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Morning Edition for April 22, 2025

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 03: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) questions U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as he testifies at a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the Fed's "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," on Capitol Hill on March 3, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) questions U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as he testifies at a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the Fed's "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," on Capitol Hill on March 3, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Sen. Jack Reed calls for investigation into Pete Hegseth's Signal chat

Sen. Jack Reed calls for investigation into Pete Hegseth's Signal chat

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Dr. Olena Weaver, wearing a white coat and glasses, looks at two sets of mammogram images on a computer screen. The one on the left has a lot of silvery structures; the other is mostly dark gray with just a few bright spots.

Dr. Olena Weaver of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston looks at mammogram imagery. The regular mammogram on the left shows a woman with dense breast tissue; on the right is a contrast-enhanced mammogram. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images hide caption

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Diagnosed with 'dense breasts'? You may need more than a mammogram

Diagnosed with ‘dense breasts’? You may need more than a mammogram

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Morning Edition for April 21, 2025

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, April 21, in Washington.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, April 21, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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Hegseth 2nd Signal chat cause for 'worry' about nation's security, says Rep. Jim Himes

Rep. Jim Himes discusses report of 2nd Hegseth Signal chat with attack details

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Morning Edition for April 18, 2025

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio before a meeting with the French foreign minister in Paris on Thursday to discuss steps toward a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio before a meeting with the French foreign minister in Paris on Thursday to discuss steps toward a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Trump may abandon Ukraine peace talks 'within days,' Rubio warns

U.S. will walk away from Ukraine peace efforts if progress not made soon, Rubio says

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The Trump administration is halting an offshore wind project in New York. Energy experts worry that the U.S. will fall behind other countries with booming offshore wind, like the United Kingdom.

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A wind project is stalled in New York. Experts worry about impacts across the U.S.

A wind project is stalled in New York. Experts worry about impacts across the U.S.

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John Cena addresses the crowd during Monday Night RAW at The OVO Hydro on March 24 in Glasgow, Scotland.

John Cena addresses the crowd during Monday Night RAW at The OVO Hydro on March 24 in Glasgow, Scotland. Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images hide caption

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John Cena's the bad guy in his final WrestleMania. Here's why that's a big deal

Wrestler and actor John Cena could become the WWE’s most decorated world champion

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Morning Edition for April 17, 2025

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Morning Edition for April 16, 2025

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People walk through a gate as they exit Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachussetts, on April 15, 2025. Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze on April 14 after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism. The call for changes to its governance, hiring practices and admissions procedures expands a list Harvard received on April 3, which ordered officials to shut diversity offices and cooperate with immigration authorities for screenings of international students. In a letter to students and faculty, Harvard president Alan Garber vowed to defy the government, insisting that the school would not "negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights." (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Harvard professor gives perspective on the Trump administration clash with university

Harvard professor gives perspective on the Trump administration clash with university

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Refined tellurium is displayed at the Rio Tinto Kennecott refinery, May 11, 2022, in Magna, Utah.

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Rare earth minerals aren't rare, but the U.S. is having a hard time getting them

China restricts exports of rare earth minerals in retaliation against Trump's tariffs

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