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Sep 13, 2026

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The Clancy trial and a split over postpartum psychosis

BRICS Summit in India, Amazon Air Plane Crash, Federal Film Tax Bill

Remembering 9/11, Republican Midterm Convention Wraps, SCOTUS Missouri Redistricting

Trump Convention Speech, Missouri Contempt And Redistricting, Apple's Foldable iPhone

US Strikes Iran Oil Tankers, Israeli Settlements Sanctions, Smithsonian Head Retires

Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs On US, Trumpapalooza Convention, Miami Cargo Plane Crash

Miami Plane Crash, Witkoff & Kushner Visit Ukraine, Far-Right AfD Wins In Germany

From SPF to skin color, sunscreen’s effectiveness is complicated

Negotiators to Moscow and Kyiv, Judge Issues Order on Arch, Western Wildfires

Midterm Mail-In Voting Starts, IRS Targets DEI In Schools, ICE Officer Charged

Pentagon Exodus Under Hegseth, Venezuela Oil and Democracy, Clancy Trial Deadlocked

War In Iran Ramps Up, Trump Pressured By Gas Prices, Massachusetts Primary Results

SCOTUS Allows Ballroom Construction, Army Secretary Resigns, G20 Summit in NC

Trump Venezuela Oil Deal, US & Iran Renew Strikes, House Back From Recess

A Wild West revenge tale and the Black roots of cowboy culture

Super El Niño, Measles, Iran War Stalemate

Nepal-Tibet Flood Rescue, Fed Chair Speech, Kennedy Center Renaming Hearing

Trump Midterm Pressure, Meta Settles In Social Media Case, Nepal & Tibet Flash Floods

Dolly Parton Remembered, Canada Hits US With Tariffs, US Visa Revocations

Trump's Economic D-Day For Iran, Gulf Allies React To US Plan, SCOTUS Mail-in Voting

New Economic Pressure On Iran, Iran Warns Neighbors, Tariff War With Canada

A visit to the remote Pacific island ecosystem losing protections

IndyCar in DC; Fresh Tariffs on Canadian Goods; National Debt Hits $40 Trillion

Economic Warfare On Iran, White House Ballroom, Bond Market Warning Signs

Trump Warns Economic Warfare For Aiding Iran, Federal Debt Grows, Venezuela Oil Deals

Florida Primary Results, US-Canada Tariffs, Meta Trial Begins

Kushner Netanyahu Gaza Meeting, Iran War Depleting US Military, FL, AK, WY Primaries

Relief En Route To USS Lincoln, Ukraine's Drone Barrage On Russia, Kushner Gaza Talks

Hot Dam: Why beavers are Britain’s new climate heroes

Retail Sales Drop, U.S. Warships in Distress, Accurately Polling the Electorate

Poor Conditions on USS Lincoln, Economic Warfare on Iran, Ukraine's Drone Campaign

Democrat Ro Khanna’s 2028 pitch: tax the rich, regulate tech | NPR's Newsmakers

Democratic Party Divide, Lettuce is Saving You Green, Colombia Rescue Efforts

Primary Race Results, Trump's Plane Swap Ruse, Disarming Iraq's Iran-Backed Militias

Progressives in Midwest Primaries, Trump and Iran Stalemate, Colombia Earthquake

Iran Negotiations Drag, New Inflation Report, Sexual Abuse at Elite School

The black lung crisis deepens in Appalachia

A New Attorney General, Profiting Off Immigration Detention, Hollywood Merger

Trump Tries to Limit Birthright Citizenship, Hormuz Deal, Iran War Fallout

Hormuz Negotiations, Michigan Senate Race, Trump Talks Economy

Primary Election Results, US Missile Stockpiles Running Low, New Flu Vaccine

Blanche and the DOJ, Michigan Primaries, Spokane Wildfires

Blanche Rescinds 'Anti-Weaponization Fund', Iran Strikes Off, Midwest Primaries

Trump attacks DSA candidates as 'communists.' Will it stick?

Truth Social Paid Access, Colorado River Cuts, FIFA's Faceplant

Trump Says Hamas Will Disarm, Blanche Faces GOP Pushback, Economic Outlook

US and Iran Trade Strikes After Brief Pause, Fauci Pleads The Fifth, New Asylum Rule

Trump Has 'Productive' Talks With Zelenskyy And Netanyahu, France Wildfires

Trump Meets Zelenskyy And Netanyahu, TPS Update, Political Corruption

Seattle Shooting, Iran War Pause, Midterm Elections

‘We want to ride’: the 1978 protest that sparked the disability rights movement

White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Ukraine hits Russian Retailer, India Protests

Saudi Oil Tankers Attacked, Trump's New Tariffs, Wisconsin Police Shooting

Saudi Uranium Enrichment Deal, Trump Defends Iran War, GOP Congress Out Of Sync

Trump Receives Fallen Troops, Hegseth Grilled On The Hill, Arizona Primary Results

Iran And Yemen's Houthis Blockade, Hegseth On Capitol Hill, Arizona Primary Day

US-Iran War Escalates, Congress To-Do List, UK Has A New Prime Minister

Infertility doctor secretly fathered dozens of children: how strangers became family

Hunter Biden on addiction and 'the gift of being publicly shamed' | NPR's Newsmakers

ICE Shootings Update, Swift Observatory Rescue, World Cup Final Preview

Trump Rehashes Election Fraud Claims, Politics Of Trump's Speech, Texas Flooding

Blanche Confirmation Hearing, Iran War And Midterm Politics, Clayton ODNI Hearing

Blanche Confirmation Hearing, US and Strait of Hormuz, ICE Vehicle Stops

Memorandum Of Misunderstanding, Fatal ICE Shooting, Paramount Merger Suit

US and Iran Trade Attacks Again, Sen. Lindsay Graham Dies, Congress Returns

Should we worry about the end of the world?

Election Betting on Prediction Markets, Special Education, Breastmilk Storage

Iran and US Pause Fighting Again, TPS Work Permits, July 4th Teen Death Investigation

Trump's Whiplash Foreign Policy, Iran War Escalates, Graham Platner Drops Out

Iran Ceasefire Over, Platner Replacements Emerge, Olympic Committee Lifts Russia Ban

Platner Pressured To Drop Out, NATO Summit In Turkey, US Out Of World Cup

Holiday Weekend Politics, Iran Mourns Supreme Leader, US Vs Belgium World Cup Drama

The growing movement to secede from Illinois and become the 51st state

July 4th Events Curtailed, The Week in Politics, A Funeral For Iran’s Supreme Leader

July 4th Heat Wave, Russian Strikes On Ukraine, Future Of Democratic Party

Trump's Crypto Earnings, Democratic Socialists Rising, USA Advances In World Cup

SCOTUS Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Colorado Primary Results, World Cup Heats Up