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Make sense of the day. Every weekday afternoon, the hosts of All Things Considered help you consider the major stories of the day in less than 15 minutes, featuring the reporting and storytelling resources of NPR. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

South Korea admits to widespread adoption fraud. Here's one story

Last week, South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that Korean adoption agencies were...

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AI and the Environment

The AI boom has caused a huge surge in energy consumption, so how is the tech industry thinking about...

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Reporting on how America reduced the number of opioid deaths

After reaching historic levels, fatal overdoses from opioids are dropping rapidly. Today we bring you...

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Why did Israel restart the war? One answer: Bezalel Smotrich.

Bezalel Smotrich's views were once fringe in Israel. He's an ultranationalist West Bank settler, who...

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The Southeastern U.S. faces a future with more wildfires

Six months ago, Southern Appalachia was devastated by Hurricane Helene.Now, after a dry spell and a...

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Campus protesters have faced deportation threats before

In January of 1987, Michel Shehadeh, a Palestinian man who'd lawfully immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager,...

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The fallout from the Signal breach begins

In the 24 hours since a bombshell Atlantic article, senators have grilled Trump administration intelligence...

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Trump targets Big Law, and Big Law appears intimidated

For weeks, President Trump has been issuing executive orders and memos that levy or threaten sanctions...

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How an obscure legal theory shaped the immunity decision and Trump's second term

In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the president has "absolute immunity from criminal...

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On the road in Greenland, north of the Arctic Circle

Greenland is a lot more than an object of Donald Trump's territorial ambitions. It's a place whose...

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The long history of Russia's broken promises to Ukraine

Representatives from Russia and Ukraine will be in meetings to try to hammer out details of a ceasefire...

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Farming is uncertain — a trade war makes it more so

Farmers already worry about things like crop prices, the cost of farm supplies and extreme weather.Now,...

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Trump is taking a hammer to traditional pillars of soft power

The argument for international aid is in part a moral one, but it's also been about U.S. interests....

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Measles is spreading. Are you safe?

Measles continues to spread in West Texas and New Mexico. About 300 cases have been reported, since...

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Is Trump defying the courts?

"Oopsie, too late. "That post on X from the President of El Salvador got retweeted by Secretary of State...

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Never give up - one Gaza boy's story of trying to survive in Gaza

Nearly 40, 000.That's the United Nations estimate for the number of children who have been killed or...

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Trump says the economy is in 'transition.' What comes after?

"A little disturbance," "a period of transition," "a detox period." These are all phrases that President...

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Over a dozen lawsuits to stop DOGE data access are betting on a 1974 law

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been trying to access the massive amounts of Americans'...

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The Trump administration's attacks on oversight of executive power

The Trump administration continues to fire, shut down or defund independent elements of the federal...

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Fentanyl deaths are plunging, but it's just the first step

The deadliest phase of the U.S. fentanyl crisis appears to be over. That's according to new research...

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Republicans say Medicaid is safe. But budget math says otherwise

House Republicans have to get their spending bill passed by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. They...

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Riding 'La Bestia' with migrants in Mexico

Many migrants in Mexico journey north to the U.S. border by riding on top of freight trains. It's a...

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Marco Rubio pivots to America First diplomacy

It's been a little more than a week since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President...

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When it comes to the economy, it's all about uncertainty

Like a lot of economists, Mark Zandi, with Moody's Analytics, thinks President Trump's across-the-board...

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