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Progress is made on a huge fire north of LA as new fires erupt in Southern California

4:24am January 24, 2025

Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters slowed the spread of a huge wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, but new blazes erupted in San Diego County.

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President Trump to visit disaster recovery areas in LA and Asheville, N.C.

4:23am January 24, 2025

by A Martínez

President Trump is heading to LA to tour fire-ravaged areas. But first, he's making a stop in Asheville, N.C. Both communities are grappling with disaster recovery. But there is some politics at play.

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What Trump's use of executive authority may mean for the future of presidential power

4:23am January 24, 2025

by Michel Martin

Donald Trump is back in office and already flexing executive authority in unprecedented ways. NPR hears analysis from Bowdoin University's Andrew Rudalevige, who studies presidential power.

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Morning news brief

4:22am January 24, 2025

by Michel Martin

President Trump to visit disaster areas, Trump wants to end DEI programs and investigations into extremism in the U.S. military, the U.S. tries to unravel hacking plot that targeted climate activists.

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He was convicted over the Jan. 6 attack. Would he do it again?

4:22am January 24, 2025

by Steve Inskeep

Taylor James Johnatakis of Washington state was convicted of assaulting police on Jan. 6. Would he mobilize again if President Trump asked?

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Minnesota Supreme Court to rule on who's in control of state House of Representatives

4:21am January 24, 2025

The Minnesota Supreme Court could rule any day in a pair of cases that could uproot the power structure in the state House. Democrats had, until recently, controlled the entire state government.

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Purdue Pharma and Sackler family members to pay $7.4B in national opioid settlement

4:19am January 24, 2025

by A Martínez

State AGs have reached a new opioid settlement worth $7.4 billion with Purdue Pharma and its owners. The settlement does not give Sackler family members immunity from future opioid lawsuits.

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'I think a little differently.' A daughter and mother reflect on being yourself

4:19am January 24, 2025

by Sofiya Ballin

Tamar Anderson Henry, 16, has autism. She came with her mother, Soleil Henry, to talk about the importance of knowing and being yourself as part of StoryCorps' "Brightness in Black" initiative.

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Martin Luther King Jr., Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy

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Trump mandates assassination records be released for the Kennedy brothers and MLK Jr.

4:18am January 24, 2025

Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017, but the release has been held up by national security concerns.

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President Trump aims to end investigations into extremism in the U.S. military

4:16am January 24, 2025

by A Martínez

President Trump is eliminating federal DEI programs, including in the Department of Defense. He is also aiming to end investigations into extremism in the U.S. military.

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