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Competition inspires students to explore history through art

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Every year for 50 years, some 500,000 students from across the country have competed in National History Day, using arts to portray their researched stories. Jeffrey Brown spent a day with the finalists to see how they defined turning points in history. It's part of our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and for our ongoing arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.
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Czech president on NATO's future if Trump wins

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World leaders have gathered at the NATO Summit in Washington to address pressing international challenges. At the top of the agenda is how to sustain Western support for Ukraine. Few leaders understand Ukrainian challenges and the NATO alliance as deeply as Czech President Petr Pavel who once served as chairman of NATO’s military committee. Geoff Bennett sat down with Pavel to discuss more.
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Neurologist on concerns about age of presidential candidates

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While much of the attention is focused on President Biden right now, there have been worries around the age of both Biden and former President Trump. Many of those questions have focused on cognitive skills, memory lapses and how they speak in public. Stephanie Sy discussed some of those concerns with Dr. Brad Dickerson of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
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Polls show Biden slipping behind Trump in critical states

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Adding to Democratic concerns about President Biden's candidacy, new data forecasts an electoral map leaning more heavily towards Donald Trump. To walk us through these new numbers and the current electoral landscape, Geoff Bennett spoke with Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.
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More Democratic lawmakers, donors call on Biden to exit race

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Despite his repeated pledges to stay in the race, there is growing pressure for President Biden to step aside as his party’s nominee. Longtime Biden ally Nancy Pelosi praised the president but stopped short of endorsing his candidacy, and major Democratic fundraiser George Clooney called for Biden to end his bid. Amna Nawaz discussed the latest with Lisa Desjardins and Laura Barrón-Lopez.
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Beryl leaves millions without power amid scorching heat

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Millions of Texans are left without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. The outages come amid a stretch of extreme heat that is connected to at least five deaths in the West this week. Beryl is now a smaller storm moving north and bringing the threat of flooding. Stephanie Sy reports.
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Poland's foreign minister on Ukraine's path to joining NATO

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The 32 members of NATO are meeting in Washington and the focus is largely on Ukraine. Members will announce they are sending new air defense systems a day after one of the worst attacks on Kyiv in years. Diplomats are also set to declare Ukraine’s path toward NATO membership. Nick Schifrin discussed more with Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski of Poland, one of Ukraine’s primary supporters.
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Artists use talents to help San Jose reduce carbon footprint

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San Jose, in California’s Silicon Valley, has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2030. To do this, leaders are enlisting help from an unlikely source, the arts sector, in a first-of-a-kind program in the country. Jeffrey Brown traveled there to see how artists can help a city meet its climate goals. It’s part of our coverage on art and climate change for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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What's behind the tween skincare obsession

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Ask many pre-teens what’s at the top of their wish list and there’s a good chance the answer will be skincare. Special correspondent and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell reports on the growth and some of the concerns around this boom.
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The Project 2025 plan and Trump's links to its authors

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Former President Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, the handbook for a new conservative government written by several right-wing think tanks. It comes as Democrats double down on messaging tying Trump directly to the playbook ahead of the November election. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.
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Maui residents say illnesses are connected to wildfires

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It’s been almost a year since the nation’s deadliest wildfires devastated the island community of Maui. While much of the debris has been removed, many residents are still dealing with health issues that experts say are connected to the fires. William Brangham reports for our series, Race Matters.
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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on what's next for Biden

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NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Biden coming out in a show of force against pressure to step down from the top of the Democratic ticket as Donald Trump tries to distance himself from the conservative Project 2025 plan to radically reshape the federal government.
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French voters leave country without parliamentary majority

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The second round of France's parliamentary election ended with results that no polls predicted. The country's right-wing political party was expected to take control. Instead, a left-wing coalition won the largest number of seats, but not enough to govern, leaving the country in a deadlock. Nick Schifrin discussed the results with Tara Varma of the Brookings Institution.
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Biden pushes back as Democrats call for him to step aside

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President Biden is still facing calls from a handful of House Democrats to step aside as the party’s presidential nominee. In a rare cable news program call-in, he addressed his critics and maintained that he was still the best person for the job. Geoff Bennett discussed the latest with Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins and White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-Lopez.
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Can a tax on livestock emissions help curb climate change?

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Among greenhouse gases, methane is more harmful than carbon dioxide in terms of trapping heat. According to the United Nations, about 32 percent of human-caused methane emissions comes from livestock. Ali Rogin speaks with Ben Lilliston at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy to learn more about Denmark’s new and controversial approach to reducing these emissions.
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Patient safety concerns arise over Amazon’s One Medical

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Serious questions are rising over a new player in American health care: Amazon. In 2023, the online giant bought One Medical and its primary care clinics across the country. But leaked documents reported by The Washington Post show call center staff who lacked medical training put more than a dozen patients at risk. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Washington Post reporter Caroline O’Donovan for more.
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