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Morning news brief
Senate to vote on GOP spending bill as government shutdown deadline looms, Trump to give speech at DOJ about law and order, judges order federal agencies to reinstate thousands of fired workers.
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Judges order federal agencies to reinstate thousands of workers fired recently
In a pair of rulings Thursday, judges ordered federal agencies to reinstate thousands of workers who were recently fired. In both cases, the judges said the mass firings appear illegal.
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Noor Abdalla, wife of detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, speaks out
In her first broadcast interview, Noor Abdalla speaks about the arrest and attempted deportation of her husband, Columbia University protestor Mahmoud Khalil.
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Morning news brief
Storms kill dozens in southern U.S., Trump administration deports more than 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador with rarely used law, two legal migrants denied reentry in Boston after traveling abroad.
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More than 50 universities under investigation as part of Trump's anti-DEI crackdown
More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of Trump's campaign to end DEI programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian students.
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Lawyer discusses suit against Trump administration over use of Alien Enemies Act
NPR's Leila Fadel asks Skye Perryman, head of Democracy Forward, about the group's lawsuit against the Trump administration over its use of the Alien Enemies Act to justify mass deportations.
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Morning news brief
Israel has launched a series of deadly strikes in Gaza, how President Trump is testing executive power while facing court orders, the U.S. Institute of Peace subject to a hostile takeover by DOGE.
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Democratic strategists discuss party divides after GOP stopgap spending bill passes
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Democratic strategists Paul Begala and Waleed Shahid about party divides following disputes over a Republican-backed stopgap spending bill.
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Israel launches series of deadly attacks on Gaza
Israel struck Gaza is a wave of deadly attacks, saying they were launched because Hamas was refusing to release more hostages. The move appears to have put an end to the nearly 2-month-old ceasefire.
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Alvaro Bedoya, Democratic FTC commissioner fired by Trump administration, speaks out
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Alvaro Bedoya, one of the two Democrats fired from their roles as commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission.