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Trump administration releases trove of files on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination - 2025-07-21T20:43:35-04:00
The release came in response to an executive order issued by President Trump. King's family warned they would object to any use of the records "to spread falsehoods" about King's life and legacy.

Military bases in New Jersey, Indiana, to be expanded to detain immigrants - 2025-07-21T18:11:58-04:00
NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the same purpose.

Is Emil Bove the face of a new MAGA judiciary? - 2025-07-21T18:03:20-04:00
President Trump helped reshape the federal courts during his first term in office. And he relied heavily on the Federalist Society in that effort, which helped him zero in on judges with a conservative, originalist interpretation of the constitution.

Now the nominations machinery is restarting, and Trump's most controversial judicial nominee is only one step away from the federal bench.

His name is Emil Bove.

During his first term, Trump appointed scores of originalists to the federal bench– a victory for the conservative legal movement.

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Trump's spy chief claims the Obama administration 'manufactured' intel on Russia - 2025-07-21T16:28:01-04:00
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old intel community conclusions about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Trump said he'd 'try to save' Afghan refugees in the UAE. That could be complicated - 2025-07-21T16:24:53-04:00
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat from Massachusetts, about President Trump's recent social media post about Afghan refugees in the United Arab Emirates.

Community bail funds face backlash from GOP lawmakers after a 2020 surge in popularity - 2025-07-21T16:08:04-04:00
Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they've faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them.

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 'Cosby Show' star, has died at the age of 54 - 2025-07-21T16:02:04-04:00
The actor and Grammy Award winner died in a drowning accident Sunday while on vacation in Costa Rica.

Airline pilot was about to land in N.D. when he saw a B-52 'coming at us' - 2025-07-21T15:22:37-04:00
A Delta Connection flight from Minneapolis was preparing to land in Minot, N.D., when crew members spotted a large military aircraft flying toward them.

After his father died in the hospital, a nurse held him in his arms - 2025-07-21T14:11:22-04:00
Alek Hermon didn't think much of his father's overnight nurse until his father died.

Beyond polo shirts and presidents, Martha's Vineyard has an indigenous past and present - 2025-07-21T14:04:32-04:00
In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.