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The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn’t use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California’s right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight. (Image credit: Andy Bao)

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa keeps his cool after a carefully choreographed Oval Office ambush by Trump. (Image credit: Evan Vucci)

President Trump is hosting an exclusive dinner tonight for the largest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin, putting the murky world of cryptocurrencies on a collision course with White House ethics. (Image credit: Giuseppe Cacace)

It’s a pattern in President Trump’s chaotic tariff policy: he first suggests a high number, only to later ratchet it down. Business schools call it the ‘anchor effect.’ (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, President Trump accosted visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with a montage of video footage Trump claimed proves there was a genocide against white South Africans.

On the campaign trail, 10% across-the-board tariffs seemed like a bridge too far. But President Trump’s subsequent actions have made the baseline seem pretty reasonable.

President Trump is hosting an exclusive dinner tonight for the largest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin, putting the murky world of cryptocurrencies on a collision course with White House ethics.

House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to hold a vote as soon as this week on Republicans’ massive tax and border security package. But internal splits make it unclear he has the votes to pass it.

At the center of the sweeping bill is trillions in tax cuts, which Republicans aim to partially offset through changes to safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)

Experts say DOGE should have paid closer attention to the Government Accountability Office, which has long worked to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.

The plane is a gift that Trump said he would be “stupid” to turn down. Experts say the plane would take years to rework to meet the current standards for Air Force One. (Image credit: Roberto Schmidt)

Two pardoned Jan. 6 rioters posted photos and videos of themselves visiting the White House. One of them was convicted of assaulting police and texted after the riot, “I have murder in my heart.”

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questions from senators about a lead poisoning crisis in public schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Image credit: Tasos Katopodis)

In an interview with NPR, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.K., Canada and France were “blaming the wrong perpetrator,” and that Hamas is responsible for the suffering in Gaza. (Image credit: Benny Doutsh for NPR)

NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Rep. Mike Lawler about Republicans’ divisions that threaten to derail the ongoing budget negotiations. (Image credit: Tasos Katopodis)

A federal judge in Massachusetts had earlier ordered the Department of Homeland Security to keep custody of migrants sent to South Sudan, or any third country, until he can verify they received proper due process. (Image credit: Jorge Salvador Cabrera)

The decision reverses course on the use of consent decrees to ensure accountability of law enforcement agencies. It comes days before the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a police officer. (Image credit: Stephen Maturen)

A Georgia woman declared brain dead is being kept on life support because she is pregnant. It raises complicated legal questions about restrictive abortion laws in Georgia and other states. (Image credit: Brynn Anderson/AP)

What are Democrats doing to oppose President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”? NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Representative Greg Casar of Texas.