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World News

Weapons and war: Parallels between Iran and Iraq

6:43pm June 18, 2025

by Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Steve Coll about the parallels between Iraq and Iran when it comes to discussions of a potential war due to an adversarial country's weapons program.

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National

A Closer Look at the Social Security Plans

Competing Republican-sponsored bills to reshape Social Security offer a few key differences. Maya MacGuineas, of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation, says neither bill does much about the program's long-term funding.

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National

House, Senate Proffer Social Security Bills

by Brian Naylor

House and Senate Republicans have offered proposals that would include putting the current Social Security surplus into individual accounts. Many Democrats oppose the idea, but may be powerless to stop it.

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National

House, Senate Proffer Social Security Bills

by Brian Naylor

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Will AI search engines lead to the death of the website? Some fear they will

by Bobby Allyn

Online publishers fear the rise of AI search will lead to a drastic drop in traffic to websites, fundamentally disrupting how the internet economy operates.