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With pandemic border restrictions ending, White House discourages illegal crossings

The Biden administration announced a host of changes designed to discourage illegal border crossings. Numbers of people trying to cross are expected to increase when pandemic restrictions lift.
- Joel Rose
What went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank? The Fed is set to release a postmortem report

The Federal Reserve and the FDIC are set to report Friday on their oversight of two failed banks. The banks' collapse six weeks ago rocked credit markets and raised the risk of recession.
- Scott Horsley
The U.S. unveils plan to discourage border crossings when pandemic restrictions lift

The Biden administration's efforts will include new immigration processing centers in Latin America and other measures to discourage illegal border crossings.
- Joel Rose
Fugees' rapper Pras Michel convicted in foreign influence case

Pras Michel has been convicted in a federal court in Washington, D.C., on 10 counts related to charges that include conspiracy, witness tampering and failing to register as an agent of China.
- Washington Desk
E. Jean Carroll testified in trial that Trump sexual assaulted her

Former columnist E. Jean Carroll is scheduled to testify Wednesday in her civil sexual assault suit against former President Donald Trump. Carroll claims Trump raped her in the mid 1990s.
- Ilya Marritz
With Carlson's departure, will Fox tone down some of its far-right rhetoric?

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nicole Hemmer, a political historian at Vanderbilt University, about the direction Fox News might go following the departure of Tucker Carlson.
McCarthy to hold a vote soon on plan to increase debt limit while cutting spending

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working to gain support within his own party for his proposal that would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts.
- Ximena Bustillo
Gun rights groups sue to stop WA ban on semi-automatic rifle sales

Gun rights organizations are suing to stop a brand-new ban on the sale of AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles from going into effect. The ban became official Tuesday after Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed it into law. Part of the goal is to prevent mass shootings.
- David Hyde
In Pakistan, political and economic problems have many fearful of history repeating

Some in Pakistan say conditions are ripe for a coup amid multiple crises. There's visceral fear in the country, where the military has long ruled. But how likely will history repeat itself?
- Diaa Hadid
The impact that Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling proposal would have on food stamps

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans on holding a vote on his proposal, which included changes to various entitlement programs like food stamps. But the path to becoming a law is very steep.
- Ximena Bustillo

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