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Ben Marshall of "Please Don't Destroy" will join the cast alongside comedians Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska. Here's what to know about them.

A federal judge's emergency order stopped planes carrying Guatemalan migrant children. Attorneys said the rushed deportation effort violated the minors' due process rights.

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Efforts to ban congressional stock trading have stalled for years. But a group of bipartisan lawmakers has a new consensus plan and wants a vote to show lawmakers aren't profiting from their roles.

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New York Times reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg discusses how Kennedy's cuts to government staff and expert groups will impact everyday Americans. A vaccine skeptic, he fired the CDC director last week.

New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver is facing a censure vote in the House of Representatives over her arrest earlier this year at an immigration detention facility.

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After the agency called on DACA recipients to self-deport, Democrats are asking for answers on how mass deportations are affecting the group of immigrants also known as 'DREAMers.'

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Why cholera is striking in Africa. It's a disease that's easy to control with proper treatment. But without medical care, patients can perish quickly.

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Some members of Congress are trying to force a vote to make the Trump administration release more of the Jeffrey Epstein files. And, the Trump family's crypto started trading publicly this week.

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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Lisa Phillips, who says she was sex trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, about political moves to release more information and about seeking justice for his victims.

There's a renewed bipartisan push in Congress for information about the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein to be released, with some members trying to force a vote to release all related files.

Why evil histories sell. A visit to Hitler's bunker, and a deep dive into the economics and ethical quandaries of "dark tourism."

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Who knew two letters could spark so much conversation? This week, we're breaking down the many uses of "um" and why the word is so controversial.

The leaders of California's high-speed rail project say they've learned from past mistakes. But the troubled megaproject faces an uncertain future with $4 billion in federal funding tied up in court.

Historians say it's good to highlight America's founders, but the project takes too narrow a view of history.

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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to China, about the country's military parade and its efforts to reshape the geopolitical world order.

The administration deported people designated as Tren de Aragua members to a notorious prison in El Salvador where, it argued, U.S. courts could not order them freed.

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It was a grand display of China's ambitions as thousands of goose-stepping soldiers marched through Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing, as Chinese President Xi Jinping looked on from above.

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President Trump says the U.S. military has struck a drug-laden vessel in the southern Caribbean after it left Venezuela. The strike comes a week after Washington deployed warships to the region.

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A federal judge ruled against breaking up Google, but is barring it from making exclusive deals to make its search engine the default on phones and other devices.

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It's hard to know how many people who lost their home in New Orleans made Houston their permanent home.

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