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The State Department denied one Venezuelan Little League team entry into the U.S., but allowed another. NPR's Scott Simon questions how the sports exemption to Trump's travel ban is being applied.

Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker walkouts have had mixed success in the past — so what is there to gain?

An annual picnic in Kentucky became a platform for GOP Senate candidates to show how closely they align with President Trump. Some also attempted to distance themselves from Sen. Mitch McConnell.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Jonathan Johnson, founder and CEO of Rooted School Foundation, about a study involving his charter schools which gave $50 weekly to low-income students.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., about Bacon's trip to Mexico to foster cooperation in ongoing trade talks.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Comedian Marc Maron talks about the ways he feels connected to the partner he lost.

In July and August of 2024 in Bangladesh, student protesters' push for change drove the authoritarian prime minister out of power. Hundreds of demonstrators were killed.

The Trump administration unfroze federal funds set to help bring more EV charging stations to Alaska. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District's Board of Education adopted a resolution in response to local concerns about immigration enforcement actions. The Alaska Department of Law is asking a judge to toss much of a lawsuit over the state's failure to process food assistance applications on time. Researchers mapped where bird traffic and ship traffic overlap in some of Alaska's waters.

Researchers are mimicking fungi to create a new material to keep Alaskans warm in the winter, and a ballot initiative to broaden Alaska's access to psychedelic natural medicines — like magic mushrooms — took another step forward last month.

The state health official who led Michigan's efforts to build work requirements into Medicaid says other states will soon be learning some very lessons about what is involved and how much it costs.