Michel Martin
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Education
The number of high school seniors who have filled out FAFSA is down from last year
High school seniors aren't filling out a federal student aid application. This year's form is supposed to be simpler, but it's had problems. What does this mean for who goes to college and where?
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Politics
Bill Kristol on Democrats' hopes to win over Republicans reluctant to vote for Trump
Democrats are trying to win over Republican voters reluctant to vote for former President Donald Trump in 2024. Conservative writer Bill Kristol joins the program to see if the effort will resonate.
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Technology
Google launched Gmail 20 years ago. Many thought it was an April Fools' prank
When Google launched Gmail 20 years ago today, many thought it was an April Fools' Day prank — 1 GB of storage was a lot then! But the email platform is no joke with well over a billion users today.
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Business
Digital World Acquisition Corp. shareholders to vote on merging with Truth Social
Donald Trump could make billions of dollars if his company Truth Social is able to pull off a plan to go public. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp. will vote Friday on whether to merge.
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Blinken is in Israel aiming to negotiate a temporary cease-fire
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel after stops in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The war in Gaza is in its sixth month, and this is his sixth stop in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
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Politics
Nikki Haley announces the suspension of her campaign
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, has officially suspended her presidential bid.
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Politics
With Trump as presumptive nominee, Biden's re-election campaign has parallels to 2012
Michel Martin asks 2012 Obama campaign manager Jim Messina about the Democratic Party's 2024 approach and parallels with Mitt Romney's challenge to former President Barack Obama's re-election bid.
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Politics
Super Tuesday was the biggest test yet to this year's voting systems
Indications are that things generally went smoothly — good news in a year that has experts worried about the state of democracy.
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Business
The health care system is on the brink of disaster because of a cyberattack
Because one company, Change Healthcare, has been hit with a cyberattack, people across the country are having trouble filling prescriptions, and doctors haven't been able to bill insurance providers.
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Politics
Supreme Court unanimously restores Trump to the Colorado primary ballot
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with UCLA law professor and election law expert Rick Hasen about the U.S. Supreme Court restoring Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on the Colorado primary ballot.