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Reid Hoffman speaks onstage during The AI Optimist Club at WIRED Celebrates 30th Anniversary on Dec. 5, 2023, in San Francisco. Kimberly White/Getty Images for WIRED hide caption
LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman discusses his new book 'Superagency' on the future of AI
Outgoing FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, ruled against four petitions seeking to punish television networks for how they cover and satirize presidential politics. The FCC "should not be weaponized in a way that is fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment," she says.
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Vice President Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., presided together over a joint session of Congress to certify the 2024 presidential election. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Images from some of NPR's most read stories of 2024. From Left: Vanessa Leroy for NPR; National Transportation Safety Board via AP; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images; Courtesy Marjie Alonso; Andy Manis/Getty Images; Saul Martinez for NPR; Gerard Albert III/BPR; Tim Agne/KJZZ; Solar Dynamics Observatory; Ratcliff family; Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption
Do election victories really give presidents a 'mandate'?
Pastor Chris Morgan leads a contemporary service — a worship service where people dress casually and sing modern music — at Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park, Pa., on the Sunday after Election Day. The church developed a sermon series called "Do Unto Others" to help parishioners navigate political divisions after the election. Justin Merriman for NPR/ hide caption
When it comes to the political divide, a pastor's answer is the Golden Rule
The North Fork Community Choir practices at the North Fork Baptist Church in Paonia, Colo., on Nov. 6 — the day after Election Day. Luna Anna Archey for NPR hide caption
Lessons in (dis)harmony: A Colorado chorus tries to make music together across the ideologic
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event on Nov. 6 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
A 2016 file photo of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth. Hegseth has served in the National Guard and is now a Fox News host. If confirmed, he would be the least experienced defense secretary in American history. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Todd Blanche listens as his client former President Donald Trump speaks as he arrives at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30. Michael M. Santiago/AP via POOL Getty Images hide caption
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election at Howard University in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
Kamala Harris ran a historic campaign. What will her legacy be?
Senators are calling for access to a House Ethics Committee probe into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., following his nomination to be the next attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Senate Republicans concerned with Gaetz nomination ask to access House ethics probe
Voters gather at polling station in Oakton, Va., on Nov. 5. Parents are grappling with how to talk to their children about the election. Ali Khaligh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
With Trump's win, federal student loan borrowers will need to get used to a new normal and new priorities. Moor Studio/Getty Images hide caption
What student loan borrowers can expect as the presidency changes
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, the day after Election Day. Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
Republican and Democratic Party pins are displayed at a venue as guests watch a television broadcast of U.S. elections. Chan Long Hei/AP hide caption
After historic losses, Democrats wonder where they go from here.
Routine childhood vaccination rates have been dropping across the U.S. and vaccine-preventable childhood diseases have been rising. Rustam Shaimov/Getty Images hide caption
Pediatricians worry about a vaccine skeptic leading health policy
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks prior to remarks from then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally March 16 in Vandalia, Ohio. Jeff Dean/AP hide caption
Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York in 2016. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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Dr. Benjamin Jin, a biologist, works on immunotherapy for HPV+ cancers, in a lab at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., in 2018. The NIH has a $48 billion budget to fund biomedical research. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
With Trump coming into power, the NIH is in the crosshairs
Democrat Ruben Gallego, seen here at a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris on Oct. 31, defeated Kari Lake, a Republican, in the Arizona Senate race, according to a race call by the AP. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump watches as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a campaign rally on Nov. 4 in Raleigh, N.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption