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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, April 2025.

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Democratic senators rent space at the Kennedy Center to host a Pride event

A group of Democratic senators and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller are hosting a Pride celebration at the Kennedy Center Monday evening. But the Kennedy Center has nothing to do with programming it.

June 23, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth.

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This observatory's first images are stunning — and just the start

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.

June 23, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce

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Satellites show damage to Iran's nuclear program, but experts say it's not destroyed

Satellite imagery shows trucks at two key sites the day before the American strikes, suggesting uranium could have been moved.

June 23, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Alyson Hurt
Ticks can carry <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/about/index.html"target="_blank"   >more than a dozen</a> different disease-causing agents, including toxins, allergens, bacteria, parasites and viruses.

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  • Health

Tick risks vary by region. Here's where diseases have spread and how to stay safe

Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself.

June 23, 2025
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  • Pien Huang
Activists with the international environmental group Greenpeace display a giant banner displaying a picture of Jeff Bezos in Venice's St. Mark's Square on Monday.

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  • World

What to know about Jeff Bezos' upcoming Venice wedding — and the protests against it

Bezos will soon marry Lauren Sánchez in Venice. Protesters say the city, already grappling with overtourism, is putting the wedding over their needs — which city officials and wedding organizers deny.

June 23, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
A home for sale in April in Austin, Texas.

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  • Business

Home sales just posted their slowest May in 16 years

There were 20% more homes for sale this May — but it hasn't been enough to pull buyers off the sidelines amid high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty.

June 23, 2025
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Mohammed Amer plays the title character Mo on his Netflix show. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says that Emmy voters should consider <em>Mo </em>as one of the year's best TV comedies.

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  • Television

Emmy nominations voting ends tonight. Here's what our critic hopes will make the cut

Emmy voters have until tonight to send in their picks for nominees. Here's what NPR TV critic Eric Deggans thinks they should be voting for.

June 23, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Iranian protesters chant slogans and one holds a poster with a vampire-like illustration of President Trump in Tehran's Revolution Square on Sunday to protest the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran.

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  • World

4 things to know about the U.S. airstrikes on Iran

The Trump administration said its strikes were intended to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Now, Iran weighs a response against what it called an "outrageous" military operation.

June 23, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
Dan Stein poses for a portrait at his home in Rockville, Md., on May 13.

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  • National

From the fringes to the mainstream: Meet the hard-line anti-immigration activist who helped shape Trump's agenda

The former leader of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Dan Stein, retired this year after more than 40 at the helm of the organization. The right-wing group has long fought to reduce immigration and for tougher border controls. Under President Trump, Stein's once-fringe ideas are now being enacted.

June 23, 2025
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine depart at the end of a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to destroy the country's nuclear program.

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  • Politics

Trump's strikes on Iran a gamble with 'no endgame in mind,' says Sen. Mark Kelly

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.

June 23, 2025
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Obed Manuel
The Voice of America headquarters in Washington, D.C., on May 29.

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  • Politics

Reporters for Voice of America and other U.S. networks fear what's next

Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for Voice of America and its sister news outlets wonder what happens to them now that the Trump administration has gutted their parent agency.

June 23, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
President Trump is rolling out changes that would make it easier to fire federal employees who currently have significant job protections.

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  • Politics

Trump loves saying 'You're fired.' Now he's making it easier to fire federal workers

The Trump administration's plans to convert some 50,000 civil servants into at-will employees has some worried that essential government functions will be politicized.

June 23, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
The stars and stripes, the national flag of the USA flutters during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group E match between CF Monterrey and FC Internazionale Milano at Rose Bowl Stadium on June 17 in Pasadena, California.

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  • News

For Independence Day, NPR wants to know: What does freedom mean to you?

What freedom means in the U.S. may be changing. For July 4, NPR wants to know: What does freedom mean to you?

June 23, 2025
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
In this photo provided by the White House, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio sit in the Situation Room at the White House on Saturday as they monitor the mission that took out three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites.

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  • Politics

The politics of the U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities: Here's what to watch next

President Trump ran on a pledge to end "forever wars," so what comes next is pivotal. Here are five things to watch.

June 23, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday.

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  • Middle East

Israel strikes Tehran and Fordo site, as Russia backs Iran in deepening conflict

Israel says it struck multiple sites across Tehran, including the Fordo nuclear site hit by the U.S. days earlier and a prison known for jailing regime opponents.

June 23, 2025
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