Deep Dive

The great battery race: China and the U.S. compete over the future of EVs

5:00am May 21, 2025

The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.

Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Nomination Hearing For DOJ Appointments

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70% of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division lawyers are leaving because of Trump's reshaping

5:00am May 19, 2025

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.

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How DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch

5:00am May 17, 2025

NPR has identified nearly 40 small, independent entities – both inside and outside the federal government's control – that a team of young DOGE staffers has tried to access in recent weeks.

Attorney General Bondi And FBI Director Patel Announce Results Of Operation Restore Justice

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Trump's DOJ focuses in on voter fraud, with a murky assist from DOGE

5:00am May 17, 2025

President Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules.

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As Trump aims to deport millions, one pathway to legal status got bigger

6:42am May 12, 2025

A Biden-era rule eases the path for workers to be sponsored for U.S. permanent residency, an attractive option for those in horse-racing looking for a competitive edge.

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Once-fringe activists are fighting to be the voice of the anti-abortion movement

5:00am May 08, 2025

Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion activists are finding state lawmakers are increasingly open to it.

What's it like to cover the war in Ukraine? NPR's Kyiv correspondent explains.

7:14pm May 03, 2025

by Joanna Kakissis

Just this week, the Trump administration signed a deal to share revenues from Ukraine's mineral wealth. But how are Ukrainians responding - and what's it like to cover the ongoing conflict?

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The most exciting two minutes in sports is a show of 'Latino excellence'

6:00am May 03, 2025

Latinos, many from outside the U.S. mainland, have risen in prominence in horseracing, from the grooms to some of the winningest jockeys.

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Trump wants to bypass immigration courts. Experts warn it's a 'slippery slope.'

5:15am April 29, 2025

The administration's recent actions to fire immigration judges and other steps are chipping away at what was already an imperfect system in administrative courts.

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