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Russia builds up military presence along borders with NATO member countries
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Fiona Hill, senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, about Russia's military buildup along its borders with NATO members.
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Trump and Putin talk about ending war in Ukraine, but there's no ceasefire agreement
President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than two hours on Monday and claimed progress toward ending the war in Ukraine. But Putin did not agree to an immediate ceasefire.
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Morning news brief
Trump and Putin talk about negotiating ceasefire in Ukraine, Israel faces unprecedented pressure from allies over the war in Gaza, a look at links between climate change and tornadoes in the U.S.
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Journalist Karen Hao discusses her book 'Empire of AI'
Journalist Karen Hao has written a book called "Empire of AI," which details the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI.
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A brain dead pregnant woman is being kept on life support, raising legal questions
A woman in Georgia has been declared brain dead, but she's being kept on life support because she's pregnant. The case is raising complicated legal questions about restrictive abortion laws.
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A look at the potential impacts of proposed Medicaid cuts
NPR speaks with health economist Lindsay Allen, assistant professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, about the impact of proposed cuts to Medicaid being debated in Congress.
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Large tornado outbreaks are becoming more common in the U.S.
Scientists are still teasing out the connections between climate change and tornadoes in the U.S. Large outbreaks of tornadoes are getting more common, but the total number of tornadoes isn't growing.
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New book alleges aides hid former President Biden's declining health
A new book details an alleged cover-up within the White House surrounding the declining health of former President Biden. NPR speaks with the authors, CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson.
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Political commentator Bakari Sellers discusses how Democrats can regain voter trust
NPR speaks with political commentator and former Democratic state lawmaker Bakari Sellers about how Democrats can regain trust after a book alleged aides hid former President Biden's declining health.
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Authorities continue search for 6 inmates who escaped New Orleans jail last week
Six escapees are still on the run after 10 inmates broke out of their holding cells at New Orleans' largest jail last week. Authorities are now looking at whether they had help from inside.
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Centrist wins over hard-right nationalist in Romania's presidential race
With nearly all ballots counted, Romanian voters have elected Bucharest's mayor, a centrist and pro-European Union candidate, as president, over the nationalist choice.
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The treatment options that are available for former President Biden's cancer
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Ben Davies, professor of urology at the University of Pittsburgh, about former President Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis and what treatment options are available.