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The Texas State Capitol in Austin is seen on Saturday.

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Texas legislation would allow partisan actors to request election audits

7:32pm October 05, 2021

The bill would allow county party leaders, candidates, judges and political committees to formally ask the Texas secretary of state's office to review any "irregularities" in an election.

Former President Donald Trump holds a Save America rally in Perry, Ga., in September. Trump is unlikely to take falling off the Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans in stride.

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Thanks partly to the pandemic, Donald Trump has dropped off the Forbes 400 list

7:26pm October 05, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Trump, who has reportedly long been obsessed with his ranking on the annual list, has lost $600 million since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the magazine says.

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins is stepping down by the end of the year.

As he steps down as the head of NIH, he has a warning about future pandemics

6:17pm October 05, 2021

Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. He tells NPR he did not anticipate the culture wars taking over scientific fact.

Facebook whistleblower testifies before a Senate panel

4:51pm October 05, 2021

by Shannon Bond

Former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen is testifying before a Senate Commerce subcommittee about why she copied and leaked thousands of pages of sensitive internal research.

Biden promised to halt building Trump's border wall — but new construction has begun

4:51pm October 05, 2021

by John Burnett

Critics in Texas say President Biden is going against his promise to halt construction of the Trump border wall.

Senators discuss their proposal that would repair the infrastructure of HBCUS and

4:51pm October 05, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Senators Chris Coons, D-Del., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., about their proposed act which would update the infrastructure of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Aaron Fukuda, general manager of Tulare Irrigation District, stands in a basin that's designed to capture floodwater so that it can replenish depleted aquifers.

Water is scarce in California. But farmers have found ways to store it underground

4:51pm October 05, 2021

by Dan Charles

Farmers in California's drought-plagued Central Valley have big plans for the next year of heavy rains. They want to use that water to replenish depleted aquifers, akin to depositing water in a bank.

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Opponents target 6th District Rep. Ted Budd, Trump's choice in GOP Senate race

4:27pm October 05, 2021

by Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump's endorsement has Rep.

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testified before a Senate subcommittee after leaking internal research showing the company knew about Instagram's negative impact on some teens. She says that Facebook consistently chooses profit over safety.

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Whistleblower tells Congress that Facebook products harm kids and democracy

1:28pm October 05, 2021

by Shannon Bond

A former Facebook employee compared the social network to Big Tobacco at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, saying the company has hidden what it knows about the problems its products cause.

A man works on the roof of a storm-damaged house on Sept. 4 after Hurricane Ida swept through Grand Isle, La. A new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans say if their home is hit by an extreme weather event they'd rather rebuild than relocate.

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Most Americans would rather rebuild than move if natural disaster strikes, poll finds

12:00pm October 05, 2021

Even as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, two-thirds of U.S. adults say if their home is hit they'd rather rebuild than relocate.