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Stories
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Politics
Trump names the architect of family separation as new border czar
More than a thousand kids taken from their parents at the border still have not been reunited. The man Trump has named his next border czar has been described as the family separation architect.
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Politics
A former DACA 'Dreamer' has won elected office in New Mexico
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Cindy Nava, a Democrat, who will be joining the New Mexico state senate in Albuquerque. She is one of the millions of "Dreamers" who are protected by DACA.
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Politics
Trump celebrates historic win in speech
Trump spoke Tuesday night in front of a crowd of supporters at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. He struck a hopeful tone as he thanked Americans.
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National Security
Preparing for a contested election at the Capitol
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired Major General Paul Eaton about security measures that need to be in place at the Capitol in order to prepare for a possible contested election.
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Sports
What's it like when a childhood dream leads you to the World Series
A pair of New York Yankees players grew up as fans of the team, and now they get to live out their childhood dream of playing for them in the World Series.
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Television
Reba McEntire on mentors, bridging generations and her TV return with 'Happy's Place'
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with country music icon Reba McEntire about her new NBC sitcom Happy's Place, about a woman who inherits her father's restaurant with a half sister she's never met.
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North Gaza is starving as humanitarian aid declines
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Antoine Renard, the World Food Programme Country director for Gaza, about how people in north Gaza are starving and aid shipments reached their lowest level in September.
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Sports
WNBA playoffs update
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Sports
NFL legend Tom Brady wants young people to donate blood
NPR's Juana Summers talks with NFL legend and current Fox football analyst Tom Brady about his efforts to get more young people involved in donating blood.
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Health
The body transforms in remarkable ways during pregnancy. So does the brain
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience.