Leila Fadel
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Sen. Jack Reed calls for investigation into Pete Hegseth's Signal chat
NPR asks Sen. Jack Reed, top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, why he wants an investigation into whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified intelligence in a Signal chat.
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Morning news brief
Official tells NPR search is underway to replace Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Catholics mourn Pope Francis' death, Supreme Court weighs who should decide public school curriculum.
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Harvard sues Trump administration to halt freeze of more than $2 billion
Harvard is suing the Trump administration to stop it from taking away more than $2 billion in grants after the university said it would defy orders to change certain policies.
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Is Trump threatening the Fed's independence with attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell?
Is President Trump threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve when he attacks Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates? NPR asks Wharton School associate professor Peter Conti-Brown.
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Court denies White House appeal in Abrego Garcia deportation case
A court declined to lift a judge's order that the Trump administration facilitate the return of wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, a Maryland senator met with him in El Salvador.
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Morning news brief
Court denies White House appeal in Abrego Garcia deportation case, gunman kills two and wounds six at Florida State University, Trump pressures Federal Reserve chair to lower interest rates.
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Zambians living with HIV struggle to find medication following U.S. foreign aid cuts
The Trump administration maintains that HIV meds have survived foreign aid cuts. In Zambia, as in other countries, people are struggling to find pills and risk getting sick without medication.
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Gunman kills 2 people and wounds 6 others at Florida State University
A Florida State University student shot and killed two people and wounded six others on campus on Thursday. He allegedly used his mother's gun in the shooting — she is a sheriff's deputy.
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Attorney for detained Tufts student discusses her detention and immigration hearing
NPR speaks with Ramzi Kassem, a member of the legal team for Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, about her detention and arguments in her immigration hearing.
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Morning news brief
El Salvador's president says he will not return wrongly deported man, whistleblower describes DOGE actions at NLRB, Trump administration freezes more than $2.2 billion after Harvard rejects demands.
