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In search of a new edge to their health care efforts, President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have turned their guns on the insurance industry. They're counting on Americans' distrust of insurance companies to shore up wavering support for the President's health care agenda. The insurance industry says its impressive profits do not mean it is adding substantially to the cost of health care.

A federal judge will set a date for Trump's election obstruction case. Crowds mourn three Black people killed at a Dollar General in Florida. Pro surfers give kids in Maui a surf lesson.

Steve Inskeep talks to Ken Menkhaus, professor of Political Science at Davidson College in North Carolina. He analyzes the U.S. military strike in Somalia.

The joke used to be that some women went to college to get their M.R.S. — that is, a husband. But a study by the Pew Research Center finds that women today are more likely to marry men who have lower education levels and lower income levels than they do.

Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says he wants to know why drugmakers churn out medicines for some rare diseases but not others.

A voucher awarded to a company that finds a treatment for a rare childhood disease can be sold to the highest bidder and then used to fast-track the review of another drug. Are the prizes worth it?

In Israel, families of some of the more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas during its deadly Oct. 7 attack concluded a march across the country from Tel Aviv to the prime minister's office in Jerusalem.

A historic agreement at the international climate talks will provide hundreds of millions of dollars for developing countries. It's nowhere near enough.

As students head back to college, the Harris campaign announced millions of dollars in funding for engaging the youngest voters. But the Trump campaign isn't staying behind.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Nick Timiraos of the Wall Street Journal about how President Trump's recent attacks on the Federal Reserve affect the entity's independence.