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Venezuelans brace for hardship as Trump threatens oil blockade

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 12/18/2025 - 03:42

After years of shortages and economic collapse, Venezuelans face fresh uncertainty as Trump threatens an oil blockade — but many say they're too exhausted to do anything but endure.

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Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting as Australia's leader pledges new hate laws

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 12/18/2025 - 01:44

Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.

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US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 12/18/2025 - 01:25

The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett has died

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 12/18/2025 - 00:44

Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from Vietnam to Iraq, has died. He was 91.

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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he will step down in January

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 18:06

Bongino's tenure was at times tumultuous, including a clash with Justice Department leadership over the Epstein files. But it also involved the arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomber case.

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Federal court says troops can stay in D.C., and hints at prolonged deployment

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 14:42

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has ruled that National Guard troops can remain in the city for now. That decision comes after a different federal appeals court ruled that troops must leave Los Angeles earlier this week.

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Jack Smith defends his prosecutions of Trump in closed-door session in Congress

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 14:10

The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election.

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A Chinese man who filmed secret footage in Xinjiang risks deportation from the U.S.

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 14:05

Guan Heng sailed to the U.S. by boat from the Bahamas after publishing footage he filmed of purported detention camps in China. He has been held in immigration detention since August.

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Trump to address the nation as his popularity dips in the face of economic concerns

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 13:24

The year-end speech will address his accomplishments so far and look ahead to next year

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A photographer discovers miles of dinosaur tracks near Italy's Winter Olympic venues

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 13:07

A nature photographer stumbled upon thousands of 210-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Italy's central Alps, near where some Olympic skiing and snowboarding events will be held in February.

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Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 12:28

The Senate has given final passage to the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which raises troop pay by 3.8%. It also pressures Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela.

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Why I volunteered to be infected with dengue fever

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 12:19

The U.S. has registered over half a million clinical trials since 2000. Here's a look at the business and ethics of human medical experimentation through the eyes of a volunteer.

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'Vanity Fair' reporter gets an inside view from Susie Wiles, the woman behind Trump 2.0

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 11:25

Writer Chris Whipple interviewed Trump's chief of staff 11 times, getting her view on cabinet members, Trump's revenge tour, Venezuela policy, and why she says Trump has an "alcoholic's personality."

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More than 10% of Congress won't return to their seats after 2026

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 09:30

NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers – now more than one in ten current members – who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026.

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Greetings from Chiloé Island, Chile, where the fast-moving tides are part of local lore

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 08:49

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

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Trump's economic approval at new low. And, Congress set to let ACA subsidies expire

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 06:11

A new NPR poll finds that President Trump's economic approval has hit a new low at 36%. And, Congress has two days to take action on health care subsidies.

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GOP House Rep. says it's 'unacceptable' to allow ACA subsidies to expire

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 05:39

Rep. Mike Lawler says House Speaker Mike Johnson is correct in saying the health care system isn't working, but allowing ACA subsidies to expire without a plan to address rising costs is "idiotic."

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Trump's BBC lawsuit: A botched report, BritBox, and porn

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 05:00

President Trump's lawsuit alleges that the BBC's fall 2024 documentary was "a brazen attempt" to harm his re-election. The BBC has apologized but rejects his claim.

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Recent attacks have been 'inspired' by Islamic State. What does that mean?

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 04:01

A decade ago, the self-proclaimed Islamic State group held vast swaths of territory across Iraq and Syria, but President Trump declared it destroyed in 2019.

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Is the viral cheese pull saving chain restaurants?

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 12/17/2025 - 04:00

For restaurants, going viral is appetizing. But at what cost?

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