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Senate Republicans stall on Trump's spending package due to proposed Medicaid cuts

11:25am June 26, 2025

by A Martínez

Senate Republicans have hit a roadblock in their quest to pass President Trump's sweeping domestic agenda by July 4.

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China announces it carried out precision missile strikes in the Taiwan Strait

China on Thursday fired multiple missiles toward waters near Taiwan as part of large-scale military exercises following a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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Texas and Arizona are sending migrants to D.C. without formal support in place

NPR's A Martinez talks to Amanda Michelle Gomez of member station WAMU and Abel Nuñez of the Central American Resource Center about buses of migrants sent by Texas and Arizona to Washington, D.C.

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A 911 dispatcher helped a California woman save her husband's life

Nine months later, Annette and Steve Cline got the chance to reunite with the responders from the San Diego Fire Department who helped them that night.

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Kansans voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion. Will other states follow?

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Temple law professor Rachel Rebouche about the national implications of a vote in Kansas that protected some abortion rights.

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Michigan abortion providers scramble to figure out what a court ruling means

by Kate Wells

The latest court ruling comes as providers say they're seeing huge demand for the procedure from both local and out-of-state patients.

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Trading app Robinhood cuts nearly a quarter of its staff

by David Gura

Robinhood, which became wildly popular during the pandemic, is reeling. After a decline in earnings, the company announced a second round of layoffs.

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Wyoming's new ban on abortions has been temporarily blocked

by Will Walkey

That means the one clinic in the state that provides abortion care can continue to do so for at least another week — until the judge hears the challenge from reproductive rights advocates.

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Pelosi's Taiwan trip fuel tensions with China and raised security concerns regionally

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Cambodia for a regional meeting of foreign ministers amid the fallout from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

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Democrats may make some progress toward lowering high drug prices

The cost of prescription drugs have been a political issue for years. If Congress passes the Reduce Inflation Act, a provision would allow Medicare, for the first time, to negotiate drug prices.

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A Japanese company finds a way for cats and dogs to beat the heat

The manufacturer of maternity clothes came up with a wearable fan for cats and dogs. It's a mesh bodysuit with a tiny battery-operated fan attached to the back. Can they make one for humans next?

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'Rough Translation': Redefining local news in an interconnected world

by Gregory Warner

A hyper-local news site in New York started accepting stories from a writer in Ukraine. Why was the outlet covering a story taking place thousands of miles away?

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Justice Department files a lawsuit against Idaho's restrictive abortion law

by Carrie Johnson

In its first legal challenge over reproductive rights since Roe v Wade was overturned, the Justice Department is suing Idaho over a near total abortion ban.

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