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President Trump says he's willing to hold his nomination of Attorney General Todd Blanche until January, when he says he'll have an easier political calculation in the Senate.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks former Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake what the GOP standoff over Todd Blanche's nomination suggests about the president's hold over his party in Congress.

The Justice Department is turning to a never-before-used court to try to deport a woman accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State.

President Trump says he may pull Todd Blanche's nomination, Trump says a deal has been made to disarm Hamas and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza, the U.S. economy is growing, but at a slower pace.

DOMi & JD Beck have been playing music together since they were teenagers. Now in their 20s and out with their second album, NPR's A Martinez asks them if they feel like mature musicians.

President Trump announced that a deal has been reached to disarm Hamas and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza. But questions remain about which action will come first.

Family and friends remember 28-year-old Sergeant Angel Rampersad, who was killed at an air base in Jordan and is being laid to rest this week.

European soccer teams voted to boycott the World Cup over a controversial FIFA investment plan. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Roger Bennett of the soccer podcast "Men in Blazers."

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Punchbowl News tech reporter Diego Munhoz about President Trump's request for AI companies to share models with the government before their public release.

Thirty beluga whales are being transferred out of Marineland, a shuttered aquarium in Canada.