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The nonprofit Children's Health Defense that Kennedy led has filed nearly 30 federal and state lawsuits since 2020, many challenging vaccines and public health mandates.

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At issue is a Tennessee law that bans access to hormones, puberty blockers, and other treatments for trans kids in the state.

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A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned coal mine and rescuers worked late into Tuesday night to try and find her.

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Israel's military has imposed a curfew and created a no-go zone where villagers are prohibited from going home to villages across southern Lebanon. NPR speaks to residents inside.

For more than a decade, North Carolina has seen a bitter back-and-forth over voter identification rules. The requirement finally got its first major test in last month's presidential election.

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The new agreement will help Trump officials on agency landing teams access classified information needed to prepare to take over on Jan. 20.

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Just before Donald Trump took office the first time, he held a press conference, announcing that he would turn over control of his business empire to his sons.

He said he wanted to address concerns about conflicts of interest even though he maintained he didn't really have to. Saying, "I could actually run my business. I could actually run my business and run government at the same time. I don't like the way that looks, but I would be able to do that if I wanted to."

Trump's second term may put that theory to the test. The former and future president hasn't yet announced any plan to wall himself off from his businesses while in office, and Trump's businesses like his many hotels and resorts could benefit substantially from his actions as President.

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In a shocking turn of events, martial law was declared late at night by the president of South Korea, giving him extraordinary powers. Then after protests and an act of parliament, the order was reversed seven hours later. To try to understand what is happening with this key U.S. ally and trading partner, we hear from NPR's correspondent in Seoul.

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A judge in Delaware has for the second time struck down a compensation package for Elon Musk after a Tesla shareholder filed suit.

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Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children into "coerced" foster care and adoptions, a new Yale University report says.

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Getting footage from the ground was essential for filmmaker Sahra Mani, the director of Bread & Roses. Her documentary, which profiles three women who engage in protests, is now streaming on Apple TV+.

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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an "emergency martial law" on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.

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Israel is severing ties with the main United Nations agency that provides aid to Palestinians. With the focus largely on Gaza, the move also threatens key services in the occupied West Bank.

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Patient and consumer advocates fear a new Trump administration will scale back federal efforts to expand financial protections for patients and shield them from debt.

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The 2024 popular vote margin between President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Harris is tight. Here's what that says about America. And, the history of 'brain rot,' Oxford's word of the year.

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Trump's pick to lead the FBI may test internal guardrails, historian and J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage tells Morning Edition.

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President Joe Biden has pledged to spend all of the military assistance funds Congress approved this year for Ukraine before the end of his administration on Jan. 20, 2025.

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Rebels have rekindled Syria's war with a lightning offensive that seemed to come from nowhere. But multiple upheavals, beginning with the Gaza war last year, have spread conflict across the region.

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This year's popular-vote margin is the second-closest since 1968 and still tightening. It shows just how closely divided the country is politically, and that any shift to the right is marginal.

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Teens spend much of their days on their phones — many of them during school. Here's how schools and teachers are trying to fix that.

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