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Agents have typically taken a commission on the sale of a home that totals 5% to 6% of the price. But new rules have created an opening for brokers who charge much less. -
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Rep. Mike Lawler about Republicans' divisions that threaten to derail the ongoing budget negotiations. -
The massive tax and immigration bill at the heart of President Trump's second term plans faces continued resistance from both moderates and hardliners.
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Trump's "big, beautiful bill" faces continued resistance, South Africa's president heads to the White House, DOGE tries to embed beyond the executive branch.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks the heads of two women-owned businesses how they are navigating the swing in tariff levels on China.
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After a three-year pause because of problems with execution drugs, Tennessee is resuming the practice saying it now has a safe way to administer a lethal injection.
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There's a federal law that helps homeless students get an education. It's administered by the U.S. Education Department, and schools worry there's no plan for the program if the department closes.
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A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's takeover of the United States Institute of Peace. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with lawyer George Foote about the future of the institute.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces another grilling on Capitol Hill, a day after his testy exchanges with his former colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin talks with Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels, the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of His Name is George Floyd.
