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The ruling keeps a block on the Trump administration from denying citizenship to children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily. (Image credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Utah’s leaders worry skyrocketing home prices are keeping young people from creating wealth. It’s among a growing number of states — red and blue — passing laws to promote more affordable places. (Image credit: Adele Heidenreich)

Since returning to office, President Trump has moved swiftly to upend decades of federal policy—from education to healthcare to vaccines…but nowhere more aggressively than immigration. Congress just passed tens of billions in funding for immigration enforcement…It’s the largest domestic enforcement funding in U.S. history, fueling Trump’s mass deportation … Six months of ‘shock and awe’ on immigration enforcementRead more

A new executive order instructs tech companies to address what the White House sees as “woke AI.” Receiving future federal contracts could hinge on whether AI firms respond. (Image credit: Win McNamee)

As Democrats push to release Epstein-related files, a former Justice Department official says the public may never see the full details. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

President Trump had called for the release of grand jury testimony related to Epstein. Two judges in New York also are weighing requests from the Justice Department to unseal grand jury transcripts. (Image credit: Stephanie Keith)

President Trump says he wants to make sure the United States wins the artificial intelligence race. The White House says fewer regulations will help. (Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)

NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who co-sponsored the resolution for public release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The GOP is divided over whether they want more details released about the Jeffrey Epstein federal investigations. And, over 70 Columbia University students have been disciplined for protests. (Image credit: Alex Wroblewski)

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is sending lawmakers home early for their summer recess to avoid dragging out a fight within the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Republican strategist Rina Shah about why some GOP lawmakers are defying President Trump and Speaker Johnson to demand the release of the Epstein files.

NPR speaks with Tyler Pager, New York Times White House correspondent, about Hunter Biden’s recent interviews in which he defends his father’s legacy and points to rifts within the Democratic Party.

President Trump turned to a nearly 8-year-old controversy Tuesday when asked about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that’s been plaguing him for weeks, pivoting to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

What’s the chance that new information comes out regarding Jeffrey Epstein? NPR speaks with Elliot Williams, former deputy assistant attorney general at the DOJ during the Obama administration.

The Justice Department has asked Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a meeting as it looks to make new inroads into what had been a closed investigation.

To the casual observer, it might seem like the U.S. has been spent years in a constant state of protest, from the Women’s March in 2017 to the racial uprisings in 2020 to the No Kings protests earlier in the summer. But some are starting to wonder: How … Protests are near constant. Do they work?Read more

The 15% tax on imported Japanese goods is a meaningful drop from the 25% rate that Trump, in a recent letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said would be levied starting Aug. 1. (Image credit: Shuji Kajiyama)

As a candidate in 2024, President Trump promised – often – to end what he and other conservatives describe as “woke” policies. On his first day in office, he signed executive orders rolling back policies around diversity, equity and inclusion — and those policy changes have continued over … A civil rights organization declares a ‘state of emergency’ in the U.S.Read more

President Trump says he was unaware of the latest developments in the Epstein backlash and pivots to his complaints about the Obama administration.

President Trump is facing questions about the death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On Tuesday, he deflected by pivoting to long-held accusations about his Democratic opponents. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

Texas Republicans want to redraw the state’s congressional districts to gain an advantage in next year’s election. U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., says Democrats must counter or become complicit. (Image credit: Drew Angerer)

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for the same purpose. (Image credit: Mark Wilson)

Coca-Cola’s move comes a week after President Trump said he had been talking to the soft drink giant about using cane sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup in its signature drink. (Image credit: Brandon Bell)

NPR speaks with U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y, who says Democrats should pursue redistricting in blue states in response to Texas Republicans who are making the same effort.

Is President Trump’s tactic of distracting his base and the media away from the Jeffrey Epstein story working? NPR speaks with Puck News journalist Leigh Ann Caldwell.

The Social Security Administration reassigned some field office employees in an effort to bring down lengthy phone wait times. But workers say these reassignments have been disruptive for staff. (Image credit: Olga Ginzburg for NPR)

Congressional Republicans successfully pushed to add hurdles to qualify for Medicaid by saying they would eliminate fraud. A Montana man says he’s breaking the rules to keep his insurance and his job. (Image credit: Oona Zenda)

Earlier this year, the White House proposed a nearly 24% cut to NASA’s 2026 fiscal year budget — the largest in the agency’s history. The trims are largely aimed at the NASA’s fundamental science research and would halt science that has already been partially paid for, like the … Will federal budget cuts affect space science?Read more

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. (Image credit: Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

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 … Is Emil Bove the face of a new MAGA judiciary?Read more