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Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, making way for Trump's pick

Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, giving President Trump an early opportunity to nominate an appointee to lead the bureau during key preparations for the 2030 census.
- Hansi Lo Wang
Antidepressants harder to quit than heroin? Fact-checking RFK Jr.

Fact checking RFK Jr.: No, antidepressants are not harder to quit than heroin.
- Katia Riddle
Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - 1/30-2/2

Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows celebrates a birthday, AND gives you the scoop on all the best events happening in our region this weekend.
- Libby Denkmann
State Department freezes passport applications with X gender markers. What are the implications?

For the past few years, Americans applying for a passport could choose male, female or X as their gender marker. But President Trump has taken that third option away.
Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS

Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.
- David Folkenflik
The U.S. economy is still doing well as Americans continue to spend

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.3% in the final months of 2024, largely fueled by robust consumer spending. The economy ended the year 2.5% larger than it was a year earlier.
- Scott Horsley
What we know about the midair crash near Washington, D.C.

Authorities believe there were no survivors in the accident, which happened as a regional passenger jet was attempting to land Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
- Jaclyn Diaz
Virginia Senator Tim Kaine reflects on air travel safety following mid-air collision in Washington, D.C.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia about airport and air travel safety following the mid-air collision near D.C.'s closest airport.
- Steve Inskeep
Recipient of pig kidney transplant reaches a milestone

An Alabama grandmother who was the first patient to receive a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney more than two months ago is now the longest surviving recipient of a pig organ.
- Rob Stein
WA is a 'sanctuary' state. What does that mean for deportations?

The Trump administration made good on a promise to increase deportations across the US. So what does it mean that Washington is a sanctuary state? And Seattle a sanctuary city? We’ll hear from deputy director of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Vanessa Gutierrez about what people should know about federal laws, and our local laws too.
- Jennie Cecil Moore

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