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Michele Kelemen/NPRThe passports feature an image of President Trump and are only available in person at the Washington Passport Agency — and only by appointment. -
Harrison DesignThe design process for new memorials shouldn't be fast-tracked or dictated by a select few, experts say. But a small group of people close to President Trump played an outsized role in the arch's quick approvals.
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Health departments, universities and nonprofit grantees had spent months adapting to President Trump's executive orders. They say the funding cut was completely unexpected. -
Graham Platner hasn't dropped out of Maine's U.S. Senate race, but the pressure continues to mount on him to do so, as Maine Democrats make a plan to choose a new candidate in the next two weeks.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic strategist Maria Cardona about what choices Democrats face amid allegations surrounding Senate candidate Graham Platner.
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President Trump said he believes the current ceasefire with Iran is over following an exchange of attacks between the U.S. and Iran in the latest escalation straining the agreement to end the war. -
The budget is North Carolina's first since 2023. It fully funds the state's Medicaid rebase and includes significant investments in state employees. -
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Adam Jentleson, a Democratic strategist and the founder and president of the liberal think tank the Searchlight Institute, about where Graham Platner goes from here.
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Davie is the latest North Carolina county to put data center projects on hold. Residents raised concerns about environmental and health impacts before commissioners unanimously approved a moratorium. -
Democratic nominee Graham Platner' high-profile U.S. Senate race has been thrown into chaos following a POLITICO report that he sexually assaulted a former girlfriend five years ago.
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After dismissing the entire public library board in December, Randolph County Commissioners appointed new trustees on Monday despite community pushback. -
Grid upgrades are coming to Stokes, Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes counties. A federally funded project will replace wooden poles with steel and modernize electric infrastructure.
