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Investigative journalist reports on the abuse inside ICE's largest detention facility

The New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer says thousands of people are being held in tents in the El Paso desert, where inhumane conditions have become a tool to pressure people to accept deportation.
npr 39h ago

Death toll from a Bangkok music bar fire rises to 30, dozens remain in hospital

More than 70 people were injured, with 24 of them still in critical condition, according to a statement by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
npr 28h ago

E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case

The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
npr 31h ago

Inflation slowed sharply -- but it may not last

Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, down from May's more than three-year high — but the resumption of the conflict with Iran threaten to push up inflation as energy costs once again spike.
npr 34h ago

Family of a man shot by agents responding to a 911 call seeks answers

A troubling pattern of federal agents fatally shooting civilians is developing, with deaths in Maine, Texas and Tennessee. The family of a man shot by agents told NPR they want answers.
npr 16h ago

Trump will speak on elections in Thursday primetime address

The speech comes as President Trump has escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November's midterm elections.
npr 19h ago

Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety

Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett spoke with lawmakers about funding for security and other needs for the court on Tuesday.
npr 36h ago

Trump scraps his Hormuz shipping charge idea but presses ahead with an Iran blockade

The U.S. military is set to begin its blockade of ships entering or exiting Iran's ports, as Iran vows to assert its own control over the critical Strait of Hormuz.
npr 9h ago

Greetings from Paris, where an art installation transformed the Pont Neuf into a rocky cave

The oldest bridge in Paris was draped in fabric last month to appear like a mountain cave, in an installation by the artist JR. Unlike a real cave, though, it didn't provide respite from a brutal heat wave.
npr 13h ago

CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz faces Senate for confirmation hearing

Trump's nominee faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with workforce and leadership shortages and new layers of political review.
npr 13h ago

Democrats' witness opposing Blanche's confirmation is more than an Epstein survivor

Dani Bensky and a group of women who were abused by Jeffrey Epstein have formed a bond they call a "survivor sisterhood." They live in two worlds, of advocacy and everyday life and motherhood.
npr 37h ago

Trump's National Guard deployment in D.C. has been extended until 2029

President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., has been extended several times. Now it's set to last until Inauguration Day 2029.
npr 37h ago

Platner's voters are reeling as Maine Democratic Party races to choose his replacement

Graham Platner generated enthusiasm in Maine with his progressive policies. Now he's out of the race, and his supporters have to decide what's next, as Maine Democrats prepare to choose a nominee.
npr 13h ago

Todd Blanche faces high-stakes confirmation hearing for attorney general

Blanche won Senate confirmation early in President Trump's second term to serve as the No. 2 official at the Justice Department. Now he's facing a contentious hearing as he seeks the top job.
npr 10h ago

Acting AG Todd Blanche faces a key test. And, ICE pauses most traffic stops

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to appear before the Senate for his confirmation hearing. And, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has paused most traffic stops after recent deadly shootings.
npr 15h ago

Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million

A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens was sold for a record $50.1 million Tuesday to a mystery bidder.
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