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We begin with the latest department head leaving the Trump administration. A second round of peace talks between the US and Iran remains uncertain as a deadline to extend a ceasefire looms. A planned scuffle turned into a deadly mass shooting in North Carolina. We have the latest developments on a singer arrested for a teenage girl’s death. The FBI director has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic. Plus, Apple’s leader in the post-Steve Jobs era is stepping down.
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The eight children shot and killed by a family member in Shreveport, Louisiana have been identified. Vice President JD Vance is expected to attend a potential second round of talks with Iran in Pakistan. The Justice Department’s request for voting materials from Michigan’s 2024 presidential election has been denied. American importers can start applying for tariff refunds today. Plus, Ukraine says its deploying robots and drones on the frontlines.
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The US military fires on and seizes an Iranian ship. Eight children were killed in the worst mass shooting in the country, since 2024.  President Trump announces an Oval Office Bible reading, amid a feud with the Pope. Promising new data from a pancreatic cancer vaccine trial. Plus, a hot air balloon makes an emergency landing in a backyard.
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Roughly 95,000 employees left federal science agencies between September 2024 and December 2025, according to the Partnership for Public Service. Former NASA climate scientist Kate Marvel recently joined that group, citing the administration’s funding cuts and attacks on climate and environmental regulations in her resignation letter. However, she remains hopeful about the future of the study of climate change – if her fellow scientists are willing to get angry about it. 

For more: Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center 

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Guest: Kate Marvel, former NASA climate scientist 

Host: David Rind 

Producer: Paola Ortiz 

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin 

Editorial Support: Andrew Freedman

Photo: Reid Wiseman/NASA
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On one of the biggest stages in music, history was made. A "Heated Rivalry" lookalike contest turned into a real-life rom com. These ecosystem engineers are already hard at work helping combat climate change. This technology allowed a blind man to train and race for a marathon differently. Plus, why basketball fans love the G.O.A.T. debate. 
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