NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee about the compromise framework for a 2024 spending plan and the response from inside the GOP congressional conference.
Read more ...Sinéad O'Connor died of natural causes, coroner says National News
The Irish singer died on July 26, 2023, at the age of 56. A tribute concert for O'Connor and Irish artist Shane MacGowan is planned for March in New York.
Read more ...Gabriel Attal is France's youngest-ever and first openly gay prime minister National News
Attal, 34, rose to prominence as the government spokesperson then education minister and had polled as the most popular minister in the outgoing government.
Read more ...Will the feds block a grocery megamerger? Kroger and Albertsons will soon find out National News
America's two largest supermarket chains have struck a $25 billion deal to combine. Now the FTC is about to decide whether it will block or allow it, and under what conditions.
Read more ...In Israel, Blinken looks to planning for a post-war Gaza as bombardments rage on National News
Blinken said four Arab nations and Turkey promise to help rebuild Gaza. But they want to see steps toward creation of a Palestinian state, which Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow.
Read more ...Russia has arrested a U.S. citizen on alleged drug charges National News
U.S. citizen Robert Woodland Romanov has been arrested on drug charges in Russia amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions over Ukraine.
Read more ...Farewell to Earnest Jackson, the iconic voice behind Planet Money's 'Inflation' song National News
The singer and songwriter behind Planet Money's "Inflation" song has passed away.
Read more ...When Roger Lynn's wife was in the cancer ward, a nurse went out of her way to make her last days more comfortable.
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