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Supreme Court rulings. Breaking news. Thoughtful interviews. A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with public radio stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it’s happening in the middle of the day, with timely, smart and in-depth news, interviews and conversation.
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After years of efforts to reform congressional ethics rules on investing, lawmakers from both parties point to President Trump's support as new momentum for legislation to bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks.
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Her detention is one of the most high-profile cases in the Trump administration's targeting of international students in the U.S.
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One advocate for a two-state solution granting freedom and independence to Palestinians is Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, the head of Realign for Palestine and a resident senior fellow at The Atlantic Council.
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Joseph Nye Jr. — one of the world’s leading thinkers on the nature of power and international relations — died this week at the age of 88.
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Soap operas have riveted American audiences for generations.
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Representatives from the U.S. and China meet for pivotal trade talks this weekend — the first such meeting since President Trump returned to office and the two nations imposed steep tariffs in an escalating trade war.
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They hope the tool could help doctors make decisions about how aggressively to treat patients for cancer and other chronic diseases.
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Pope Leo XIV is the first North American pontiff appointed to lead the Catholic Church.
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The first American Pope was born and raised in the Chicago area.
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President Trump congratulated Pope Leo XIV. But some of Trump’s staunchest supporters are already calling the new pope the anti-Trump.