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In Texas, early voting is underway. The state's tight race for U.S. Senate will ultimately help decide the balance of power in Washington.
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Hundreds of thousands turned out across France to protest everything from the lack of school funding to economic inequality. Police also were out in force to prevent a repeat of last week's violence.
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President Trump is weighing the possibility of another major attack on Iran. Today, just a few blocks from the White House, military veterans dedicated a memorial to an earlier Middle East conflict: the 1991 Gulf War, which was a military success, but is often overlooked.
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The longest running competitive film festival in North America isn't in Los Angeles or New York, it's in Chicago. The Chicago International Film Festival marks its 62nd year.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with comedian and former journalist Charlie Berens. His comedy blends political satire with a distinctly Wisconsin sense of humor.
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Sacha Pfeiffer visits Port Milwaukee to see how President Trump's tariffs have affected the flow of goods and impacted the regional economy.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Sam Woods and Joy Powers, hosts of WUWM's Swing State of the Union podcast, about the top issues for voters in the swing state of Wisconsin.
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Data centers are a big issue across the country. As midterms approach, many look to the swing state of Wisconsin for lessons for how that issue could play out nationally.
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Israel's most far-right cabinet minister helped dictate hardline policies toward Palestinians in recent years. Benjamin Netanyahu vows to give him a senior position if Netanyahu is reelected next week.
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In this edition of Spacing Out, the team from Short Wave shares the latest developments in space science, including the theory on why the universe is made of matter