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BLS employees urge public to trust jobs report : NPR

BLS employees urge public to trust jobs report : NPR

Supporters of Bureau of Labor Statistics employees join a rally outside the Labor Department on Friday, September 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR With a new, sobering jobs report out Friday, some current employees at the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) are seeking to reassure the American public that the government’s …

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Will Trump send National Guard to Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans? : NPR

Will Trump send National Guard to Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans? : NPR

Marchers at a Labor Day rally in Chicago protested President Trump’s threatened National Guard deployment on Monday. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump is ramping up his threats to send the National Guard into cities across the U.S., even after a federal judge ruled against his use of troops in …

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Hundreds of South Koreans are among 475 detained in a Georgia immigration raid : NPR

Hundreds of South Koreans are among 475 detained in a Georgia immigration raid : NPR

An agent said a monthslong investigation into the Hyundai plant resulted in “the largest single site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations.” Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP SAVANNAH, Ga. — Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according …

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Democratic senators urge Smithsonian to resist White House attempts to ‘bully the institution’ : NPR

Democratic senators urge Smithsonian to resist White House attempts to ‘bully the institution’ : NPR

Members of the U.S. Park Police guard an entrance to the 9th Street tunnel in front of the Smithsonian Castle on Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C., after the Trump administration initiated a federal takeover of D.C. police and deployed the National Guard in the city. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images In a letter sent …

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PBS cuts 15% of jobs in wake of federal funding cut : NPR

PBS cuts 15% of jobs in wake of federal funding cut : NPR

A sign for the Public Broadcasting Service is seen on its building headquarters on Feb. 18, 2025 in Arlington, Va. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images PBS’s chief executive told public television officials Thursday that it was cutting about 15% of its jobs due to the move by Republicans in Congress to eliminate all federal funding …

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Why solar flares are way hotter than researchers thought : NPR

Why solar flares are way hotter than researchers thought : NPR

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of a mid-level solar flare on Jan. 12, 2015. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Solar Dynamics Observatory hide caption toggle caption NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Solar Dynamics Observatory Beautiful yet dangerous solar flares that erupt from the sun could be as hot as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit, researchers say. That’s more …

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Who has been swept up in the federal law enforcement surge in D.C. and what charges are they facing? : NPR

Who has been swept up in the federal law enforcement surge in D.C. and what charges are they facing? : NPR

National Guard Troops stand outside Union Station on Sept. 1, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images A little more than three weeks ago, President Trump placed the Washington, D.C., police under federal control and put the National Guard on the city’s streets to crush crime and “clean up” the nation’s capital. Although …

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Trump to rename Defense Department as Department of War : NPR

Trump to rename Defense Department as Department of War : NPR

A view of the Pentagon on Dec. 13, 2024, in Washington, D.C. President Trump has said he would like to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images President Trump will sign an executive order on Friday to give the Department of Defense a new …

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Amanda Anisimova beats Naomi Osaka in U.S. Open semifinals : NPR

Amanda Anisimova beats Naomi Osaka in U.S. Open semifinals : NPR

Amanda Anisimova defeated Naomi Osaka early Friday morning to advance to the women’s U.S. Open finals on Saturday. Both Anisimova and Osaka have been open about their mental health struggles. Sarah Stier/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sarah Stier/Getty Images Two comeback stories collided on the tennis court Thursday night when American Amanda Anisimova and Naomi Osaka of Japan — …

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Sanjay Gupta talks pain and why ‘It Doesn’t Have to Hurt’ : NPR

Sanjay Gupta talks pain and why ‘It Doesn’t Have to Hurt’ : NPR

CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta vividly remembers the day he impaled himself on a wrought iron fence. He had just turned 12, and he was running through the neighborhood when he spontaneously decided to vault over a fence that he usually ran around. Except he didn’t quite make it. “One of the spikes caught me on my side and …

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