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Morning news brief

4:15am April 28, 2025

by Michel Martin

Federal authorities arrested more than 100 immigrants without legal status in Colorado Springs, Canadians go to the polls today, how West Texas is fairing three months into the measles outbreak.

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Morning news brief

by Leila Fadel

Congress passes immigration enforcement bill in Trump's first legislative win, federal health officials told to stop all public communications, and the Oscar nominations are announced.

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Sheriff Chuck Jenkins of Frederick County in Maryland ready to assist in deportations

by Leila Fadel

President Trump campaigned on a promise to carry out the largest-ever deportation of migrants in the U.S illegally. Chuck Jenkins, sheriff of Frederick County in Maryland, says he is ready to assist.

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Music & Culture

Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts new class, including funk legend George Clinton

The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted a new class on Wednesday, including funk legend George Clinton and writers for The Beach Boys and The Doobie Brothers.

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NPR's Renee Montagne is retiring after more than 40 years in public radio

by Renee Montagne

Renee Montagne co-hosted Morning Edition for a dozen years, and after more than 40 years in public radio, she is retiring.

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Why the idea of buying Greenland is more complicated now than it once might have been

President Trump says he wants the U.S. to take "ownership" of Greenland. One proposal is to buy it in a "sovereignty purchase," which has shaped the U.S. That's more complicated now than it once was.President Trump says he wants the U.S. to take "ownership" of Greenland. One proposal is to buy it in a "sovereignty purchase," which has shaped the U.S. That's more complicated now than it once was.

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A county-owned nursing home in rural Wisconsin may soon be sold to a private company

County governments often play an essential role in providing health care services for older adults. However more counties, like one in Wisconsin, hope to get out of the nursing home business and let private operators take over

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Arts

NPR's Linda Holmes discusses the Oscar nominations

by Michel Martin

Oscar nominations were revealed Thursday morning. We get reaction from NPR critic Linda Holmes.

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Oscar nominations to be announced after delays due to LA wildfires

by Michel Martin

Oscar nominations will be announced this morning. They had been delayed twice by the wildfires in Los Angeles.

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World News

Japan's Mingei art movement is having a revival as it turns 100 years old

by Anthony Kuhn

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet another revival.

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Researcher finds two previously unknown poems by novelist Virginia Woolf

by Andrew Limbong

Two previously unknown poems by Virginia Woolf have been found in a library at the University of Texas at Austin. They are said to have been written for her niece and nephew sometime after March 1927.

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Is Trump's order to allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. even legal?

by Steve Inskeep

TikTok is still running thanks to an order by President Trump. It was banned in a law passed and upheld with rare speed by all branches of government. So what's his authority under the law to do that?

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President Trump wants remote federal workers back in their offices

by Michel Martin

President Trump signed an executive memorandum telling federal agencies to bring their workers back to the office. Harvard Business School's Raj Choudhury talks about what research says of the move.

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