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  • The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a week, Sunday through Friday.

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  • Can the U.S. banish its citizens?

    Can the U.S. banish its citizens?
    Apr 16 2025
    The Trump administration's move to send immigrants to a maximum security prison in El Salvador is the subject of multiple on-going fights in court.

    But in an Oval Office meeting with the Salvadoran president this week, President Trump was already looking ahead.

    "We also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they're not looking, that are absolute monsters. I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country," Trump said.

    Trump later clarified that by "homegrown criminals" he meant U.S. citizens.

    No president has tried to do exactly what Trump is proposing.

    In this episode, we hear from someone who argues it's wildly unconstitutional.

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    12 mins
  • Did DOGE take sensitive labor data?

    Did DOGE take sensitive labor data?
    Apr 15 2025
    President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency team, or DOGE, appears to be grabbing sensitive data from all over the government.

    A whistleblower has come forward by filing an official disclosure to Congress about concerning activity on the systems at one independent federal agency, the National Labor Relations Board.

    Elon Musk says DOGE is searching for savings throughout the government. But is the data being accessed valuable?

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  • Vaccine expert worries child measles deaths are being 'normalized'

    Vaccine expert worries child measles deaths are being 'normalized'
    Apr 14 2025
    Measles is an extremely contagious disease. It's also extremely preventable. There's a vaccine. It's highly effective.

    For decades it has made measles outbreaks in the U.S. relatively rare, and measles deaths rarer still. But the U.S. has now seen more than 700 measles cases this year, and 3 deaths so far with active outbreaks across six states.

    The federal response is under scrutiny because Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has made a career spreading false information about vaccines.

    What are this administration's views on vaccines, and what do they mean for what is already one of the worst U.S. measles outbreaks this century.

    Kennedy publicly promised he would support vaccines. Dr. Peter Marks, who was forced out as the nation's top vaccine regulator says his department isn't doing enough.

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