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White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says  Reuters.com

Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.

UK premier Keir Starmer will prod fellow leaders Saturday to sign up to a coalition willing to protect any eventual ceasefire in Ukraine, having said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “not serious about peace”. The British prime minister is expected

Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful. (Image credit: Alex Wong)

It doesn’t matter how full you are, you can always fit in a bite or two or three of pie and ice cream. Scientists say it has to due with special neurons in our brain that just can’t get enough

Lewis Hamilton has a new team, a new outlook and a new hope. Led by the sport’s most successful driver, Formula 1’s closest season in recent history starts on Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix. (Image credit: Piero Cruciatti)

Multiple people have given stiff-arm salutes after Elon Musk did it twice on Inauguration Day. Many claim it was a joke but extremism experts worry the once-taboo salute is getting normalized. (Image credit: Angela Weiss)

As an Indian Muslim, I have learned to say many words in whispers. The thought recently struck me when my husband and I were at a McDonald’s in Thailand that casually offered beef burgers to customers. The word “beef” felt

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else. (Image credit: Getty Images; photo collage NPR)

Thursday’s deadline for federal agencies to submit plans for large-scale layoffs kicks off a new phase in the dramatic restructuring of how the government operates. Here’s what that looks like. (Image credit: Bryan Dozier)