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NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming."

The union representing frontline Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers in Silicon Valley Sunday confirmed that they will go on strike this morning.

Prolific musician Jesse Colin Young, best known for being the voice of the '60s folk-rock anthem "Get Together," died on Sunday at age 83.

After he's sworn in, Rep.-elect Tom Barrett of Michigan will work in the Capitol office his great-grandfather once used. Rep. Louis Rabaut died in 1961, two decades before Barrett was born.

Americans who run different kinds of businesses are trying to figure out what's going on with tariffs and how to respond.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows growing support for some restrictions on immigration. Still, many elements of President Trump's sweeping crackdown are unpopular with Democrats and independents.

Government officials in the small African country of Lesotho were shocked by President Trump's dismissive remarks that "nobody has ever heard" of their country.

Following the arrest of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, the White House says intelligence will be used to identify individuals engaged in "anti- American, antisemitic, pro-Hamas" activities.

Could deporting immigrants open up their jobs for Americans? President Obama's administration deported more than 3 million people, and an economist studied those effects.

European, Ukrainian and U.S. officials meet in London on Wednesday for peace talks on Russia's war on Ukraine.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and motherhood.

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