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McConnell is stepping down from leadership. Here's how he got there
This week, Mitch McConnell announced he will step down as Republican leader in the Senate. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist and biographer Michael Tackett about McConnell's career.
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Some Gazans are paying tens of thousands of dollars to escape with their families
Gaza's borders are tightly controlled and most Palestinians can't escape. Some are managing to enter Egypt by paying thousands of dollars to a company with reported ties to Egyptian security services.
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Rediscovering the rigor of composers Julia Perry and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
A new album, American Counterpoints, reasserts the importance of two 20th century Black composers whose work has been neglected.
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Will the timing of the Supreme Court's Trump case mean no trial before the election?
The court could have moved faster. It has historically done that in other big cases with political ramification.
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How teaching Black history in schools became a national controversy
Across the country, there are ongoing controversies over how and if Black history should be taught in classrooms. Protests have ensued after a Missouri based school board dropped elective Black history and literature courses at its high schools.
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What is Mitch McConnell's legacy?
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's legacy is defined by his work to push the judiciary to the right.
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The space missions that aim to explore distant moons
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with astrobiologists Catherine Neish and Kevin Hand about missions to Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa, to search for conditions that could support life.
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Diving into diaspora bonds, and how they keep Israel afloat
Israel's war with Hamas is squeezing the country's finances. That's where diaspora bonds come in.
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Apple ends its decade-long secret effort to build an electric car
Apple is pulling the plug on its secretive electric, self-driving car project, according to multiple reports. Apple worked on EVs for a decade, but never released a car.
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Biden campaign co-chair reacts to 'uncommitted' votes in Michigan
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the co-chair of the Biden campaign Mitch Landrieu about the Michigan primary results and challenges for the campaign moving forward.
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The internet is obsessed with a woman's TikTok story about marrying a compulsive liar
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim, hosts of the Slate podcast ICYMI, about "Who the F Did I Marry," the TikTok saga that now has tens of millions of views.
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Trump wins Michigan's Republican primary
The Associated Press has called the Michigan Republican primary for former President Donald Trump — right as the final polls closed. President Biden won the Democratic race.