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  • 4 days ago | wusf.org | Steve Inskeep |Claire Murashima

    Updated June 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM EDTThe Republican-led U.S. Senate returns from recess today to debate President Trump's "big, beautiful" multi-trillion dollar budget bill. The plan is key to accomplishing the bulk of Trump's domestic policy agenda, which includes new work requirements for Medicaid recipients, increased spending for immigration enforcement, overhauling the student loan system, and ending tax breaks for clean energy.

  • 3 weeks ago | laist.com | Claire Murashima

    Mother's Day is this weekend. We're reminding you so you have time to get the card or gift and make sure it's on the way if you're shipping it. And if you're still not sure what to get your loved one, maybe our listeners can help. We asked them to tell us about their most memorable Mother's Day gift, and here's what they said:Gay Prater in Lake Wales, Fla. has three kids who moved away from home. One Mother's Day, she went out for breakfast and was feeling sorry for herself.

  • 4 weeks ago | npr.org | Claire Murashima

    Fragrance dupes are rising in popularity among younger people Transcript Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5377539/nx-s1-5446743-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript A view of Kilian perfume bottles on display at the Made In America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • 1 month ago | wvxu.org | Claire Murashima

    Updated May 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM EDTMother's Day is this weekend. We're reminding you so you have time to get the card or gift and make sure it's on the way if you're shipping it. And if you're still not sure what to get your loved one, maybe our listeners can help. We asked them to tell us about their most memorable Mother's Day gift, and here's what they said:Gay Prater in Lake Wales, Fla. has three kids who moved away from home.

  • 1 month ago | mprnews.org | A Martínez |Claire Murashima

    In recent months, an increasing number of Tesla owners have put stickers on their cars to signal their disapproval of Tesla's founder and CEO, Elon Musk, and his work in the Trump administration. Matthew Hiller, owner of online shop MadPufferStickers, listed the sticker, "I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy," on his store in 2023, after becoming disillusioned with how Musk was running X. "[Musk] was sort of becoming a bully and sort of pushing disinformation.