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Watch: S2025 E40

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200,000 displaced Palestinians walk home to northern Gaza

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Israel allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to northern Gaza Monday after a two-day delay. Gazans were ordered to move south early in the war, stoking fears they’d never be allowed to return home. Amna Nawaz reports.

News Wrap: Trump signs executive orders focused on military

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In our news wrap Monday, President Trump signed new executive orders focused on the U.S. military, a 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook northern New England, rain is giving Southern California firefighters a much-needed break after weeks of dry and windy conditions and the acting U.S. attorney in Washington is reportedly opening an internal review of the Justice Department's Jan. 6 prosecutions.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shakes up the industry

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A China-based artificial intelligence startup is shaking up the industry. It’s called DeepSeek and its biggest advantage, analysts say, is that it can operate at a lower cost than American AI models like ChatGPT. It's disrupting markets and raising national security questions about China's progress to develop advanced AI. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Gerrit De Vynck of The Washington Post.

Fear spreads in immigrant communities as raids escalate

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One of the biggest questions as President Trump’s second term begins is just how wide and quickly his administration will conduct mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Those operations got underway this weekend in Chicago and other cities around the country. Stephanie Sy reports.

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's rapid policy rollout

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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 Trump kicking off his second week by signing a slew of executive orders, the public reaction to his rapid policy rollout and Democrats trying to find their footing amid deportations.

Museum preserves shoes of youngest Auschwitz victims

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On the 80th anniversary of its liberation, survivors of the Holocaust gathered at the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Of the more than six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, 1.1 million were killed at Auschwitz, nearly a quarter million children. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on a project to preserve the shoes of the war's smallest victims.

Aid worker describes ‘dire need’ of children in Gaza

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The delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is allowing food and supplies to flow into Gaza, for now. But after 15 months of war, the need is great and the situation remains dire for Palestinians, especially children. UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen speaks to Ali Rogin from inside Gaza, where her organization has been helping families since the war began, about the current situation on the ground.

News Wrap: Israeli troops kill 22 people in Lebanon

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In our news wrap Sunday, tensions are high in Lebanon after Israeli forces killed more than 20 people, weekend rain brings some relief to fire-ravaged southern California but raises flooding concerns, Vance stood behind Trump’s blanket pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, and Pope Francis warned of the scourge of antisemitism on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Why some disabled workers are paid less than minimum wage

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The national minimum wage today is just over $7 an hour. But a provision in a landmark labor law from nearly 90 years ago allows employers to pay certain workers with disabilities less than that. Ali Rogin speaks with Maria Town, president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, for our series “Disability Reframed.”

Study finds gender-affirming care for minors is very rare

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Trump and Republican candidates made rolling back federal protections for transgender people a big issue, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on TV ads, much of it focused on gender-affirming care for minors. Despite the attention, a new study finds that gender-affirming medications are very rarely prescribed to adolescents. John Yang speaks with KFF’s Lindsey Dawson to learn more.

Sail-powered cargo ships chart a course to sustainability

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Eighty percent of all global trade travels by sea, and the ships carrying those goods account for 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now, some shipping companies are taking a new tack as they try to navigate the industry to sustainability on the high seas. John Yang reports.

Uncertainty looms over Israel’s fragile truce in Lebanon

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There was jubilation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank on Saturday as hostages and Palestinian prisoners were freed in the latest advance for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israel’s fragile truce in Lebanon appears to be in doubt as this weekend’s deadline to withdraw Israeli troops from the country looms. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports.

AI transcription tool ‘hallucinates’ medical interactions

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Many medical centers use an AI-powered tool called Whisper to transcribe patients’ interactions with their doctors. But researchers have found that it sometimes invents text, a phenomenon known in the industry as hallucinations, raising the possibility of errors like misdiagnosis. John Yang speaks with Associated Press global investigative reporter Garance Burke to learn more.

News Wrap: Hegseth sworn in as Trump’s defense secretary

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In our news wrap Saturday, Pete Hegseth was sworn in as defense secretary, the Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, Trump reportedly fired more than a dozen inspectors general at nearly every Cabinet-level agency, and American tennis player Madison Keys won her first grand slam title at the Australian Open.

The effect of removing medical debt from credit scores

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More than 100 million Americans are burdened with medical bills they can’t pay. In the final weeks of the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued new rules banning credit agencies from including medical debt on credit reports, starting in March. KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam Levey joins Ali Rogin to discuss what this means for people carrying medical debt.

Trump considers major changes to federal disaster response

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President Donald Trump jetted off for the first trip of his second administration to tour one sprawling disaster zone after the other. The president is in California where he'll survey damage from the wildfires that are ravaging the Los Angeles area. But first, he stopped in North Carolina, four months after Hurricane Helene, and threatened the future of FEMA. Laura Barrón-López reports.

Brooks and Capehart on the busy first week for Trump

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New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the busy first week for the Trump administration, what President Trump has prioritized since reentering the White House and his pardon of Jan. 6 rioters.

Women's 3x3 basketball league builds on WNBA's surge

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Women's basketball has seen an overdue surge in popularity in recent years. With 3.3 million viewers, last year's WNBA championship was the most-watched finals game in the league's 25-year history. Now, a new three-on-three league called Unrivaled is building on that success. Amna Nawaz discussed more with WNBA all-star and Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier.

Auschwitz survivor's family searches for answers

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Monday marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. One of the youngest survivors was an eight-year-old Polish girl named Rutka. She moved to Canada after the war and took the name Rachel Hyams. Decades later, she died by suicide. Rachel’s daughter has been retracing her mother’s steps and allowed Malcolm Brabant to come along on the emotional journey.

Lumbee Tribe gets Trump endorsement for federal recognition

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The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina got a major boost in its decades-long fight to become federally recognized. President Trump signed a memo directing the Interior Secretary to submit a plan for full federal recognition of the tribe. That status would unleash hundreds of millions of dollars in support for the 60,000 member Lumbee. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Lumbee chairman John Lowery.

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