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News Articles: National

Clouds are seen above the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2025.

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  • News

Supreme Court to decide on 6 cases today. And, new details on U.S. airstrikes on Iran

The Supreme Court is expected to decide on six remaining cases of its term today, including one on birthright citizenship. And, new details about the U.S. air strikes on Iran's nuclear program.

June 27, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
From left: Lauren Sánchez, Zohran Mamdani, Jeff Bezos.

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  • National

Whose lavish wedding is sparking protests this week? Find out in the quiz

From British royalty and billionaire antics to the latest in U.S. news, this week's quiz will make you feel smart and savvy at the dinner table.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
In this photo taken from video shows a bright object traveling in the sky in McDonough, Ga., on June 26, 2025.

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  • Environment

What's that in the sky? We're not sure, but the fireball was very bright

The object was likely either a meteor or space junk, with most sightings of the streak of light and fireball coming from Georgia and South Carolina, the National Weather Service said.

June 26, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Signs like this one in the Presidio of San Francisco, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, have been going up around the country in response to President Trump's executive order titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History."

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  • Arts & Life

Asked to flag 'negative' National Park content, visitors gave their own 2 cents instead

Signs installed earlier in National Parks earlier in June asked for feedback on signs "that are negative about past or living Americans." Comments viewed by NPR didn't provide the requested feedback.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
The U.S. Supreme Court decision comes at an important time for Planned Parenthood, which is facing financial difficulties nationwide.

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  • Law

Supreme Court upholds South Carolina's ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Anuli Ononye
A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit is prepared for operations ahead of "Operation Midnight Hammer" at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, June 2025.

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  • National Security

Why America's giant bunker-busting bombs may have failed to reach their target

Reaching Iran's most fortified nuclear enrichment site is a challenge, even for the world's biggest conventional weapons.

June 26, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
A billboard showcasing some of this year's nominees for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, better known as the Jimmy Awards.

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  • Education

'It's such a dream': Top high school performers step out on Broadway

With a billboard in Times Square and a night on Broadway, the year's top high school performers are ready for their big moment at the Jimmy Awards.

June 26, 2025
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  • Sequoia Carrillo
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters following the weekly Senate Republican luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 24. Senate Republicans are working to quickly pass the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill," President Trump's signature legislation.

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  • Politics

Medicaid changes don't meet Senate rules in 'big, beautiful bill' says parliamentarian

The nonpartisan Senate official whose office determines if legislation fits within the rules of the chamber dealt Senate Republicans a blow on proposed changes to Medicaid.

June 26, 2025
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  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Claudia Grisales
The Anthropic website and mobile phone app are shown in this photo on July 5, 2024. A judge ruled in the AI company's favor in a copyright infringement case brought last year by a group of authors.

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  • Arts & Life

In a first-of-its-kind decision, an AI company wins a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by authors

The ruling opens a potential pathway for AI companies to train large language models on copyrighted works without authors' consent — but only if copies of the works were obtained legally.

June 26, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Plaintiff Jim Obergefell holds a photo of his late husband John Arthur as he speaks to members of the media after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling regarding same-sex marriage June 26, 2015, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The high court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states.

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  • Law

He sued for marriage equality and won. 10 years later, he fears for LGBTQ+ rights

Jim Obergefell, plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, reflects on the decision 10 years later and the LGBTQ community's current civil rights fight.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Mansee Khurana and
  • Leila Fadel
Pro-Trump supporters gather at the National Mall before the inauguration of the President Trump on January 20 in Washington, DC.

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  • Politics

Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds

In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.

June 26, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
President Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30.

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  • Politics

How does President Trump make his money? Real estate, hospitality and his name

President Trump's financial disclosure shows more than $630 million in income from 2024 including tens of millions from cryptocurrency and Trump-branded products touted on the campaign trail.

June 26, 2025
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  • Stephen Fowler
The White House shines with rainbow-colored lights June 26, 2015, celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states.

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  • Law

'Equal dignity': U.S. map shows the impact of Obergefell v. Hodges decision

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. "The Constitution grants them that right."

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Electric vehicles sit parked at a Tesla charging station in Sausalito, Calif. In 2021 Congress designated $5 billion dollars to pay for high-speed EV chargers along highway corridors. The Trump administration put a pause on the distribution of that money, which a coalition of states have challenged in court. A judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the funding freeze be lifted for more than a dozen states.

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  • Business

Judge orders Trump administration to resume distributing money for EV chargers

Congress designated money for building new EV chargers, but the Trump administration put a freeze on those funds. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the program to resume.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Photo by Morgan Lieberman © 2023 All Rights Reserved

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  • Arts & Life

Photos: Decades in, these women's love was 'Hidden Once, Hidden Twice'

Morgan Lieberman's "Hidden Once, Hidden Twice" is a documentary photo and film project bringing visibility to the lives of senior lesbian couples across the U.S.

June 26, 2025
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  • Morgan Lieberman
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