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A protester with a sign saying "Federal Employees Don't Work for Kings" demonstrates in support of federal workers and against recent actions by President Trump and Elon Musk on Presidents Day in Washington, D.C. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Court considers halting Trump’s mass firings of federal employees

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees, calling the actions illegal.

A protester with a sign saying "Federal Employees Don't Work for Kings" demonstrates in support of federal workers and against recent actions by President Trump and Elon Musk on Presidents Day in Washington, D.C. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Court considers halting Trump’s mass firings of federal employees

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Stella Davidsen Olsen, a musher in Greenland, helps guide her sled dogs to turn around and head back home. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Climate

How Greenland's cherished sled dog tradition is threatened by climate change

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How Greenland's cherished sled dog tradition is threatened by climate change

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Patrice Lumumba, Congo's first prime minister, in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat. Kino Lorber hide caption

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SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT

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Michelle Trachtenberg starred as Georgina on the CW show Gossip Girl and Dawn in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. She's pictured above in 2015. Omar Vega/Invision/AP hide caption

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MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG OBIT

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President Donald Trump says rampant drug smuggling and overdose deaths are largely the fault of three countries - Canada, China and Mexico - and he says tough tariffs are the answer. But Canada plays almost no role in the U.S. overdose crisis and drug deaths have been plummeting. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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FENTANYL BORDER NUMBERS

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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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USAID workers return to HQ to clear their desks, as Trump dismantles the agency

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Fifth graders Kenley Taylor (left) and Gabby De Sa (right) work on story outlining during a MagTV morning meeting at Magnolia Elementary School in Carlsbad, Calif. Alan Nakkash for NPR hide caption

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Student Podcast Challenge

How many fourth-graders does it take to make a podcast? Here's what we learned

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Lee/Migaki - CA elementary podcast club

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