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Following House approval of assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the Senate is expected to take up and approve the measure. The bill could end up on President Biden's desk as early as Tuesday.
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Gaza protests on college campuses stretch across the U.S. British lawmakers OK plan to outsource U.K.'s refugee system to Rwanda. Supreme Court to hear Starbucks case about fired pro-union workers.
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Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Palestinians say most of those killed are women and children.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to Hiroyuki Sanada, the lead actor and producer of Shogun, ahead of the finale of the FX miniseries, which is set in 17th century Japan.
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About 1,200 people die from extreme heat each year. As temperatures soar, the CDC is unveiling plans to help people deal with potentially record summer heat.
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Turmoil gripped some of America's most prestigious universities on Monday as administrators tried to defuse campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza.
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Former AP correspondent Mort Rosenblum remembers his colleague Terry Anderson, who was held captive in Lebanon in the 1980s for nearly seven years. Anderson died on Sunday at age 76.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Emma Grasso Levine of the youth advocacy organization Know Your IX, about what recent changes to the federal rule means to LGBTQ students.
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Democrats hope to regain control of a South Texas district but Republicans say the area is no longer blue. Both Democrats and Republicans have targeted that part of Texas.
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The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.