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Lung tissue samples that will be used in research are prepared at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio on Sept. 5, 2024. Joshua A. Bickel/AP hide caption

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What National Institutes of Health funding cuts could mean for U.S. universities

What do National Institutes of Health funding cuts mean for universities? We ask Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor.

What cuts to NIH funding could mean for American universities

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Frances Quinlan: Tiny Desk Concert

As a songwriter, Frances Quinlan is piercingly astute at making connections between their present reality and the wider world.

The exterior of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Headquarters on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Employees of the CFPB were notified that the headquarters would be closed and that employees were to work from home. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Elon Musk's DOGE takes aim at an agency that had plans of regulating X

Musk and other Silicon Valley executives have long railed against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for its work overseeing the tech industry. Now, Musk hopes to eliminate the agency.

President Trump speaks to the press before signing a proclamation renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America aboard Air Force One en route to New Orleans, Louisiana on Feb. 9, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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The White House blocks the Associated Press from an event for using 'Gulf of Mexico'

The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

President Trump greets Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday. Trump has proposed that the U.S. take control of Gaza and transfer its population to neighboring countries, possibly Jordan. However, Abdullah said he and other Arab states strongly opposed relocating Palestinians. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Trump's Gaza proposal has rattled the Middle East. More surprises are likely

President Trump has already shaken up the Middle East by suggesting a U.S. takeover of Gaza. More drama could be on the way when the president spells out plans for other parts of the volatile region.

Senate Budget Committee chairman Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., told reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday that he is moving forward with a budget proposal that would allow Republicans to pass much of President Donald Trump's agenda without the threat of a filibuster. His plan differs from one still being written in the House. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Republicans are split on the best path to advance Trump's agenda in Congress

Republicans may control both chambers of Congress but leaders in the House and Senate have very different ideas about the best way to implement President Trump's agenda.

Republicans split on best path to advance Trump's agenda in Congress

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A screenshot showing Glen Simon (highlighted in the red rectangle) entering the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021. Prosecutors cited this photo in the case against Glen Simon. A coalition of media organizations said Tuesday that video evidence from Simon's case had "disappeared" from a government platform. Department of Justice hide caption

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Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, a media coalition says

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

Emil Bove, then President Trump's attorney, looks on as Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court last month after Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records. Jeenah Moon/Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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A Trump official targeting Jan. 6 investigators worked on those cases himself

The disconnect between Emil Bove's aggressive stance at the time to hold rioters accountable — and his current hostility toward the Jan. 6 probe — has troubled some former colleagues.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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Retired federal judge doesn't see much that courts can do to stop Trump's actions

Nancy Gertner says recent court orders suggest there's "nothing remotely legitimate" about the president's actions in these cases.

What the judicial branch can do when a president refuses to comply with a court order

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Lei is placed over memorial crosses before sunrise at a public hillside memorial to Lahaina wildfire victims, during a ceremony organized by Malu i Ka ʻUlu, on Aug. 8 in Lahaina, Hawaii. It marked the one-year anniversary of the Maui wildfires which killed 102 people and devastated the historic community of Lahaina in West Maui. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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What comes next for survivors, insurers and utilities in $4 billion Maui wildfire settlement?

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The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court cleared the way to finalize the proposed settlement. A lawyer representing victims said it could mean that survivors receive their first payment by the end of the year.

PUL-E ALAM, AFGHANISTAN -- JANUARY 17: Afghan men wearing masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 line up as the UN World Food Program (WFP) distributes a critical monthly food ration, with food largely supplied by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), to 400 families south of Kabul in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2022. This food delivery to Logar province comes as the UN warns that 23 million Afghans, more than half the population, are on the verge of famine, following a severe drought and as winter deepens, while the US and World Bank have only partially released funds frozen when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021. The UN has made an emergency appeal for $5.5 billion to feed the hungry and forestall further economic collapse. Scott Peterson/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption

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How the gutting of USAID is reverberating around the world: Worry, despair, praise

Reactions to the changes in USAID run the gamut. Some leading voices — like Mexico's president — are in favor. Others fear that lives will be lost as health care programs are cut.

NPR's global correspondents report on the effect of USAID's humanitarian funding cuts

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A demonstrator holds a sign during a demonstration at the Environmental Protection Agency on February 6 in Washington, DC. Al Drago/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Trump funding freeze could leave communities on their own as climate threats grow

Without federal support, American communities will struggle to deal with a challenge as pervasive as climate change, market analysts and environmental advocates say.

Paul Skenes #30 of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches during a spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium on Feb. 29 in Sarasota, Fla. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images hide caption

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Spring Training 2025: A guide to Florida's Grapefruit League

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Fourteen Major League Baseball teams — including the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Baltimore Orioles — head to Florida for Spring Training to compete in what's known as the Grapefruit League.

Lung tissue samples that will be used in research are prepared at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio on Sept. 5, 2024. Joshua A. Bickel/AP hide caption

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What National Institutes of Health funding cuts could mean for U.S. universities

What do National Institutes of Health funding cuts mean for universities? We ask Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor.

What cuts to NIH funding could mean for American universities

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There's a country under here somewhere: A satellite image from early Tuesday shows a thick glaze of white clouds covering much of the continental U.S., with another storm system looming off the Pacific Coast. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/GOES-East hide caption

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Here we go again: More winter storms are heading for much of the U.S.

Break out those shovels, because storms are about to dump a mess of snow and ice on a large part of the U.S. As of noon Tuesday, at least 20 states were under winter warnings or advisories.

SNL's head makeup & hair designer Louie Zakarian shows old prosthetics and wigs in New York, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Photo by Marco Postigo Storel Marco Storel/for NPR hide caption

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From bloodied heads to Baby Yoda, SNL's makeup master helps bring characters to life

If you remember Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer or Kyle Mooney as Baby Yoda — then you've seen the work of Louie Zakarian. He says the job requires creativity, people skills, speed, and good humor.

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