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Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, from left, J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, and Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. For Republicans, the hearing is a chance to amplify an issue important to President Donald Trump and perhaps regain control of the sanctuary narrative after DHS published a list of jurisdictions it identified as hostile to immigration law enforcement, and then pulled it down a…

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Denounced by GOP lawmakers, blue state governors defend immigration policies

GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.

June 12, 2025
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  • Brian Mann

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Georgia Today: Study shows above-average PFAS levels; CDC jobs reinstated; The Gathering arena OK'd

On the June 12 edition: A new study shows above-average levels of forever chemicals in two cities' residents' blood; 400+ CDC jobs reinstated; a new $3B development could mean the return of Atlanta hockey. 

June 12, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat from California, is removed from the room after interrupting a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12.

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Democratic Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

June 12, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
A plowed field near Brawley, Calif. In recent years, drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River have led some farmers to fallow their fields. The federal website climate.gov publishes information about drought conditions, among other climate-related topics. The site will stop being updated at the end of the month.

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A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff

Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

June 12, 2025
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picked eight new members for a panel that helps set national vaccine policies.

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RFK Jr. names new slate of vaccine advisers after purging CDC panel

Two days after firing vaccine experts who help set the nation's immunization policies, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked eight successors for the CDC panel.

June 12, 2025
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  • Will Stone and
  • Pien Huang
The <a href="https://media.npr.org/assets/artslife/movies/misc/midjourney.pdf"target="_blank"   >lawsuit</a> juxtaposes images of copyrighted characters, such as Disney's Homer Simpson, shown above on the right, beside images output by Midjourney, left.

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In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement

Disney and Universal's 110-page lawsuit against Midjourney claims the AI player stole "countless" copyrighted works to train its software.

June 12, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
After working at the Social Security Administration for nearly 35 years, Michele Santa Maria opted to take early retirement fearing she'd be fired as part of the Trump administration's mass layoffs. Now Congress may eliminate a key part of her federal retirement package.

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She served the American people for 35 years. Now her retirement income is on the line

As part of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," the House voted to end a retirement supplement aimed at helping federal employees who retire before they're 62.

June 12, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
Brian Wilson in 1965.

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Brian Wilson, the troubled genius behind The Beach Boys, has died at age 82

The Beach Boys' co-founder, songwriter and producer transformed pop music into high art and became America's answer to The Beatles' Lennon and McCartney in the process.

June 12, 2025
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  • Ann Powers and
  • Chloe Veltman
An artistic rendering showing a public plaza is shown.

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GPB evening headlines for June 12, 2025

Forsyth County closer to $3B development to bring the NHL back to Georgia; some Rome and Calhoun residents have "forever chemicals" in their blood; plan to build $10M  state Capitol sky bridge on hold.

June 12, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
The Boulders development, built in 2006 in Seattle's Green Lake neighborhood, features a mature tree along with a waterfall. The developer also added mature trees salvaged from other developments — placing them strategically to add texture and cooling to the landscaping.

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In Seattle, preserving trees while increasing housing supply is a climate solution

Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of trees that help address the impacts of climate change.

June 12, 2025
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  • Bellamy Pailthorp and
  • Parker Miles Blohm
Union members and supporters rally in Grand Park calling for the release of union leader David Huerta, who was arrested during an immigration enforcement action on June 9 in Los Angeles.

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As protests spread, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace wants to defund 'lawless' cities

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a bill this week that would give the federal government the ability to withhold federal dollars from cities deemed "lawless."

June 12, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Destinee Adams
Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley gives the President's Address during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)

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Southern Baptist delegates at national meeting overwhelmingly call for banning same-sex marriage

Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed banning same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.

June 12, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Legislation in Congress would claw back two years of funding for the public media system, along with money for foreign aid programs.

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  • Politics

The GOP's massive bill would benefit the rich the most -- while hitting the poor

The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

June 12, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday.

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More than 200 are dead after Air India crash in Ahmedabad. 1 passenger has survived

The Air India flight crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad shortly after departure. Authorities say 204 bodies have been recovered from the site and there is one confirmed survivor so far.

June 12, 2025
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Shweta Desai
The State Department, which administers the Fulbright Program. Eleven members of the 12-person Fulbright board have resigned over alleged Trump administration interference.

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  • Politics

Almost all of the Fulbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference

Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.

June 12, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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