Politics Headlines

A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau
Fri Jun 12 6:01 pm
New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.
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Controversy swirls around the UFC event on the White House lawn this weekend
Fri Jun 12 4:12 pm
President Trump is hosting a UFC fight on the White House lawn on his birthday.
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A key U.S. spy tool has lapsed — now what?
Fri Jun 12 11:00 am
The government says more than 60% of the president's daily intelligence briefing relies on information collected under a tool known as FISA Section 702. But Congress has struggled to renew it.
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Door shuts on some immigrant entrepreneurs as U.S. restricts small-business loans
Fri Jun 12 5:01 am
For decades, immigrants who are legal permanent residents in the U.S. could get loans through the Small Business Administration, a core pillar of small-business lending. Not anymore.
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Trump's DOJ can't get names and medical files of trans youth in California, for now
Fri Jun 12 5:00 am
Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.
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Trump nominates Jay Clayton to serve as director of national intelligence
Fri Jun 12 4:41 am
President Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, the former chairman of the SEC, to serve as director of national intelligence. It follows a pick for acting director that caused an uproar on Capitol Hill.
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Sen. Chris Coons talks about Trump's new nominee for national intelligence director
Fri Jun 12 4:41 am
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about President Trump's new nominee to oversee the U.S. intelligence community.
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White House UFC event comes as Trump faces political headwinds
Fri Jun 12 4:40 am
The upcoming UFC event at the White House comes as President Trump has been politically on rocky ground.
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Is there a strategy behind Trump's building projects around D.C.?
Fri Jun 12 4:40 am
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Todd Belt of George Washington University about whether there's a strategy behind President Trump's fixation on a UFC fight and building projects across Washington, D.C.
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Ousted South Korean President Yoon given prison term for drone flights over Pyongyang
Fri Jun 12 1:21 am
South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister were sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024 to heighten tensions with North Korea and justify declaring martial law at home.
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