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MEET THE PRESS — Interview with President Donald J. Trump — Pictured: (l-r) President Donald J. Trump, Kristen Welker, Moderator.
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California counts votes and Trump makes baseless voter fraud claims
CEO Tim Cook waves during the annual World Wide Developers Conference at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 8, 2026.
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Noah Berger/AP Photo
Tickets for the opening match of the United States at the World Cup have still not sold out. The match will take place on Friday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Ca., which will be renamed Los Angeles Stadium for the tournament.
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NPR has hired Nadine Zylstra to be its chief content officer. She is a veteran of Pinterest, YouTube and Sesame Workshop.
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FILE – In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.
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朝鮮通信社/KCNA via KNS via AP
Iranian women walk past an anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli mural in Tehran on June 3, 2026. The military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader on June 3, warned of more missile and drone strikes should the United States renew its attacks on Iran.
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Israel-Iran-Lebanon Escalation, Trump Walks Out Of Interview, Ebola Outbreak In DRC
Nicholas Enrich worked for the United States Agency for International Development under four administrations and was dismissed after leaking memos detailing plans to shut it down. He writes about the end of USAID — and his role in the response to a 2025 Ebola outbreak — in his new book, Into the Woodchipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID.
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Simon & Schuster
Pope Leo XIV is flanked by Francina Armengol, President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain, as he arrives to meet with members of the Spanish Parliament at the Congress of Deputies, in Madrid, Monday, June 8, 2026.
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Yara Nardi/Reuters Pool via AP
A low-intensity vibrating belt approved by the Food and Drug Administration mimics some effects of exercise to help maintain bone density.
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Maria Fabrizio for NPR
Can a vibrating belt fend off bone density loss?
A study in the journal Science found that people who work remotely had more depression, anxiety and visits to mental health professionals than those who work in jobs that can’t be done remotely.
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Gray whales are showing up in San Francisco Bay, a detour on their long migrations from Mexico to Alaska. They seem to be searching for food, as changing ocean conditions reduce availability of their normal prey in the Arctic.
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Darrin Allen/The Marine Mammal Center, NOAA
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The red state, blue state divide is real. But it’s driven by more than just politics
The facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen June 6 in Washington.
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Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images
Former Kennedy Center curator talks about the venue’s future
Graham Platner and Ken Paxton are facing controversies during their campaigns for Senate.
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Political scandals once ended careers. Are they as powerful as they once were?
Members of a Congolese Red Cross team carry the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola virus disease during her safe burial at a cemetery in Bunia on June 7, 2026.
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Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
Ebola outbreak spreading at an unprecedented pace, Africa CDC says
Scientists have long studied inner experience, including inner speech (aka an “inner monologue”).
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Richard Drury/Getty Image
SCI POD – Inner Monologue ENCORE
Can you buy your way out of experiencing racism?
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What to expect when you’re expecting racism
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The fired labor economist who couldn’t get unemployment
A man looks at the wreckage of an Iranian missile that landed near the West Bank city of Jericho on Monday.
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Mahmoud Illean/AP
In this photo provided by the Philippine Red Cross, rescuers inspect the damage after an earthquake in General Santos, Philippines, Monday, June 8, 2026.
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Philippine Red Cross via AP
President Trump speaks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026.
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Mark Schiefelbein/AP
Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment near the village of Mayfadoun as seen from nearby Marjayoun (Marjeyoun) in southern Lebanon on June 6, 2026.
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Lebanese security officers gather at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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Hassan Ammar/AP
Alexander Zverev of Germany reacts after winning the men’s final match against Flavio Cobolli of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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Aurelien Morissard/AP