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Fifteen years ago this Wednesday, the federal minimum wage went up from $6.55 per hour to $7.25. It hasn't budged since.

Minnesota's uncommitted delegates to the DNC represent voters who protested President Biden's handling of the war in Gaza. Now that he's dropped out of the race, they are considering their next steps.

President Biden had made a career of digging in and proving the doubters wrong — until he finally met a political crisis he couldn't ride out.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

As Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas prepares to leave office, NPR sits down for an exit interview. He tells us the border is more secure now than before the pandemic.

Some fear a setback for women and people of color after President Trump revoked a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to identify and address barriers to employment.

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Its members are survivors of the August 1945 U.S. nuclear bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Texas health officials expect the outbreak to go up from the 90 cases reported on Friday. There's a watch for central Texas, where someone who tested positive visited universities and tourist spots.

In 2020, President Biden won six of the seven closely watched states. This year, President-elect Donald Trump won all seven — plus is on track to win a majority of the popular vote, according to AP.

Today is the last day for Morning Edition's Executive Producer Erika Aguilar. Hosts Leila Fadel and Michel Martin are joined by Steve Inskeep and A Martinez to wish her well.

The Wilson Center's Michael Kugelman says that for many Bangladeshis, a successful youth-led mass movement has shattered a long malaise and kindled a newfound optimism about the country's future.

The two groups' current leadership admitted 16 instances of illegal activity in a consent decree and will pay a $300,000 fine, the largest in state history, according to the commission.