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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.
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Thousands of hungry people in Gaza overwhelm food distribution site
The start of a Israeli plan backed by the U.S. to control aid distribution in Gaza was mired in chaos on Tuesday. Dozens were shot by Israeli gunfire as crowds surged to where food was distributed.
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COVID shots no longer recommended for healthy kids and pregnant women, RFK Jr. says
The federal government has removed COVID-19 vaccines from the list of shots recommended for healthy pregnant women and children. The change is raising concerns among some independent experts.
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Morning news brief
The latest on the aid situation in Gaza, Harvard's president discusses the university's battle with the Trump administration, corporate America's retreat from DEI has eliminated thousands of jobs.
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U.S.-backed group faces criticism as it begins bringing food to Gaza
A new group backed by the U.S. is beginning to bring food to Gaza. But it is facing growing criticism, and the group's own director has resigned, saying the program is not humanitarian.
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Russia launches massive drone and missile assaults on Ukrainian cities
Russia intensified strikes on Ukraine over the last three nights, even as the two countries carried out the largest prisoner swap since Russia's full-scale invasion began more than three years ago.
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Morning news brief
Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine, summer travel season gets underway in the U.S., federal government forecasts above-normal fire potential in much of the West and some southeastern states.
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What to expect as the House budget bill heads to the Senate
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Republican strategist Alex Conant about what to expect as the House budget bill with Trump's domestic agenda, which passed by one vote, heads to the Senate.