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Health

CDC Director Walensky Overrules Advisers On Boosters For At-Risk Workers

Walensky made a recommendation that CDC advisers rejected — giving a third shot to at-risk workers such as those in the health care industry. Her decision sides with what the FDA recommended.

CDC Director Walensky Overrules Advisers On Boosters For At-Risk Workers

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Politics

White House, House Democrats Agree On A Framework To Pay For Their Spending Plan

House leaders on Thursday announced an agreement with the White House on a loose framework for how they will pay for their spending package. No specifics were announced about the framework.

White House, House Democrats Agree On A Framework To Pay For Their Spending Plan

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News Brief: Booster Shots, Trump Loyalists Subpoenaed, White House Quad Summit

The CDC director endorses booster shots for at-risk workers. The House panel probing the Jan. 6 attack issues subpoenas to four ex-Trump officials. The U.S. hosts a summit that will talk about China.

News Brief: Booster Shots, Trump Loyalists Subpoenaed, White House Quad Summit

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How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next

Haitian migrants cross the Rio Grande on Wednesday to get food and water in Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. The U.S. is allowing some migrants to enter the country and sending others back to Haiti. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Latin America

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next

U.S. border agents are allowing some Haitian migrants into the country on a temporary basis, while others are being deported or heading back over the border to Mexico.

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next

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Health

News Brief: Booster Shots, Haitian Migrants, U.N. Famine Warning

The FDA OKs a Pfizer booster for people 65+ or at high risk for severe COVID-19. Some Haitian migrants have been released into the U.S. The U.N. says people in an area of Ethiopia face severe hunger.

News Brief: Booster Shots, Haitian Migrants, U.N. Famine Warning

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Health

U.S. Officials Are Buying More Vaccine Doses To Donate To Other Countries

President Biden will announce the U.S. is buying 500 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. That would bring the total promised U.S. vaccine donations to more than 1.1 billion.

U.S. Officials Are Buying More Vaccine Doses To Donate To Other Countries

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Business

As Fed Meeting Wraps Up, Interest Rates Will Likely Remain Near Zero

The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday. No changes are expected in interest rates, but investors will be watching for hints as to when the central bank may lessen support for the economy.

As Fed Meeting Wraps Up, Interest Rates Will Likely Remain Near Zero

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News Brief: COVID-19 Outlook, Haitian Migrants, New Orleans' Power Grid Probe

The delta variant may have peaked in the U.S. Photos of U.S. agents herding Haitian migrants at the border are hard to look at. Probe finds Entergy New Orleans fought efforts to ready for disasters.

News Brief: COVID-19 Outlook, Haitian Migrants, New Orleans' Power Grid Probe

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Politics

News Brief: Biden's U.N. Speech, Texas Abortion Lawsuits, Debt Politics

President Biden will address the U.N. General Assembly. A Texas doctor faces lawsuits for performing an abortion in defiance of a new law. Democrats pair spending bill with raising the debt ceiling.

News Brief: Biden's U.N. Speech, Texas Abortion Lawsuits, Debt Politics

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National

The U.N. General Assembly Meets As The U.S. Is At The Center Of Many Disputes

Dozens of world leaders are expected to take part in this year's U.N. General assembly starting Monday in New York. The pandemic is casting a long shadow over the annual gathering.

The U.N. General Assembly Meets As The U.S. Is At The Center Of Many Disputes

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Books

'Peril,' Latest Book About Trump, Also Examines Biden's Style Of Policymaking

The new book Peril — written by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa — turns out to be just as much about Joe Biden, and how he got to be Trump's successor.

'Peril,' Latest Book About Trump, Also Examines Biden's Style Of Policymaking

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News Brief: U.N. General Assembly, Migrant Deportation, Book Review: 'Peril'

World leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. The president's immigration issues are multiplying at the border and in Washington. A new book is a speed tour of election year 2020.

News Brief: U.N. General Assembly, Migrant Deportation, Book Review: 'Peril'

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At Pakistan's Border With Afghanistan, People Wait To Cross From Both Sides

A Taliban guard stands on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan. People behind wait either to leave Afghanistan or to receive those returning to the country. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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World

At Pakistan's Border With Afghanistan, People Wait To Cross From Both Sides

Afghans are trying to reach Pakistan via the frontier near the Khyber Pass, but Pakistan is wary of more refugees. Cargo trucks are backed up for miles, waiting to deliver goods into Afghanistan.

At Pakistan's Border With Afghanistan, People Wait To Cross From Both Sides

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Asia

Afghans Are Desperate To Cross Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. This Man Does It All The Time

Trucks wait in Pakistan to cross over into Afghanistan, sometimes for days. We hear from one driver.

Afghans Are Desperate To Cross Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. This Man Does It All The Time

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Asia

Scenes From The Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

NPR host Steve Inskeep visits Torkham, a major border crossing wedged between Pakistan and Afghanistan, to explore who is and isn't able to pass through now that the Taliban are back in power.

Scenes From The Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

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