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NPR's Michel Martin asks D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto if a new package of tougher criminal penalties due to be voted on Tuesday shows the city went too far with justice and policing reforms.

French authorities say the Kremlin wants to divide society in France in order to weaken support for Ukraine as it resists the Russian invasion.

The Trump administration wants to cut the federal workforce. For many Black Americans these jobs helped them enter the middle class. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Georgetown University's Dorothy Brown about race and wealth.

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about his decision to establish a task force to investigate clergy sex abuse.

When a little-known tech company failed, thousands of people couldn’t access the millions they deposited into financial technology companies. Here's what the industry reveals about banking regulation.

The federal work force morale is at an all-time low, according to some accounts. That might be because the number of workers is roughly the same as it was 30 years ago, while there are 100 million more people in the country.

At least 64 journalists have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7. NPR's Michel Martin talks with the president of the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, about the unprecedented loss.

Baseball's megastar Shohei Ohtani is making headlines off the field for the Los Angeles Dodgers. His interpreter was fired last week amid a widening gambling scandal.

Minnesota officials are demanding to have a role in the investigation into Alex Pretti's killing by federal agents as videos and eyewitnesses contradict the Trump administration's account.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will pause non-urgent vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in less than a week, Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King's office tells NPR.