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Jack Davis, Watergate Breaks Wide Open. Watercolor and ink on paperboard, 1973. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Estate of Jack Davis hide caption

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Bob Woodward recounts the Watergate story in an art museum

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Ukrainian troops repair an army tank in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on June 7. Ukrainians have been urging the U.S. and its allies to supply them more weapons in their fight against Russia, and Gen. Mark Milley, President Biden's top military adviser, told NPR that Russia has massed greater numbers of combat units, as well as more artillery, than the local defenders in the Donbas have. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Ukraine finds itself outnumbered as Russia advances in the Donbas

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"We must approach this crisis with a sense of urgency that prioritizes saving lives as our North Star," said Dr. Rahul Gupta, head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). He spoke Wednesday before a Senate oversight committee. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control/Screenshot for NPR hide caption

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White House pushes strategy to slow overdoses as street drugs grow more deadly

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