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The shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant stands in the middle of the Susquehanna River on October 10, 2024. One of the plant's two reactors partly melted down in 1979, but the second one operated for decades before it was closed. It is now set to be restarted as early as 2028, pending approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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  • Politics

Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing nuclear safety

NPR has learned that rules must now be vetted by the White House and that the administration is drafting an executive order that could loosen radiation limits.

May 10, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
People shop in a supermarket in New York City on Feb. 20, 2025.

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  • USPS

USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients

The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block and
  • Stephen Fowler
Former US poet laureate Joy Harjo answers questions from the audience after a reading at Middle Georgia State University in Macon recently. The reading was made possible in part by the Georgia Humanities Council.

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  • News

How federal cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities touch Georgia

The National Endowment for the Humanities supports art and culture in all 50 states, including Georgia. What do the ongoing federal cuts to the NEH mean for the state?

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Politics

Listen live: NPR special report marking Trump's 100th day

NPR's live coverage examining the first 100 days of President Trump's second term starts tonight at 8 p.m. ET.

April 30, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Elon Musk wields a chainsaw at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 20 in Oxon Hill, Md.

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  • Politics

What has DOGE done in Trump's first 100 days?

One hundred days into President Trump's second term, DOGE hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But it has amassed unprecedented power over data.

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Shannon Bond
President Trump arrives to speak on his first 100 days at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center on April 29 in Warren, Mich.

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  • Politics

In first 100 days, Trump tests limits, creates chaos and turns from allies

From foreign policy and tariffs to immigration changes and targeting of DEI, here's a look back at some of the major moves made in the past 100 days of President Trump's second administration.

April 30, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
President Trump and his adviser Elon Musk speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago on March 14.

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  • Politics

New lawsuit argues Trump and DOGE's government overhaul is unconstitutional

A coalition of unions, nonprofits and local governments has sued President Trump, Elon Musk and the heads of nearly two dozen agencies in an effort to block mass layoffs in the federal government.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
In 2024, the Idaho Humanities Council funded a rural historical society's project to compile 400 biographies of local veterans.

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  • Arts & Life

The Mellon Foundation announces 'emergency funding' for humanities councils

The Mellon Foundation has announced $15 million in "emergency funding" for 56 humanities councils across the country. The government recently eliminated $65 million in support.

April 29, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Workers stand inside a special chamber at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The chamber is used to test new conventional explosives that initiate detonation of advanced nuclear weapons designs. The data produced from such experiments is considered restricted.

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  • National Security

DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets

Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR.

April 28, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Jenna McLaughlin
The U.S. Capitol on April 21, 2025. Democratic lawmakers are asking the National Labor Relations Board to respond to a recent whistleblower disclosure that documents concerns that officials with the Department of Government Efficiency team may have taken sensitive information about workers.

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  • Politics

More than 50 House Democrats demand answers after whistleblower report on DOGE

Members of the Congressional Labor Caucus wrote the letter after NPR reported that a whistleblower says DOGE may have removed sensitive labor data and compromised the security of computer systems.

April 25, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin
Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn with U.S. President Donald Trump on March 9. Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has asked for major cuts to the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a foreign aid agency started by George W. Bush.

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  • Global Health

DOGE dismantling foreign aid agency started by George W. Bush

The Millennium Challenge Corporation, focused on boosting economic growth abroad, could essentially shutter.

April 24, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert and
  • Fatma Tanis
A precipitation monitor from the Southeast Regional Climate Center.

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  • Environment

What lost funding for weather data centers could mean for Georgia, according to climatologists

Data housed by the Regional Climate Centers includes drought maps, air quality visualization and precipitation and temperature averages by state going back more than 100 years.

April 24, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Chase McGee
Red kiosks offering self-serve COVID testing, like this one outside the Rockdale County Health Department, are being removed in Georgia after funding reductions to the state health department from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat)

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  • Health

CDC funding cuts impact Georgia vaccine access, other public health programs

Groups that work to provide access to vaccines, especially for Black Georgians and others in underserved communities, are among those affected as the state Department of Public Health absorbs a $334.2 million loss from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

April 24, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
Elon Musk and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer listen during a cabinet meeting in White House on March 24,.

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  • Business

As Tesla profits plunge 71%, Elon Musk says he'll spend less time on DOGE

Elon Musk says he'll cut back his work with the federal government to one to two days per week. He said demand for Teslas is still strong, despite protests and plunging sales.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says its current staff use only half the available office space and that relocating will "reduce the burden on the American taxpayer."

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  • National

As Trump jettisons its staff, HUD puts its D.C. headquarters up for sale

The federal housing agency says its 1968 building faces more than $500 million in deferred maintenance. It also says current staff take up only half the space.

April 17, 2025
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  • Jennifer Ludden
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