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Listening to the news can feel like a journey. But 1A guides you beyond the headlines – and cuts through the noise. Let's get to the heart of the story, together – on 1A.
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1AArtificial Intelligence And Emotional Intimacy
ChatGPT has at least 500 million weekly users. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that number is growing extraordinarily fast. When the chatbot went through an update…
1AThe new reality for student loan borrowers
Nearly 43 million Americans have federal student loan debt. Their borrowing totals more than $1.8 trillion. That’s according to the Education Data Initiative…
1AThe Future Of Ukraine After Trump Meeting With Putin
President Donald Trump gave Vladimir Putin what the Russian leader wanted during their meeting in Alaska last week. Now, Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
1A'If You Can Keep It': The Smithsonian
President Donald Trump and his administration want control over exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution. In a letter sent Aug. 12, three White House officials…
1AThe News Roundup For August 15, 2025
President Donald Trump put the police force in Washington D.C. under federal control. He also called in the National Guard and ICE to patrol the streets. The…
1AWhat Trump’s DC Takeover Means For The Capital And Beyond
President Donald Trump has taken over Washington D.C.’s police force and deployed the National Guard in the capital. The president took over the city’s police…
1AThe Push To Exclude Noncitizens From The 2030 Census
The U.S. undertakes the census every 10 years. Hundreds of thousands of Census workers set out to count everyone living in the U.S., regardless of their…
1AICYMI: A Conversation With Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell
Commander and Astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr. – died Thursday at the age of 97. He was one of the three-man Apollo 13 spacecraft crew that set for the moon in…
1A'If You Can Keep It': The Fight Over Redistricting In Texas
An extraordinary fight is underway in Texas over redistricting. And it’s turning into a showdown that has nationwide implications for the House of…
1AThe News Roundup For August 8, 2025
After months of delays, President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs went into effect on Thursday. A planned strategy meeting among top Trump administration…
1AWhy Accurate Labor Statistics Matter For The US Economy
The president of the United States fired the head of the government's main economic statistics agency after a recent report showed a less than positive picture…
1AAsk A Crisis Communications Specialist
Who do high profile people or companies facing a scandal call when they're in a crisis?Maybe their therapists. But definitely a crisis communications…
1AWhat Beards Tell Us About Power, Politics And How We See Each Other
Abraham Lincoln was the first U.S. president to sport a beard. For the next 50 years, whiskers were commonplace in the White House. But then, they went out of…
1A'If You Can Keep It': "Alligator Alcatraz" And Due Process
The controversial immigration detention center — dubbed by Florida officials and the Trump administration, "Alligator Alcatraz"-- has already hit some legal…
1AThe News Roundup For August 1, 2025
The White House took a victory lap this week as President Donald Trump secured a trade deal with the European Union. The agreement sees goods imported to the…
1AThe Hunger Crisis In Gaza And Beyond
Experts say a "worst-case" famine scenario is unfolding across the Gaza Strip.That's according to a new report published this week by a U.N.-backed commission…
1ALooking Ahead To The 2025 School Year
Across the country, K-12 teachers are prepping classrooms, reviewing lesson plans, and bracing for another school year that, for some, feels politically and…
1AICYMI: Trump's Ultimatum To Putin
In this Trump administration it's another day, another deadline, another deal. On Monday, the president issued an ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin…
1AICYMI: Palestinian Journalists Are Starving In Gaza
Last week, more than 100 aid and human rights groups warned that Gaza is at risk of "mass starvation."They signed an appeal demanding Israel allow food…
1A'If You Can Keep It': Weakening Whistleblower Protections
How does the public know what's happening in the federal government, especially when it's information the government doesn't want to share?That's where…
1AThe News Roundup For July 25, 2025
New reporting in The Wall Street Journal indicates that the FBI told President Donald Trump in May that his name was mentioned in the Epstein Files…
1AICYMI: The Senate Moves Ahead With Bove's Judicial Nomination
President Donald Trump has nominated loyal associates to influential positions over and over. But one recent pick for the federal bench has legal experts and…
1AWhat Medicaid Cuts Mean For Americans, Part II
Medicaid is a cornerstone of the American health care system. The program provides insurance to more than 70 million low-income people and people with…
1AICYMI: Trump's Use Of Legal Action Against The Media
President Donald Trump is suing the publisher and owner of the Wall Street Journal and seeking damages of $10 billion for defamation.Last week, the paper…
1ASharks On The Big Screen And In The Big Blue Sea
Duunnn dunnn... duuuunnnn duun.Odds are you probably know what that line references without having to click the link. And there's a good reason for that.Sharks…
1A'If You Can Keep It': The Layoffs At The Departments Of State And Education
This month, two Supreme Court decisions allowed the Trump administration to move forward with significant federal layoffs, including many at the Departments of…
1AThe News Roundup For July 18, 2025
The Senate approves President Trump's rescission package.Donald Trump has spent much of the week admonishing members of his MAGA base for raising the alert…
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Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential American service survive and thrive. Visit…
1AThe Future Of US Funding For HIV Treatment And Prevention
In his rescissions request to Congress last month, President Donald Trump asked that the hundreds of millions dollars budgeted for the President's Emergency…
1AWhat Medicaid Cuts Mean For Americans
One of the biggest cuts included in President Donald Trump's recent tax and spending bill is to Medicaid, the federal program that provides health insurance to…
1AICYMI: Trump's Move For A Peace Deal In Ukraine
Donald Trump is growing impatient with Russian President Vladimir Putin, publicly lamenting earlier this week the fact that Russia hasn't agreed to a peace…
1A'If You Can Keep It': The United States At 250
On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.President Donald Trump kicked off the…
1AThe News Roundup For July 11, 2025
Search crews and volunteers continue to scour miles along the Guadalupe River for the dozens of people still missing after deadly Texas flooding last week…
1AThe Megabill And The Green Economy
President Trump's so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" which was passed last week will have major implications for most Americans. How much will this cost you?…
1ASeeking Shade In A Warming World
Last week saw dangerous weather in Europe, where a brutal heat wave swept across the continent. Now wildfires from that heatwave are scorching several…
1AICYMI: Rescue And Recovery Efforts Continue In Texas
On Friday, central Texas, near San Antonio, was hit by what officials are calling a "100‑year flood." Heavy downpours caused a deadly 30‑plus-foot surge on the…
1AICYMI: The Megabill, Medicaid And Rural Americans
On Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated the passage of his signature tax and spending bill into law.At nearly 900 pages, the legislation is a sprawling…
1A'If You Can Keep It': American Values
Who are we as a nation? What's important to us? And who do we want to be?1A recently spent some time at the Aspen Ideas Festival where Gallup Research unveiled…
1ABest Of: Questioning Quantum Mechanics
Unless you're a physicist, you've probably only encountered quantum mechanics on TV.And even when it was explained, you might've still been a little…
1AWhy The U.S. Army Made Four Tech Executives Lieutenant Colonels
Meta Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth, Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar, OpenAI Head of Product Kevin Weil, and Thinking Machines Lab…
1AUnpacking The GOP Megabill
The so-called 'big, beautiful bill' has squeaked by in the Senate and now moves back to the House.The massive piece of legislation is the centerpiece of…
1AIn Good Health: Vaccines, Menopause, And Cardiovascular Disease
Last week, Kennedy announced the U.S. would not renew its $1.2 billion commitment to the global vaccine agency Gavi.The new Advisory Committee on Immunization…
1A'If You Can Keep It': Church And State, Continued
Last month, President Donald Trump openly questioned the separation of church and state during the establishment of the Presidential Commission on Religious…
1ASenator Elissa Slotkin On The Future Of The Democratic Party
Sen. Elissa Slotkin isn't just a congressperson, she's also a former CIA analyst. That means she has special insight into what's be going on abroad. And…
1AThe News Roundup For June 27, 2025
NATO leaders met this week and promised to increase defense spending to 5 percent of GDP.Meanwhile, Donald Trump claimed at that same summit that the U.S…
1ABest Of: The Future Of Fighting And Preventing Forest Fires
80 years ago, Smokey the Bear was mostly talking about campfire safety. Now? Things are a little different.Forest fires have always been a normal part of our…
1AAsk An Ambassador
Earlier this week, the U-S embassy in Qatar issued a warning to American citizens to quote: "shelter in place until further notice." Qatar is home to the…
1ABest Of: Chef José Andrés On Building A Better World
José Andrés is a Michelin-starred chef and the owner of 40 restaurants across the globe. But the culinary star is just as well known for his humanitarian…
1A'If You Can Keep It': The Separation Of Church And State
Donald Trump's new Commission on Religious Liberty met last week for the first time.When Trump signed the executive order in May establishing the group, he…
1AThe Aftermath Of US Strikes On Iranian Nuclear Sites
With strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, President Donald Trump has brought the United States into Israel's war with Iran.Israel began its…
1AThe Effect Of Climate Policy Changes On Your Life
In his first six months back in the Oval Office, President Trump rolled back decades of U.S. climate policy.So far, he's scaled back regulations that help keep…
1AWho Gets To Decide What School Means For Students?
What's your most vivid school memory? Do you remember it as a time of exploration? Was it a place where you could figure out who you were and what you wanted…
1ABehind The Dramatic Drop In Overdose Deaths
Drug overdose deaths have been increasing steadily for over two decades in large part due to opioids. That's until recently. Now, new data from the Centers for…
1AICYMI: Israel, Iran Conflict Shifts Focus
On Monday, the Israeli military struck the headquarters of Iran's state television network. The explosion was caught on video in the middle of a news…
1AICYMI: Suspect In Minnesota Shooting Arrested
On Saturday, Representative Melissa Hortman, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor party leader in the Minnesota House, was killed along with her husband Mark at their…
1A'If You Can Keep It': The President And The National Guard
President Donald Trump's decision to send the National Guard to Los Angeles is now up in the air – with a federal appeals court reviewing the case. A lower…
1AThe News Roundup For June 13, 2025
The second iteration of Donald Trump's travel ban goes into effect.A federal judge rules that the government must release Columbia graduate student Mahmoud…
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What Science Teaches Us About Revenge
When someone hurts us, we might feel wounded or sad. We might feel angry and defensive. But sometimes those feelings turn into something more dangerous: a…
1ASeniors Are The Fastest-Growing Group Experiencing Homelessness. Why?
People aged 50 and older have grown from about 10 percent of the homeless population to half. That's according to the most recent federal data.The increase is…
1AThe 1A Record Club Listens To The Songs Of Summer
The first official "Song of Summer" award was given to One Direction in 2013 for... well... "Best Song Ever." It's been more than a decade since that inaugural…