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Garment Workshops in Guangzhou As China Vows 'Fight to the End' on Tariffs

Orville Schell, expert on U.S.-China relations, discusses trade war between countries

4:12am May 05, 2025

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, about the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China.

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Critics warn of weaponization of the DOJ despite administration calls to end it

4:11am May 05, 2025

by Ryan Lucas

Critics warn that despite President Trump's call to end weaponization of the DOJ, the department has become more politicized in the president's first three months back in office.

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Press freedom 'no longer a given' in the U.S., says journalism nonprofit. Here's why

4:11am May 05, 2025

by Michel Martin

The Trump administration's actions toward some news outlets "paint a really alarming picture of deteriorating media freedom in the U.S.," says Katherine Jacobsen of the Committee to Protect Journalists

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial begins Monday with jury selection

4:09am May 05, 2025

by Steve Inskeep

The trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs begins in New York City on Monday with jury selection. Combs faces charges that include sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

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Attorney General Garland Speaks At Inaugural ATF Gun Violence Survivors' Summit

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An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters

8:52pm May 04, 2025

The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.

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During TV interview, President Trump questions due process rights of U.S. residents

5:18pm May 04, 2025

by Don Gonyea

During an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," President Trump questioned the due process rights of people in the United States.

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What to know about the papal conclave

5:18pm May 04, 2025

by Sylvia Poggioli

The College of Cardinals gathers this week to elect the next pope to lead the Catholic Church. But what preparations go into setting up the rare, secretive event?

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Ahead of the conclave, the Sistine Chapel takes center stage

5:18pm May 04, 2025

by Scott Detrow

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with art historian Kim Butler about the artwork that adorns the walls of the Sistine Chapel and its significance ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope.

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U.S. autoworkers react to Trump's tariff policies

5:18pm May 04, 2025

by Don Gonyea

President Trump has repeatedly promised that he would save the U.S. auto industry and that aggressive tariffs would drive that industry revival. But how are U.S. autoworkers feeling?

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Mississippi lawmakers eliminate the state income tax. How will that affect residents?

5:18pm May 04, 2025

Mississippi lawmakers voted to do something that other GOP-led states have been talking about: eliminating the state income tax. But it's not clear where the state will get the money it needs.

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