaulted by Today Show host Matt Lauer — a claim he denies. Nevils' new memoir is Unspeakable Things.
A$AP Rocky, ENHYPEN, Bad Bunny duke it out for No. 1 on the pop charts
It was a three-way, down-to-the-wire race between A$AP Rocky, ENHYPEN and Bad Bunny to be No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200 albums chart.
Senate fails to advance spending bills as Democrats push for DHS reforms
Senators blocked a package of six spending bills that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security as Democrats continue to push for reforms to immigration enforcement.
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A former microbiologist and Golden Gloves boxer, Wilson is also one of the more distinctive new sounds in country. He's broken through not with huge record sales but via viral clips on social media.
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With a song from 1759 as a mile marker, pianist Lara Downes and historian Jill Lepore examine what this land was like just before it became the United States. -
Women in India were told they couldn't be paid for their eggs. The result: a black market for eggs from women in need of money to survive. -
Democrats are demanding changes to a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The fight over spending could cause a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff whether his party is willing to allow a partial government shutdown in order to block new funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Africa's soccer body issued fines worth more than $1 million and banned Senegal's coach and Senegalese and Morocco players Wednesday following a shambolic African Cup soccer final this month. -
Democrats are demanding changes to DHS funding as partial shutdown looms, lawyers say ICE is denying detainees legal access with relocations, the Fed votes to hold interest rates steady.
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Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's. -
Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 range from The Thing to White Christmas. -
A film about first lady Melania Trump premieres this week, with big presidential promotion. -
The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly. -
Oprah Winfrey paid a visit to the NPR podcast "Wild Card with Rachel Martin," and Rachel sent us a sneak preview.
