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Defense Department Leak, Mourning Francis, SCOTUS Considers Opting Out
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues to find himself mired in controversy. Also — tributes have poured in from around the world remembering Pope F...
Pope's Life And Legacy, What Happens Now In Rome, Reaction From South America
Pope Francis has died at age 88. He was one of the most popular popes in decades and lent his voice to almost every modern issue facing the world, of...
The Girls Who Were Sent Away
Before Roe v. Wade, when a young, unmarried girl got pregnant, she was often sent away – to a place called a maternity home. There, she would give bir...
Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans. Also, President Trump this week raised the p...
US Senator Visits Abrego Garcia, Florida State University Shooting, Fed Independence
A US Senator from Maryland met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man illegally deported by the Trump administration — in El Salvador. Two people were ki...
Trump Wants Powell Out, Administration Risks Contempt, and Homegrowns Are Next
President Trump is feuding with Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. This all comes as Americans are feeling gloomier about the economy. Also, a ju...
Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
A federal judge in Maryland questioned the Trump administration about its continued refusal to retrieve a mistakenly deported man from an El Salvador ...
Wrongly Deported, DOGE And Agency Data, Harvard Defies The White House
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele says he has no plans to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, an NPR report details unusual data...
China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial
China calls new U.S. tariff exemptions a "small step", but urges President Trump to heed rational voices and abolish all reciprocal tariffs, El Salvad...
The State of Free Speech in America
The first amendment is a cornerstone of American democracy. This week on The Sunday Story, we hear from people who feel their right to free speech mig...