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US deports over 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador's mega-prison

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Judge Boasberg voices skepticism over use of Alien Enemies Act deportations

5:05am March 21, 2025

by Leila Fadel

Friday's hearing over the merits of the judge's temporary restraining order came as the case has become a flashpoint between the judiciary and executive branches.

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Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new album

5:01am March 21, 2025

by Lindsay Totty

With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.

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Survive and advance: First-day upsets set the table for March Madness

5:00am March 21, 2025

McNeese and Drake universities stun their heavily favored opponents as the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments roll into their first weekend of play.

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Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort

5:00am March 21, 2025

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

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How Trump's firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power

5:00am March 21, 2025

Already, lower courts have found President Trump's removal of Democratic members of independent agencies to be unlawful. The Trump administration has appealed.

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What's trending in the world of soap operas? Find out in the quiz

5:00am March 21, 2025

This week also saw a highly undramatic object cause drama and the happily undramatic return of the two NASA astronauts who had an unexpected stay on the International Space Station.

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Courts push back, wars heat up and 3 more takeaways from Trump's moves this week

5:00am March 21, 2025

Here are five takeaways from a week when President Trump moved ahead with deportations and sweeping changes to the federal government — and ran into obstacles in the courts.

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Trump wants to erase DEI. Researchers worry it will upend work on health disparity

5:00am March 21, 2025

Cancer researchers working on health disparities say President Trump's actions could hurt rural whites, who lag behind other groups in cancer screening.

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How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools

5:00am March 21, 2025

by Leila Fadel

With cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years.

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Morning news brief

4:25am March 21, 2025

by A Martínez

How Education Department cuts will impact lower-income and rural schools, hearing to be held on Venezuelan deportations, NTSB says Maryland officials did not assess Key Bridge risks before collapse.

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