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Sept. 24, 2025

Trump’s pressure on Pam Bondi and the DOJ

President Donald Trump wants the Department of Justice to prosecute his political opponents. Today, more on his demands and the alarms they raise.
Sept. 23, 2025

The confusion over Tylenol, pregnancy and autism

Is Tylenol safe during pregnancy? President Donald Trump raised alarms about the drug, contradicting major medical groups, during a recent news conference about autism.
Sept. 22, 2025

Brendan Carr, the FCC muscle behind Trump's anti-media crusade

FCC chair Brendan Carr has emerged as one of the top lieutenants in President Trump’s war against the media. How much power does he really hold?
Sept. 20, 2025

How to be a ‘super ager’

For her 80th birthday, she went to trapeze school. For her 90th, she threw a house party. E.J. Truax says the secret to thriving into old age is simple: Be active. And it turns out, research backs her up.
Sept. 19, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel, free speech and the crackdown after Charlie Kirk’s death

Efforts to punish those critical of Charlie Kirk in the wake of his killing have reignited a debate about free speech and censorship in the United States.
Sept. 18, 2025

How fan fiction went mainstream

Fan fiction is showing up everywhere. Today, how it became so popular and why it’s being taken more seriously by mainstream publishers.
Sept. 17, 2025

Kash Patel’s contentious leadership of the FBI

Who is Kash Patel? And why are critics on the left – and the right – scrutinizing his track record as head of the FBI?
Sept. 16, 2025

The Fed is expected to cut rates. Here's why.

Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s expected cut to interest rates, we explain how the U.S. economy is doing.
Sept. 15, 2025

Why the U.S. military is striking boats from Venezuela

Nearly two weeks after a deadly U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean, questions loom over Trump’s new war on terror and drugs. This afternoon, Trump announced another strike on a boat from Venezuela.
Sept. 13, 2025

Deep Reads: L.A. fires burned their block. For each, the disaster was just beginning.

The Los Angeles wildfires leveled entire neighborhoods, but perhaps nowhere suffered more than west Altadena. This is an account of three families’ grueling recovery — the part of the story most people never see.
Sept. 12, 2025

The political divides after political violence

Charlie Kirk’s shooting has left both Republicans and Democrats worried about more political violence. How are prominent leaders in both parties responding to the tragedy?
Sept. 11, 2025

Charlie Kirk’s killing and a new age of political violence

With the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the United States is entering a new era of fear.
Sept. 10, 2025

Meet the people signing up for Trump’s ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is hoping to hire thousands of new officers this year. Who’s signing up and what do the recruitment efforts look like?
Sept. 9, 2025

Confused about fall vaccines? We have answers.

Amid changing federal and state rules, health reporter Lena Sun answers listeners’ most pressing questions about vaccines and access this fall.
Sept. 8, 2025

Trump promised to end DEI. Then, rural teachers lost money.

What the Trump administration’s crusade to root out DEI and government waste means for a school district in rural North Carolina.
Sept. 6, 2025

Deep Reads: A songwriter had part of his brain removed. The music flowed.

Mike Frazier had no idea that the source of his stomach pains and mental health struggles was a condition that affects tens of millions of people worldwide. After surgery, his approach to making music changed.
Sept. 5, 2025

Congress returns to Epstein drama, shutdown threats, 2026 plans

Congress has returned from its August recess, and there’s a lot on the agenda. But pressure on President Donald Trump to release more files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein keeps stealing the spotlight.
Sept. 4, 2025

RFK Jr.'s showdown with the Senate

HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. is facing fire from both sides of the aisle. Plus, red and blue states are splintering on vaccine policy.
Sept. 3, 2025

What happens when fake AI celebrities chat with teens

These voices saying risque messages are not the real voices of actor Timothée Chalamet, singer Chappell Roan and NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes. But they sure sound like them. What are these AI chatbots saying to teenage users?
Sept. 2, 2025

They were deported to El Salvador's megaprison. What happened inside?

The story of Roger Molina, a Venezuelan migrant who was sent by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s megaprison.
Sept. 1, 2025

Labubus: China's plushy, soft power tool

Why Labubus are everywhere — and what their rise in popularity tells us about global economics.
Aug. 29, 2025

Trump firings spark CDC chaos, Fed uncertainty

This week, Trump set out to fire a governor at the Federal Reserve and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chaos ensued.
Aug. 28, 2025

Taylor and Travis: It's a love — and business — story

Taylor Swift, the world’s biggest pop star, is engaged. What could it mean for her career and for her business?
Aug. 27, 2025

'These kids were literally praying': The Minneapolis school shooting

What we know about the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school