Leila Fadel Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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Biden doesn't seem to be benefiting politically from relatively strong economy

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Morning news brief

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Tuesday

Israel's Netanyahu vows to press ahead in war with Hamas. U.S. urges caution

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India's foreign minister is in Moscow to discuss relations between the nations

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Musicians who pushed the edges break out to make incredible collections

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Friday

Journalist Masha Gessen received a prize named after political theorist Hannah Ahrendt in Bremen, Germany on Saturday. The ceremony almost didn't happen after sponsors condemned Gessen's recent remarks on the Middle East. Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images hide caption

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Despite backlash, Masha Gessen says comparing Gaza to a Nazi-era ghetto is necessary

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Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr begins 36th season with Czech Republic's Kladno Knights

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Thursday

National Geographic will stop selling its regular printed issues on newsstands

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French Parliament passes controversial immigration bill as EU also agrees to reforms

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Frank Sinatra makes a return to the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 56 years

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Volunteers in the San Francisco Bay Area helping newts reach their breeding grounds

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Expect more intense rainfall events as the world warms, scientists say

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