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UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay delivers a speech Monday at the group's headquarters in Paris to announce the United States' request to resume membership in the organization.

The U.S. says it wants to rejoin UNESCO after exiting during the Trump administration

1:06pm June 12, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The U.S. could reenter the cultural and educational body several years after it pulled out of the group citing an "anti-Israel bias" and other concerns.

The Supreme Court is seen on April 21, 2023, in Washington.

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Supreme Court won't review North Carolina's decision to nix license plates with Confederate flag

12:10pm June 12, 2023

by Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court said Monday it won't review North Carolina's decision to stop issuing specialty license plates with the Confederate flag.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who is now House speaker, and then-President Trump attend a rally in Bakersfield, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2020. McCarthy said House investigators would play a key role in scrutinizing the investigations into the former president.

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Trump's federal indictment will loom large as Congress returns to session

10:05am June 12, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was elected to the post with Trump's support after 15 contentious rounds of votes, said House Republicans will get to the bottom of the investigation into Trump.

Then-President Donald Trump blows out a candle on a cake celebrating an early birthday during lunch with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on June 11, 2018.

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This week is Trump's arraignment — and birthday. Here's how he has celebrated before

8:45am June 12, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Former president Donald Trump turns 77 on Wednesday. He's celebrated his most recent birthdays on the golf course and in the White House — but is also no stranger to lavish bashes.

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Justice Department laid out the case against Trump in a 40-page indictment

7:24am June 12, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Ankush Khardori, a former federal prosecutor and a contributing writer for Politico, about the strength of the DOJ's case against former President Donald Trump.

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Trump spent the weekend fighting document charges in the court of public opinion

7:13am June 12, 2023

Former President Donald Trump continues his presidential campaign after being indicted on 37 counts related to the handling of classified documents. He is to appear in federal court in Miami Tuesday.

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Morning news brief

5:24am June 12, 2023

Despite indictment, ex-President Trump spent the weekend campaigning. Ukraine's counteroffensive has begun. Scotland's ex-first minister is arrested in a probe of Scottish National Party's finances.

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How do voters feel about the 37 federal charges filed against Donald Trump?

5:02am June 12, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Republican strategist Sarah Longwell about how Trump voters view the former president's legal defense. He was indicted last week in the classified documents case.

Silhouettes of detained people are seen in a police truck near the Moscow City Court during the trial of a Russian opposition leader in Moscow on February 2, 2021.

U.S. citizen and musician Michael Travis Leake has been detained in Russia

12:26pm June 11, 2023

by Juliana Kim

A Moscow court said Leake was detained on suspicion of organizing a drug trafficking business. If convicted, he could face as much as 20 years in prison under Russia's strict drug laws.

North Carolina governor signs bill allowing Blue Cross to restructure

10:01am June 11, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina Gov.