You'd expect homeowners to save their stuff. Federal policy pays them to leave it
NPR dug into the upside-down world of FEMA flood insurance in coastal areas, and found many homeowners have no financial choice but to let their homes...
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House holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress
Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear before the committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a deposition. Now it's...
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Trump administration plans ideological warning signs for Smithsonian
The Interior Secretary says the move is necessary to combat what he calls ideological bias....
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The 'burnerverse' exploiting young women in college
Wired reporter EJ Dickson speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about an online community that targets and harasses young women with their own nonconsensual...
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EU rolls out red carpet to Canada to become its first 'associate member'
The European Union's top official backs the Canadian prime minister's push for his country to become the bloc's first "associate member," as Brussels ...
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Congress is under pressure to act on AI — here's what that could look like
Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one....
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DOJ charges Russian agents with plotting attacks, including in US
The indictment says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks" worl...
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A tumultuous congressional primary season closes with record departures and defeats
Already, close to 100 lawmakers who started this Congress will not be around for the next one, according to an NPR analysis, driven by record-setting ...
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How Jared Kushner is mixing U.S. diplomacy with his billion-dollar business
The New Yorker's Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, ...
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