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Over two hot days, the Sunland Park Fire Department responded to 10 calls to help migrants overcome by heat illness. Firefighters say heat emergencies are increasingly common along the border. -
The Supreme Court found presidents have absolute immunity for exercising core constitutional powers. The team at Trump's Trials podcast broke down how the decision could affect Trump’s legal cases.
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Some Republican-led states are going against a broader trend and restricting who can participate in primary elections, in an effort to have more ideological purity among their nominees.
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Israel and Hamas are trying again this week to reach a cease-fire deal. There are some encouraging signs: Hamas appears to have shifted its position on at least one key issue.
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At least three deaths were reported after Beryl's landfall. In Houston, the storm flooded roads and took down traffic lights. Cleanup could take weeks, officials said.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Vali Nasr, Middle East Studies professor at Johns Hopkins University, about the election of a reformist president in Iran, and prospects for policy changes.
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Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says President Trump's decision to strike Iran leaves the U.S. in a "dangerous" moment and he worries it may speed up its efforts to build a nuclear weapon.
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After 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention center, Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil has been released on bail.
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National parks enter their busiest season understaffed and underfunded. Morning Edition visited Joshua Tree to speak with local business owners and a park ranger feeling the impact.
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Siarhei Tsikhanouski is almost unrecognizable. Belarus' key opposition figure, spent years in solitary confinement. He credits U.S. President Trump in aiding with his release over the weekend.
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly spot previously unseen astronomical objects.
Arts & Culture
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
- Jefferson School bolsters history exhibit with Charlottesville student records
