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Trump pushes back TikTok's sell-by date for a third time

12:35pm June 18, 2025

Last year, Congress banned the app in the U.S., citing national security concerns and demanding it spin off from its Chinese owner, ByteDance. Trump has again paused enforcement of the ban.

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Social Security To Increase Payments By Largest Amount In 40 Years

Social Security benefits face big cuts in 2033, unless Congress acts

12:00pm June 18, 2025

Trustees of the Social Security trust fund predict the fund will be exhausted in eight years. Unless Congress acts, Social Security payments will automatically drop by 23% at that time.

Agriculture Secretary Rollins Holds Make America Healthy Again Event With HHS Secretary Kennedy

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Democratic lawmakers press USDA for answers on sensitive data collection

11:05am June 18, 2025

35 House members said they are troubled by the Agriculture Department's plans to collect personal data from people who applied for federal food assistance, and urged the effort to "immediately cease."

Looking for summertime suspense? Turn up the heat with these 4 mystery novels

10:47am June 18, 2025

Maureen Corrigan recommends four great reads: El Dorado Drive, by Megan Abbott; The House on Buzzards Bay, by Dwyer Murphy; King of Ashes, by S.A. Cosby; and Murder Takes a Vacation, by Laura Lippman.

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Supreme Court Releases Final Opinions Of The Term

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Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender care for minors

10:21am June 18, 2025

At issue was a Tenneessee law that bars minors from accessing gender-affirming care as they transition genders.

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'Labubu' is a plush toy that is causing a frenzy. Here's its origin story

10:07am June 18, 2025

Labubus are a global sensation — sparking long lines outside toy stores, selling out online within minutes, and listing for double or triple their original price on resale markets. Here's why.

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In 'Hysterical,' a podcaster unpacks a mysterious contagious illness among teen girls

9:00am June 18, 2025

by Tonya Mosley

Dan Taberski won a "Podcast of the Year" award for his investigation of a 2011 outbreak of tics and spasms in one high school. He's also the creator of the "Missing Richard Simmons" podcast.

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Trump pushes back TikTok's sell-by date for a third time

Social Security benefits face big cuts in 2033, unless Congress acts

Democratic lawmakers press USDA for answers on sensitive data collection

Looking for summertime suspense? Turn up the heat with these 4 mystery novels

Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender care for minors

'Labubu' is a plush toy that is causing a frenzy. Here's its origin story

In 'Hysterical,' a podcaster unpacks a mysterious contagious illness among teen girls

Trump says 'nobody knows' what he'll do as Iran warns the U.S. not to strike

U.K. Parliament bans women from being prosecuted for late-term abortion

Trump intensifies rhetoric toward Iran. And, U.S. street drug deaths rise