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From l-r., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Danial Caine, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and acting undersecretary of defense during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense budget, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
President Trump and Republican members of Congress at the signing ceremony for his tax cut and spending bill on July 4, 2025. That law requires many adults who get Medicaid to prove they are working. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption
President Trump and Republican members of Congress at the signing ceremony for his tax cut and spending bill on July 4, 2025. That law requires many adults who get Medicaid to prove they are working. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 21, 2026. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
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Picking A College For The Fall? Here's How To Decide For An Unknown Future
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Ola Abu Naser grieving over the body of her 16-year-old brother, Imad, recovered from the rubble of their apartment building destroyed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes statements as he arrives for the EU Summit in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, Thursday, April 23, 2026. Petros Karadjias/AP hide caption
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Police on duty outside Golders Green tube station in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026, near the scene where two people were recently stabbed in the Golders Green neighbourhood, that has a large Jewish community. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption
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A general view shows the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on January 10, 2026. Two lawsuits are calling to halt the closure of the Center for renovations. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio trustee, is also asking for the removal of President Trump's name from the Center, an act that was not approved by Congress.
Since the name change, artists have cancelled performances and ticket sales have declined.
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A general view shows the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on January 10, 2026. Two lawsuits are calling to halt the closure of the Center for renovations. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio trustee, is also asking for the removal of President Trump's name from the Center, an act that was not approved by Congress.
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President Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
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People with certain mutations on their CDH1 gene have a 70 percent lifetime risk of developing diffuse gastric cancer. Nadzeya Haroshka/Getty Images hide caption
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Pop star-turned-Arizona State University professor will.i.am teaches "The Agentic Self" at his headquarters in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 14, 2026. Emily Choi/FYI.AI hide caption
Pop star-turned-Arizona State University professor will.i.am teaches "The Agentic Self" at his headquarters in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 14, 2026. Emily Choi/FYI.AI hide caption
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A naked mole rat on display in the Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
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A naked mole rat on display in the Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
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The inside of a cell is a complicated orchestration of interactions between molecules.
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The inside of a cell is a complicated orchestration of interactions between molecules.
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In the summer, there are enough phytoplankton to feed the millions of tons of krill that then feed the migratory whales that tourists travel very far to see in Antarctica. Andrew Peacock/Getty Images hide caption
In the summer, there are enough phytoplankton to feed the millions of tons of krill that then feed the migratory whales that tourists travel very far to see in Antarctica.
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In the summer, there are enough phytoplankton to feed the millions of tons of krill that then feed the migratory whales that tourists travel very far to see in Antarctica. Andrew Peacock/Getty Images hide caption
In the summer, there are enough phytoplankton to feed the millions of tons of krill that then feed the migratory whales that tourists travel very far to see in Antarctica.
Andrew Peacock/Getty ImagesHere's how tourists are solving a plankton puzzle in Antarctica
Here's how tourists are solving a plankton puzzle in Antarctica
The National Ignition Facility used lasers to generate net energy from a pellet of fusion fuel in 2022. But the experiment is still a long way from truly producing more electricity than it requires. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory hide caption
The National Ignition Facility used lasers to generate net energy from a pellet of fusion fuel in 2022. But the experiment is still a long way from truly producing more electricity than it requires.
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The National Ignition Facility used lasers to generate net energy from a pellet of fusion fuel in 2022. But the experiment is still a long way from truly producing more electricity than it requires. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory hide caption
The National Ignition Facility used lasers to generate net energy from a pellet of fusion fuel in 2022. But the experiment is still a long way from truly producing more electricity than it requires.
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A Glaucus atlanticus eats a Porpita. Both are residents of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Oxford Scientific/Getty Images hide caption
A Glaucus atlanticus eats a Porpita. Both are residents of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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A Glaucus atlanticus eats a Porpita. Both are residents of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Oxford Scientific/Getty Images hide caption
A Glaucus atlanticus eats a Porpita. Both are residents of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Do you clean up ocean trash if it's part of a vibrant ecosystem?
Melanie C's new album, Sweat, comes out May 1. Graham Cruz hide caption