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Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown 📅 October 01, 2025 at 03:13AM | Shannon Bond data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing. (Image credit: Screenshot) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data 📅 October 01, 2025 at 02:11AM | Jude Joffe-Block data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violates privacy laws and the Constitution. (Image credit: Pool) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Here's what a shutdown means for Smithsonian museums, memorials and the zoo 📅 October 01, 2025 at 12:29AM | Elizabeth Blair data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> History tells us visitors will likely find shuttered doors at major cultural institutions. But they will also find plenty of alternatives. (Image credit: Mark Wilson) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Spotify's Daniel Ek announces that he'll step aside as CEO 📅 September 30, 2025 at 10:33PM | Isabella Gomez Sarmiento data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The founder of the world's biggest music streaming service says he'll remain at the company as Executive Chairman, and will be replaced by two co-CEOs. (Image credit: Presley Ann) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Lesotho's Famo music: from shepherd songs to gang wars 📅 September 30, 2025 at 12:57AM | Kate Bartlett data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> In Lesotho, a style of traditional accordion music called Famo has become entangled with deadly gang rivalries. Once the soundtrack of shepherds and migrant workers, today it's linked to killings, government bans — and a fight over cultural identity. (Image credit: MARCO LONGARI) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Ryder Cup MC steps down over foul-mouthed chant aimed at golfer Rory McIlroy 📅 September 29, 2025 at 12:44AM | Chandelis Duster data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Some of the golf at this year's Ryder Cup has been overshadowed by interventions from passionate and unruly fans, as Americans tee off against Europeans in one of the sport's biggest events. (Image credit: Carl Recine) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Southeast U.S. braces for heavy rains from a potential tropical storm 📅 September 28, 2025 at 01:02AM | Alana Wise data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The National Hurricane Center said a tropical depression currently hovering over the Caribbean could intensify as it approaches the East Coast. South Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency. 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

FBI agents fired, including some shown kneeling during 2020 protests 📅 September 28, 2025 at 12:00AM | Huo Jingnan data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Agents said the kneeling was an act of deescalation. The Bureau investigated them at the time and found no causes for discipline. The FBI Agents Association decries the lack of due process. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

For LGBTQ+ History Month, NPR wants to hear your coming out story 📅 September 27, 2025 at 12:20AM | Brittney Melton data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> National Coming Out Day is celebrated on Oct. 11 to recognize the courage of LGBTQ+ individuals who come out publicly. This year, NPR is inviting people to share their coming out stories. (Image credit: Aris Messinis) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

ICE officer caught on video pushing woman is placed on leave 📅 September 27, 2025 at 12:20AM | Ximena Bustillo data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The man appears to be the same officer who was caught last month on NPR audio aggressively arresting a court observer. (Image credit: Stephanie Keith) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Trump advises parents on hepatitis B vaccine. Here's why doctors say he's wrong 📅 September 26, 2025 at 12:13AM | Maria Godoy data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> It's unusual for Presidents to give medical advise. But this week President Trump told parents to delay giving their kids a hep b shot until they turn 12. Doctors say this is bad and dangerous advice. (Image credit: SERGII IAREMENKO) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared 📅 September 25, 2025 at 12:14AM | Rachel Treisman data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

World health officials reject Trump's claims that Tylenol is linked to autism 📅 September 24, 2025 at 12:48AM | Jonathan Lambert data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The President says pregnant women should stay away from Tylenol due to possible autism link. World health authorities strongly disagree, say the drug is safe in pregnancy. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

You can now experience Björk's heartbreak in VR 📅 September 24, 2025 at 12:28AM | Chloe Veltman data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Vulnicura VR Remastered , the latest iteration of a VR project the Icelandic pop artist started working on almost a decade ago.'/> Vulnicura VR Remastered revisits a project the Icelandic pop artist debuted a decade ago, now reimagined with advanced technology. (Image credit: PulseJet Studios) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

400 entertainers co-sign ACLU letter supporting Jimmy Kimmel 📅 September 23, 2025 at 12:01AM | Anastasia Tsioulcas data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Celebrities including Pedro Pascal and Selena Gomez wrote: "Our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives and entertainers." 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump rests own case 📅 September 22, 2025 at 11:48PM | Greg Allen data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Ryan Routh, who is accused in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on his golf course last year, called three witnesses and rested his defense after only a few hours of testimony on Monday. (Image credit: Lothar Speer) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

U.K., Canada and Australia recognize a Palestinian state, despite U.S. opposition 📅 September 21, 2025 at 03:38PM | Chandelis Duster data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The designation from U.S. allies follows U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's meeting with President Trump last week. (Image credit: Suzanne Plunkett) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp