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A provision in President Trump's mega spending bill defunds Planned Parenthood. The organization says 200 clinics may close. Most are in states where abortion is legal.
President Trump is signing the "One Big Beautiful Bill" to implement his policy agenda on Independence Day, as he was hoping for.
Endless Thread hosts Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson talk with a Hong Kong activist, now living in exile, about what the crackdown has meant for speech and protest, especially on social media ...
At its best, this capacious grab-bag of 83 songs, some dating back to the 1980s, yields not just good music, but songs that seem unlike anything else Springsteen has ever done.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is a key ally of President Trump's, helping get his domestic policy bill passed by the Senate. It is a dramatic reversal from their days as virtual political enemies.
Germany is aiming to field the largest army in the European Union with a massive investment. Germany has a complicated relationship with its military, but a war on European soil and a U.S. president ...
Jacob Soboroff of NBC News says the Trump administration promised to deport the "worst of the worst" criminal immigrants, but is now detaining undocumented workers with no serious criminal record.
KPBS's podcast Port of Entry about the borderlands between Tijuana and San Diego explores the complexities of "life on the line." ...
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut Sally Ride.
As the Trump administration pushes against diversity, equity and inclusion and some corporations are scaling back their Pride support.
South Africa's cricket and rugby teams have reached top spots in their sports under the leadership of Black captains. Fans are united in a nation still grappling with the legacy of racial division.
Hadeel Al-Shalchi speaks with Israelis on the morning after the U.S. bombing of Ira; one man said his ruined home was the price for destroying Iran's nuclear program.