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President Trump has promised again to cut taxes on Social Security benefits. NPR asks the Committee for a Responsible Budget's Marc Goldwein about the potential impact on the program's longevity.

Government officials in the small African country of Lesotho were shocked by President Trump's dismissive remarks that "nobody has ever heard" of their country.

Supporters of the bill say it protects recent laws restricting trans people in sports and bathrooms. A father of a transgender teenager calls it "an attack on the fundamental rights of Iowans."

We remember Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer behind "Everybody Loves the Sunshine." He died Tuesday at the age of 84.

Basketball megastar LeBron James just became the very first player in NBA history to score 50,000 career points. Does James' achievement finally cement him as basketball's greatest of all time?

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The draft executive action, obtained by NPR, acknowledges that the department and its signature responsibilities were created by Congress and cannot legally be altered without congressional approval.

A new bill introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives would lower the state’s income tax rate by a fraction of a percent, from 4.25% to 4.05%.It’s a callback to a couple years ago. That’s when strong state revenue triggered a law that temporarily lowered the tax rate in 2023.

A Democratic state lawmaker has sponsored a proposal to strike the language of a dormant same-sex marriage ban from the Michigan Constitution.

Trump continues to link his tariffs to fentanyl and overdose deaths — in his speech to Congress and on social media. But many of his statements about the fentanyl crisis aren't factual.