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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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FILE - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a visit to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Va., on Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Janet Yellen tells Congress U.S. could hit debt limit in mid-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers.

7 hours ago

Director of Photography Jac Cheairs and his son
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New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns

New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists.

1 day ago

Bill and Hillary Clinton
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Bill Clinton is out of the hospital after being treated for the flu

The 78-year-old Democrat was admitted on Monday afternoon with a fever.

5 days ago

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz
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House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of ‘regularly’ paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girl

The report brings to a close a nearly five-year investigation into Matt Gaetz, who spent the majority of his time in Washington enmeshed in scandals.

5 days ago

view of the New Jersey Capitol building
Government
New Jersey

Several New Jersey laws will take effect in 2025, including an increase in the minimum wage. Here’s what you need to know

The new laws include an increase to the minimum wage and new data protections for consumers.

6 days ago

Donald Trump pats Elon Musk on the shoulder
Economy
National
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What Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years

The president-elect successfully pushed House Republicans to jettison some spending from a a budget deal, but he failed to achieve his goal of raising the debt limit.

6 days ago

Bethany Gill winds a clock
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Preservation

An architect designed custom clocks for Pennsylvania’s Capitol a century ago. They’re still ticking

Visitors are drawn to the building's polished marble, intricate carvings — and 273 antique clocks that were part of the original design.

6 days ago

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters after passing the funding bill to avert the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Government
National
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Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands

The bill would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

1 week ago

Mike Johnson speaking at a podium during a press conference
Economy
Government

House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline

The plan would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

1 week ago

Night falls on the dome of the Capitol in Washington.
Explainers
Government
Law
National
Politics

Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter.

1 week ago

Drones like this one are now temporarily prohibited from flying over parts of New Jersey. The Federal Aviation Administration is barring drone flights over critical infrastructure at more than 20 locations in the state following a rash of sightings. (Seth Wenig/AP)
National
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Technology
NPR

Federal regulators prohibit drone flights in dozens of locations across New Jersey

The restrictions, announced Thursday, come amid a flurry of reported drone sightings that have raised concerns across the Garden State and beyond.

1 week ago

President-elect Donald Trump poses for a photo with Dana White, Kid Rock and Elon Mus
National
Politics

Elon Musk ascends as a political force beyond his wealth by tanking budget deal

A stopgap measure to prevent a partial shutdown of the federal government was effectively killed by Musk's social media warnings and Trump's condemnation.

1 week ago

Alejandro Mayorkas speaks
New Jersey
Outdoors
Politics
Technology

Federal officials’ authority to track and disable drones set to expire, snared in budget battle

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has called for the reauthorization of the authority, which is included in a spending bill that continued to be debated Thursday.

1 week ago

Bob Casey
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

‘Blessed’: Casey recounts his Senate career in final floor speech

The outgoing U.S. senator said he had been “blessed” by the opportunity to perform public service and highlighted what he recounted as key successes throughout his career.

1 week ago

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Crime
Government
New Jersey

New Jersey weighs making underage gambling no longer a crime, but subject to a fine

State lawmakers may change the law to make gambling by those under 21 no longer punishable under criminal law, instead imposing fines ranging between $500 and $2,000.

2 weeks ago

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