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President Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday and said he wants Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to replace her.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., about the firing of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump's decision to tap GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement.
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Trump fires Kristi Noem as head of DHS, Israeli airstrikes hit the capitals of Iran and Lebanon, Trump uses Venezuela as a model of regime change.
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Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, founding members of the band Squeeze, recently unearthed their very first attempts at songwriting. Their new album "Trixies" is based on those sketches.
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President Trump hasn't spelled out how he wants the Iran war to end. But ending the military campaign too early could mean losing leverage over what comes next.
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An elementary school in southern Iran was one of the first sites hit when the U.S. and Israel launched their attacks against Iran. More than 170 students and staff were killed. Who's responsible?
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Since 2022, the U.S. has banned imported seafood from Russia. But Russian fish is still winding up on American plates. The Indicator's Wailin Wong and NHPR's Nate Hegyi explain.
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Former Sen. Ben Sasse, a Republican from Nebraska, talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the state of politics and his life after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
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Israeli airstrikes hit the capitals of Iran and Lebanon Friday, as Iran launched new retaliatory attacks in the Middle East.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former NATO Ambassador Kurt Volker about the role of the alliance in the U.S.-Israel-Iran war.