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President Trump, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office on March 13, 2025. Waltz, Vance, Hegseth and other top Trump officials were on a text thread together on the messaging app Signal discussing military plans to strike Yemen when Waltz inadvertently added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to the

President Trump, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office on March 13, 2025. Waltz, Vance, Hegseth and other top Trump officials were on a text thread together on the messaging app Signal discussing military plans to strike Yemen when Waltz inadvertently added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to the group. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Politics

How pro-Trump media is covering the Signal leak

Some prominent conservative media figures suggested that adding a prominent journalist to the group chat was evidence of the "deep state" though others said it was a security breach.

How right-wing media is covering the Signal group chat controversy

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Wednesday

Law

Legal challenges are expected for President Trump's voter registration executive order

President Trump has signed an executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Voting rights advocates are expecting lawsuits to challenge the order.

Legal challenges are expected for President Trump's voter registration executive order

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Health

COVID-19 gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may affect our preparedness for the next pandemic

Public health officials are concerned about increasing polarization among Americans over vaccines.

COVID-19 gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may affect our preparedness for the next pandemic

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This photo shows a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Health

COVID gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may affect preparedness for next pandemic

Public health officials are concerned about increasing polarization among Americans over vaccines.

COVID-19 gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may affect our preparedness for the next pandemic

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Thursday

Elections

A Republican-backed bill would upend voter registration. Here are 8 things to know

A Republican-backed bill would upend how Americans register to vote.

A Republican-backed bill would upend voter registration. Here are 8 things to know

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Wednesday

Potential young voters get information at a voter registration desk at California State University, Los Angeles, on Oct. 22, 2024. The Republican-backed SAVE Act would add documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements to voter registration.

Potential young voters get information at a voter registration desk at California State University, Los Angeles, on Oct. 22, 2024. The Republican-backed SAVE Act would add documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements to voter registration. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Elections

The House has passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act. Here are 8 things to know

The House has passed legislation that would make sweeping changes to voter registration, including requiring those signing up to present documents proving U.S. citizenship.

Thursday

Screenshots from Mallory DeMille's Instagram page where she takes on the wellness industry.

Screenshots from Mallory DeMille's Instagram, where she takes on the wellness industry as @this.is.mallory. @this.is.mallory/Screenshots by NPR. hide caption

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Science

Bad wellness advice is all over social media. These creators are pushing back

A growing group of content creators are trying to counteract misleading and false wellness claims online from influencers hawking supplements and unproven remedies.

Pro-science influencers take on wellness influencers

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Friday

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a document as she reads off line items of government spending during a news conference Wednesday in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a document as she reads off line items of government spending during a news conference Wednesday in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Media

How conspiracy theories about Politico led Trump to cancel subscriptions

Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.

Media

False claims on X fuel Trump administration's attacks on news media

The latest chapter in the Trump administration's feud with the press has to do with the government's media subscriptions. The saga began with misleading claims on the social media site X.

False claims on X lead to an attack on news media

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Friday

Mario, who is in the U.S. without legal status, shows a social media hoax he saw on his phone warning of immigration checkpoints in Sacramento, Calif.

Mario, who is in the U.S. without legal status, shows a social media hoax he saw on his phone warning of immigration checkpoints in Sacramento, Calif. Jude Joffe-Block/NPR hide caption

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National

Immigrants are being swamped with social media rumors about possible raids

People without legal status in the U.S. are fearful about ramped up immigration enforcement. But when they check social media for immigration news, they're also likely to see false alarms and hoaxes.

Immigrants are being swamped with social media rumors about possible raids

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Thursday

Thursday

In this photo, Elon Musk is wearing a suit and is standing behind a lectern with the presidential seal on the front. His right arm is raised up and to the side, with the palm of his hand facing down.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Politics

Elon Musk tried to turn the salute controversy into a joke

The incident lasted only seconds, but it sparked what has become a global debate about how to interpret what Musk did. Then Musk started posting Nazi-themed jokes.

MUSK GESTURE

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Monday

Friday

Firefighters work with water hoses near houses burned down in the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif. on Jan. 9, 2025. Right-wing influencers have claimed that the firefighters' response was hampered by workforce diversity goals.

Firefighters work with water hoses near houses burned down in the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif. on Jan. 9, 2025. Right-wing influencers have claimed that the firefighters' response was hampered by workforce diversity goals. David Pashaee/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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California Wildfires

Why right-wing influencers are blaming the California wildfires on diversity efforts

Prominent right-wing influencers are claiming that the response to the Los Angeles wildfires was hampered by workplace diversity policies. It's part of a wider strategy to discredit those policies.

Conspiracy theories are blaming the scale of L.A. wildfire destruction on DEI efforts

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