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NPR News Headlines - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 04:00

We asked our audience to share the creative ways they limit their own phone use. They range from the practical (keep your phone in another room) to the creative (pair your phone with a fun paperback).

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An immigration court few have heard of is quietly shaping policy behind the scenes

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 04:00

President Trump has slashed the number of people on the Board of Immigration Appeals and stacked it with his appointees, tightening the due process available for immigrants, an NPR analysis shows.

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Why it's so hard for world leaders to bring down oil and gasoline prices

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 04:00

From waiving the Jones Act to rerouting oil through the Red Sea, governments are doing their best to make up for the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, but prices are still rising.

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Historian talks about how Trump is forging a new world order

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 03:43

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian Daniel Immerwahr about how President Trump is forging a new world order through his foreign policy.

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FCC approves the merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 03:42

The FCC has approved the sale of Tegna television stations to rival Nexstar Media Group Thursday. The deal would create a company that owns 259 television stations in 44 states.

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A Mexican teen migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees

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Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week.

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Cuba readies for first Russian oil shipment of the year as energy crisis deepens

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 00:59

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe power outages continue to hit it.

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FCC approves merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna as two lawsuits seek to block it

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 00:48

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved the merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna, the same day that two lawsuits trying to block the deal were announced.

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U.S. Mint can begin to produce Trump commemorative gold coin

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 00:39

The vote by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president, clears the way for the U.S. Mint to begin production on the coin, whose size and denomination are still under discussion.

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Trump is dismantling democracy at 'unprecedented' speed, global report finds

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 23:01

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

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Federal student loans will move to Treasury, further shrinking Education Department

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 16:14

The Trump administration announced a three-phase transition that will eventually include management of most federal student loans as well as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

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Planned Parenthood chapter settles with EEOC over treatment of white employees

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 15:13

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Planned Parenthood of Illinois will pay $500,000 to end an investigation that found the organization's DEI practices violated federal civil rights laws

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FDA backs off stricter tanning bed rules with RFK Jr.'s support

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 15:03

Health officials with the Trump administration have backed away from an effort to more heavily regulate indoor tanning — despite protests from medical groups that warn of the dangers of skin cancer.

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Trump's mediators offer Hamas formal proposal to give up its weapons in Gaza

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 14:19

NPR has learned that mediators have quietly given Hamas a proposal to hand over all its weapons to ensure Gaza's reconstruction.

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Afroman prevails in cops' music video defamation suit after a brief but viral trial

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 13:30

The "Because I Got High" rapper made waves in 2023 with the album and song "Lemon Pound Cake," using home video to mock a police raid on his Ohio home. The deputies lost their civil suit against him.

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'Movement never lies': 100 years of the Martha Graham Dance Company

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 10:37

Graham was a creative force in the performing arts. She wanted dance to express authentic, human emotions — a revolutionary idea in the late 1920s.

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The SAVE Act faces long odds in the Senate. GOP-led states are picking up the cause

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 09:05

Several Republican-led states are passing their own versions of the SAVE America Act, Trump-backed legislation that would introduce new proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote.

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Fear, defiance, and anger: Iranians describe life under bombardment

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 09:01

In messages to NPR, Tehran residents describe largely deserted streets roamed by paramilitary officials and vigilantes. They say security forces are banning gatherings for Nowruz, the Persian new year, this week.

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As Pakistan and Afghanistan declare truce, civilians in Kabul count the cost of war

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 07:11

At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The U.N. says over a hundred people were killed.

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Israel and Iran attack gas facilities. And, Cesar Chavez accused of sexual abuse, rape

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 06:10

Attacks on gas facilities by Israel and Iran have escalated the war and impacted global markets. And, renowned union leader and labor rights advocate Cesar Chavez is accused of sexual abuse and rape.

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