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Could the U.S. and Russia benefit from a closer relationship?
President Trump is breaking with decades of U.S. policy toward Russia. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elina Ribakova, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about what both countries have to gain from a closer relationship.
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Cuts in Social Security benefits administration raise concerns
Michel Martin speaks with former Social Security commissioner Michael Astrue about the Trump administration's plans for office closures and jobs cuts at the Social Security administration.
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Israel weighs plans for a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza
Israel is weighing plans for a full-scale ground invasion and military occupation of Gaza, NPR has learned.
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Ukraine holds ceasefire talks with U.S. officials
Ukrainian met with US officials in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to discuss a possible ceasefire, a day before Russia's representatives do the same
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Canada's prime minister calls for a snap election to deal with threats from Trump
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Daniel Béland, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, about the snap election called by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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At 83, Martha Stewart celebrates gardening with her 101st book
NPR's Michel Martin talks gardening with Martha Stewart. Her new book, "Martha Stewart's Gardening Handbook," is her first gardening book in more than 20 years.
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Morning news brief
World waits for Moscow response to ceasefire offer the U.S. brokered with Ukraine, EPA announces dozens of regulations it plans to target, Iran rebuffs Trump hopes on starting nuclear talks.
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DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar discusses arrest of protest leader, deportations
NPR speaks with Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar about the arrest of a student protest leader and the Trump administration's ramped-up deportations of immigrants.
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The EPA has announced dozens of environmental regulations it plans to target
The Trump administration plans to reconsider about two dozen environmental rules, in what the Environmental Protection Agency calls the "most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history."
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Iran's leader rebuffs U.S. over starting nuclear program talks
Iran's supreme leader rebuffed President Trump's hopes to start talks over Iran's nuclear program.