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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds marathon Q&A session. The Supreme Court will hear a case about access to abortion pills. The prosecution rests in the Trump civil fraud trial.
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Florida's GOP power couple is embroiled in scandal
Husband and wife Christian and Bridget Ziegler have been rising stars in Florida's Republican party. He's head of the state GOP and she co-founded Moms for Liberty. Both are enmeshed in a sex scandal.
As 2024 election cycle approaches, Trump overshadows the Republican field
With about a month left until the 2024 election cycle kicks-off with early nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump overshadows the Republican field of candidates.
Regulators warn much of U.S. power grid is vulnerable to major winter storms
Experts warn that the power grid across much of the nation, especially in parts of the Southwest, are vulnerable to major winter storms like the one in Texas in 2021 that killed more than 250 people.
House set to formalize impeachment inquiry into President Biden
The House of Representatives is set to vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
Biden meets with family of Americans held hostage by Hamas
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with the family of Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, who is being held hostage by Hamas.
Trump fraud trial hears final witness before closing arguments begin in January
Former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial has wrapped up witness testimony and will break until closing arguments in January.
Lawmakers are divided on how to reform foreign surveillance program
Congress is set to extend a key foreign surveillance program through April, but lawmakers are divided on how to reform program going forward.
Technology to stop drunk drivers could be coming to every new car in the nation
Federal regulators have taken a first step toward making technology that prevents drunk driving standard in new cars. Their goal is to help end a problem that claimed more than 13,000 lives last year.
She died in a hotel's walk-in freezer. Her family will receive more than $6 million
Kenneka Jenkins had gone to the Crowne Plaza Chicago-O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Ill., for a late-night party. Her mother quickly realized something was wrong.