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In an interview with CBS News, the president also said, "I know people that like the Confederate flag, and they're not thinking about slavery."

A federal judge announced on Tuesday that ICE has reached an agreement with schools that sued it over the rule change. The directive will now be rescinded nationwide.

Adm. Brett Giroir, who leads the federal testing response, tells NPR that the U.S. is on track to test enough to contain the pandemic, saying newer, point-of-care tests are part of the solution.

The government executed Daniel Lee, who was convicted of murdering three people, by lethal injection — marking the resumption of federal capital punishment for the first time in 17 years.

The U.K. government announced Tuesday that it would bar British telecom companies from buying equipment for the development of Britain's 5G network from Huawei, China's telecom giant.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Akram Osman and Abdirizak Abdi about becoming two of the first Somali-American public school principals in Minnesota, a state with a large Somali population.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Lisa Sparks, a member of the Orange County, Calif., Board of Education, about why she approves of the plan to reopen public schools without masks or social distancing.

The coronavirus pandemic may force federal agencies to lay off some workers. The agency that handles citizenship applications has announced furloughs, and the TSA is offering early retirements.

Californian Rochelle Williams, 59, talks about some of the ways racism has affected her as a Black woman and how she explains the gravity of those experiences to people who don't get it.

People in recovery for alcoholism and drug addiction have been hit hard by challenges of social distancing. Laura Bratton shares how the pandemic has affected her recovery and her support system.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday outlined his plans to "build a resilient and sustainable infrastructure now and deliver an equitable clean energy future."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement will rescind regulations barring international students from staying in the U.S. if their colleges offer online-only classes this fall.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephen Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about who Ben Tillman was and why his statues appear all over South Carolina.

Pandemic has put Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in the spotlight — she uses her power to promote private school interests but has also had to backtrack on her support of virtual schooling.

Early studies suggest exposure to wildfire smoke makes people more susceptible to coronavirus infections, increasing the risk of severe COVID-19 and death. But there are still a lot of unknowns.

A former nursing assistant at a medical center for veterans in West Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to seven counts of murder after a series of suspicious deaths at the center.

In the world of Blue Ticket, girls are issued either blue tickets or white ones on the day of their first periods. Blue tickets grant a career but no children; white tickets mean home and family.

The charges are related Maxwell's alleged role in the sexual abuse of several young woman and girls by the late financier. The longtime Epstein associate was arrested earlier this month.

British regulators say they had little choice after the U.S. imposed sanctions that could affect the viability of Huawei products. Existing 5G equipment must be removed from the network by 2027.

With summer travel plans on hold because of the pandemic, a lot of Americans are putting money into projects around the house. That's taxing lumber supplies and pushing prices higher.

Tulsa officials began a test excavation to determine if land on in city-owned Oaklawn Cemetery is the site of a mass grave of victims of the race massacre. Most of the victims have never been found.

The former vice president's initiative calls to chart the United States on "an irreversible path" to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

SNL "Weekend Update" co-anchor Colin Jost acknowledges that his clean-cut image sometimes rubs people the wrong way. "When I get hurt or hit on camera ... the audience really loves it," he says.

As polls show a tightening presidential race in traditionally Republican Texas, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is launching his first general election ad in the state.

Florida's coronavirus cases continue to be near record-levels as officials warn of worsening problems in several parts of the state. Hospitals are concerned about the increases.