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Republican efforts to cut green energy credits meets resistance in the Senate

5:31pm June 12, 2025

by Barbara Sprunt

A small number of Senate Republicans are pushing back on their own party's plans to cut green energy credits that were approved under former President Biden.

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Saturday's military parade will be the first in D.C. since 1991's Victory Celebration

5:31pm June 12, 2025

by Ron Elving

The last time the United States held a national military parade was in June 1991, timed to welcome returning veterans of the 100-day Persian Gulf War.

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Immigration protests mark a make-or-break political moment for Newsom

5:18pm June 12, 2025

After months of trying to balance confrontation and collaboration, California Gov. Gavin Newsom seized a volatile moment on Tuesday to speak not just to California but to the nation.

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Protests erupt in Kenya's capital over blogger's death in police custody

5:08pm June 12, 2025

Demonstrators take to the streets in Kenya's capitol over the suspicious death of a popular blogger in police custody — a flashpoint of outrage in a country still reeling from last year's deadly crackdown on anti-tax protests.

Governors Testify Before House Oversight Committee On Sanctuary Cities

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Denounced by GOP lawmakers, blue state governors defend immigration policies

4:57pm June 12, 2025

GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.

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A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff

4:47pm June 12, 2025

Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

What led the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash in India with 242 people aboard?

3:59pm June 12, 2025

"It just appears to me that the airplane is unable to climb," former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti tells NPR. Several explanations could account for that, the aviation expert says.

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Democratic Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles

3:24pm June 12, 2025

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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The GOP's massive bill would benefit the rich the most -- while hitting the poor

1:32pm June 12, 2025

The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

Almost all of the Fulbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference

12:32pm June 12, 2025

Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.