Disinformation of the Day

New York City’s leading mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, is raising eyebrows once again for appearing to suggest prisons are not important in a recently resurfaced video. [...]

Marine Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte has been nominated to lead the U.S. Naval Academy, marking the first time in its 180-year history a Marine was tapped for the role. [...]

After a ProPublica investigation raised security concerns, Microsoft will cease using China-based engineers for work on sensitive Pentagon cloud computing systems. [...]

LA Mayor Karen Bass, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, is being mocked for pushing a story about an LA woman being kidnapped by ICE. [...]

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., demanded a probe into Belmont University after undercover recordings allegedly revealed a staff admitted to maintaining DEI initiatives despite Trump directives. [...]

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Tom Michael, general manager of Boise State Public Radio, about what the cuts to federal public media funding mean for his station. [...]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the release of 10 Americans who were detained in Venezuela, marking the return of all U.S. nationals previously held in the country. [...]

After meeting with leading New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued a lukewarm statement that did not endorse the candidate. [...]

One of the narratives at the heart of President Trump's political movement is this: American society is dominated by a shadowy group of elites, and those elites are deeply corrupt. Nothing represented that theory more than the case of Jeffrey Epstein.He was a man most people had never heard of [...]

Authorities in Brazil, worried that the former far right president is a flight risk, are imposing new restrictions on his movements. The tough surveillance moves come as President Trump continues to voice strong support for the ex-leader who is facing charges of plotting a coup to stay in power.(Image credit: [...]

Postmaster General David Steiner told USPS workers he doesn't believe in privatizing the agency. President Trump has expressed support for such a move, which would likely hurt services in rural areas.(Image credit: Sean Rayford) [...]

Venezuela has freed 10 Americans as part of a larger prisoner exchange for Venezuelan detainees released from El Salvador, the U.S. and Salvadoran governments said Friday.(Image credit: Alex Peña) [...]

China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our technology today. But China sources some of those rare earths and other heavy metals from neighboring Myanmar. And the ramped up in production there is causing downstream environmental concerns in Thailand. [...]

After a memorable All-Star game, today we listen back to some favorite baseball interviews from the Fresh Air archives: conversations with Jamie Moyer, Mike Piazza, Tony La Russa and Brad Ausmus. [...]

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