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What you need to know to vote in Pennsylvania's May 19 primary

All of Pennsylvania’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and the state House are up for grabs, as are state Senators ...
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Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds

Enrollment in Healthcare.gov and the other marketplaces is plunging by 5 million, the new paper from KFF finds. Last year, ...
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'We're not kids anymore': The DACA generation hits their 30s with an unstable future

Recipients of the Obama-era DACA program are aging, even as the Trump administration moves to weaken the program's ...
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NTSB hearing will probe cause of fiery UPS jet crash that killed 15 in Louisville

The nation's top safety investigators will launch a two-day hearing beginning Tuesday into what caused a UPS cargo plane to ...
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These men voted for President Trump. They have very different views of how he's doing

Two Black men from Georgia who voted for President Trump in 2024 have very different views of how the country is doing now, ...
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15 books our critics can't wait for this summer

A gothic horror tale, a creepy science-fiction romp, a sweeping romance, an intergenerational saga, a book about birds — here ...
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The French Open courts are clay, a tricky surface for some. Here's how the pros do it

In tennis, clay has a reputation for being one of the harder surfaces to play on. But a few pros shared some of their tips ...
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What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don't)

Critics of spyware, which can be used to remotely hack into phones, worry the Trump administration is eroding policies that ...
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Pittsburgh's Heinz Endowments shifts arts funding priorities

The Heinz Endowments, one of Pittsburgh's largest foundations, is changing its arts funding criteria, ending support for "one ...
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House holds off on prediction market ban despite bipartisan calls for prohibition

Unlike Senate members and staff, House lawmakers and staff can still bet on prediction markets — where billions are bet each ...
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DOJ creates an 'anti-weaponization fund' as part of Trump IRS settlement

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former federal prosecutor Harry Sandick about the creation of a "anti-weaponization" fund in exchange for President Trump's decision to drop his IRS lawsuit.
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Rep. Scott Peters on Islamic Center of San Diego attack

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Rep. Scott Peters of California, who represents San Diego neighborhoods near the mosque where three people were killed yesterday.