While the federal government has reopened and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits have been reinstated — for LGBTQ+ individuals, the ability to access food assistance remains difficult and uncertain.
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President Trump addresses the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The shooting happened just a few blocks from the White House.
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The first episodes of the show's fifth and final season are out on Wednesday night. Critic Eric Deggans says the Duffer Brothers keep the plot moving along — even though, so far, many of the storylines feel familiar.
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This Thanksgiving season, we remember Susan Stamberg, one of NPR's "founding mothers," who died this year. For decades, she shared a family recipe for cranberry relish with listeners.
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When the northern lights dramatically lit up skies across the country earlier this month, poet Silas House was among those of us dazzled from below.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker, about the latest in the Trump administration's unconventional approach to negotiating a peace deal.
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Millions of Americans are flying to visit family and friends this holiday season. It's a big test of the U.S. aviation system after weeks of disruptions caused by the government shutdown.
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PG-rated movies are leading the drive back to theaters following COVID, and the film industry has kids to thank!
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At tribal colleges and universities, students can get degrees while steeped in Indigenous traditions and learning techniques. Under the Trump administration, funding for them has been precarious.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to art historian Mary Okin about the significance and uncertain future of the historic murals painted inside the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C.
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The visit to Turkey and then Lebanon will be the first U.S. pope's first foreign trip.
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We revisit Israelis and Palestinians whom we spoke to at the start of the war in Gaza about how they see the other side and how the protracted violence has affected their feelings toward each other.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Da'Vine Joy Randolph about starring in the new movie, "Eternity." Her character, Anna, is an afterlife coordinator in purgatory.
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A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine
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President Trump said the suspected shooter came to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2021. The administration plans to send 500 more Guard personnel to the nation's capital in response to the attack.