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'8647' got James Comey indicted. What exactly does it mean?

● NPR • 29 April 2026 • 3:33 PM

A grand jury charged Comey with threatening Trump's life through his since-deleted 2025 post of seashells forming "8647." Trump is the 47th president, and the term "86" has a few possible meanings.

Supreme Court calls Louisiana's House map an 'unconstitutional racial gerrymander'

● NPR • 29 April 2026 • 3:33 PM

Although the court kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday's decision all but guts the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement and protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn.

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Senior citizens join the immigration fight to protect caregivers

● NPR • 29 April 2026 • 3:33 PM

As the Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, seniors are advocating for protections for their immigrant caregivers.

SCOTUS weighs Temporary Protected Status cases. And, jury indicts James Comey again

● NPR • 29 April 2026 • 3:33 PM

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians. And, a grand jury has indicted former FBI Director James Comey for a second time.

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Spirit Airlines tried to be the Dollar General of the skies. Then the big airlines beat it at its own game

● NPR • 29 April 2026 • 3:33 PM

Spirit Airlines helped pioneer ultra-cheap flying and soared. Then legacy airlines copied them, outmaneuvered them with loyalty programs, and the economy turned against their core customers.

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Judge orders 1,000 Voice of America staffers back to work in rebuke to Kari Lake

● NPR • 18 March 2026 • 7:22 AM

A federal judge has ordered more than a thousand Voice of America staffers back to work by Monday. It's a major defeat for the Trump administration's effort to cut the news outlet to the bones.

The Postal Service may be out of cash in 2027 without Congress' help, postmaster says

● NPR • 18 March 2026 • 7:22 AM

The U.S. Postal Service's leader says it is set to run out of money in less than a year and may have to stop deliveries because of declining mail volume and what USPS sees as burdensome requirements.

How Trump's Treasury is shifting sanctions to punish his critics and reward friends

● NPR • 18 March 2026 • 7:23 AM

Spain's Prime Minister called U.S. strikes against Iran "unjustified." When other foreigners in power have used similar language against the U.S. or Israel, they were sanctioned by the Treasury.