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The Bronx emcee's unpredictable set features a laundry list of guest appearances and hits from across three decades.
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Some Americans squeezed by high prices are relying more on their local libraries for things like books, streaming services and high-priced items like musical instruments and sewing machines.
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The American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The Vatican said the encounter was brief.
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Wong was sentenced for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anna Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, about what polls captured (and underestimated) after Democrats performed stronger than expected in midterm elections.
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Voters in dozens of states considered 146 statewide ballot measures this midterm cycle, on topics spanning LGBTQ rights, wealth taxes, abortion, redistricting, guns and more.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former congressman and Obama advisor Rahm Emanuel about what Democrats' strategy should be, now that they'll soon control both houses of Congress.
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Democrats are likely to launch investigations into Musk's influence, including his leadership of DOGE and government contracts
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Democratic party leaders and political analysts spoke with Morning Edition about the results of the midterm elections, the effects of mid-decade redistricting efforts, and the next steps for the party.
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Historically, most physicians who served in the House or Senate have been Republicans. In the next Congress, physicians who are Democrats made significant gains.
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Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton vowed to serve as a check on President Donald Trump, while Republican Don Tracy largely defended the president’s positions on tariffs and the war in Iran as the two sparred in their only face-to-face meeting.
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