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Rep. Adam Smith, House Armed Services Committee member, discusses LA troop deployment
NPR asks Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, about the mobilization of U.S. Marines and deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.
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The latest on the Los Angeles protests sparked by ICE immigration raids
People in LA continue to protest ICE immigration raids. President Trump is now sending in 700 U.S. Marines and an additional 2,000 National Guard. State officials call it an unnecessary escalation.
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Morning news brief
President Trump sending hundreds of U.S. Marines into LA as protests continue, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removing all members of a key vaccine committee, drug deaths plummet among young Americans.
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Yale School of Medicine's James Kimmel Jr. discusses 'The Science of Revenge'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with James Kimmel Jr., lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, about his new book "The Science of Revenge."
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Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine discusses Trump's recent criticism of Putin
What does President Trump's changing rhetoric on Vladimir Putin suggest about his relationship with the Russian leader? NPR's Michel Martin asks William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
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President Trump expressing growing frustration with Russia's Vladimir Putin
For several days now, President Trump has expressed growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the slow progress towards ending the war in Ukraine.
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Morning news brief
Federal trade court blocks many of Trump's tariffs, Trump expressing frustration with Putin and Russia's continued war on Ukraine, Conservative Political Action Conference begins in Hungary.
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Trump administration pushing for national school voucher plan
The Trump administration is pushing for a national school voucher plan, which is part of the budget bill now before the Senate. But research on the success of voucher programs is mixed.
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Attorney Theodore Boutrous discusses NPR's lawsuit against Trump White House
NPR's Michel Martin talks with attorney Theodore Boutrous, who is representing NPR in a legal challenge to Trump White House plans to stop federal funding of public media.
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Morning news brief
Rollout of U.S.-backed Gaza aid plan mired in chaos, federal government no longer recommends COVID vaccinations for healthy pregnant women and kids, U.S. works to extract kids held in Syrian camps.