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The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 established the Congressional Budget Office, an agency designed to provide lawmakers with objective information about the budgetary impacts of proposed bills. Up until that point, the scorekeeping within the government came from the executive branch.

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  • Politics

What's the CBO? Meet the nonpartisan agency under fire from Republicans.

Top Republicans, including President Trump, are criticizing the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office over its assessment that GOP's signature policy bill could add $2.4 trillion to the deficit.

June 06, 2025
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  • Barbara Sprunt
The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court intervene and allow it to make personnel cuts at the Education Department.

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  • Education

Trump admin asks SCOTUS to intervene and allow Ed Dept cuts

In an emergency appeal, the administration is asking the Supreme Court to lift a lower-court order blocking mass staffing cuts at the Education Department.

June 06, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally, whose front flipper was amputated after she was rescued in January suffering from predator wounds, crawls toward the Atlantic Ocean after being released, on the beach in front of Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Fla., Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

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  • Animals

Sea turtle Dilly Dally released into the ocean with three flippers after undergoing amputation

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a flipper, has been rereleased into the wild.

June 06, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Texas National Guard troops try to untangle an immigrant caught in razor wire after he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 31, 2024. The Trump administration now plans to use Guard troops for law enforcement activities, including "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside immigrant detention facilities.

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  • National Security

DHS memo details how National Guard troops will be used for immigration enforcement

The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.

June 06, 2025
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  • Tom Bowman and
  • Ximena Bustillo
Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Radio France Philharmonic orchestra during a rehearsal at the Maison de la Radio before its inauguration on November 14, 2014, in Paris.

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  • World

South Korean maestro Chung will be the first Asian to head Italy's famed La Scala

Myung-Whun Chung will be one of the first non-Italians to take the post of music director at Milan's famous opera house.

June 06, 2025
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  • Anthony Kuhn
President Trump waves as he departs the White House on June 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

With an eye to the World Cup, Trump signs executive order on drone risks

The risks of drones have been underscored by Russia's drone strikes in Ukraine, and Ukraine's surprise drone strikes that destroyed some aircraft deep within Russia, the White House said.

June 06, 2025
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Tom Hiddleston and Annalise Basso play Chuck and Janice in <em>The Life of Chuck.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'The Life of Chuck' might leave you brushing away tears -- or scratching your head

Mike Flanagan's new film, a maudlin mystery about a man dying of cancer, feels hobbled by its extreme faithfulness to the Stephen King novella on which its based.

June 06, 2025
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  • Justin Chang
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  • Author Interviews

When is forgetting normal — and when is it worrisome? A neuroscientist weighs in

Do you have trouble remembering names or where you put your keys? Neurologist Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember, talks about the science of memory. Originally broadcast Feb. 24, 2024.

June 06, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) (L) speaks alongside Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 02, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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  • Economy

Sen. Tim Kaine says Trump's tariffs could reduce federal debt, but at what cost?

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who is also on the Senate Budget Committee, about how President Trump's tariffs will affect the federal budget and the economy.

June 06, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep
Hiring slowed in May, as tariffs and government spending cuts began to weigh on the economy.

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  • Economy

Hiring slowed in May, as employers added 139,000 jobs

U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs in May — a modest slowdown from the previous month. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, as the workforce shrank.

June 06, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, in Washington.

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  • Politics

No 'going back' for Elon Musk after calling for Trump impeachment, says Steve Bannon

Right-wing podcaster and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says Elon Musk "crossed the Rubicon" by calling for impeachment. He says the president should deal with feud as "national security issue."

June 06, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Obed Manuel
Elon Musk gives a tour to then-President-elect Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of a SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Musk's businesses have been built with billions of dollars of government support that could be at risk after his relationship with Trump ruptured this week.

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  • Technology

What the Trump-Musk breakup may mean for SpaceX and Tesla

From space travel to military operations to the future of green energy, the U.S. has become reliant on Elon Musk's business empire. But it won't be easy for the government to end its reliance on Musk.

June 06, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn
Tony nominees Tom Francis and Nicole Scherzinger in <em>Sunset Blvd.</em> on Broadway. The show is in contention for Best Revival of a Musical.<br>

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  • Arts & Life

How to watch the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday

The 78th annual Tony Awards are Sunday, June 8. Here's where to stream.

June 06, 2025
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse in Houston for a bankruptcy hearing in June 2024.

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  • National

3 years in, Sandy Hook families still wait to collect what Alex Jones owes them

The Infowars founder declared bankruptcy after families sued him for defamation and won more than a billion dollars in damages, but Jones has yet to pay them a dime.

June 06, 2025
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  • Tovia Smith
Shira Perlmutter is suing President Trump over her abrupt firing as the head of the Copyright Office.

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  • Arts & Life

The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore

President Trump fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office just after the agency released a major report on AI. Copyright insiders say it's caused a shakeup in their normally drama-free neck of the woods.

June 06, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
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