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Meta's new app Threads aims to be a friendlier alternative to Twitter by deemphasizing news and politics. But for many people, partisan brawls are a big part of Twitter's appeal.

GOP lawmakers want to amend the defense authorization bill. Guatemala's presidential election faces more chaos. Social media newcomer Threads seeks to downgrade news and politics on its platform.

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal."

Israel presses its offensive in the occupied West Bank. Russia says it repelled a drone attack on a Moscow airport. A Chicago suburb remembers victims of a mass shooting at a July Fourth parade.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about how the Biden administration plans to help borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down its student loan forgiveness plan.

The Supreme Court has delivered significant blows to President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, LGBTQ+ protections and affirmative action. Those rulings are reverberating on the campaign trail.

Israel's military says it's launched an extensive counterterrorism effort in the occupied West Bank that's killed at least seven militants in the latest escalation of violence there.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the social media platform is capping the number of tweets users can view — saying the unusual measure was needed to fight off companies that scrape Twitter for data.

Authorities in France say security measures are starting to calm the violent protests that began after the police killing of a 17-year-old last Tuesday.

How will candidates use Supreme Court rulings to attract voters? French authorities say they're calming protests that began after the police killing of a 17-year-old. Twitter is limiting tweet views.

The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."

With the writers strike underway, the contract between actors and major studios is set to expire at midnight. Negotiations have been going on for weeks — if there's no deal, actors could go on strike.

Millions of federal borrowers will not see their debts decreased or erased. Roughly 1 in 8 Americans will have to restart loan payments as soon as September.

Spending on travel and entertainment is up, even as Americans contend with stubborn inflation. One reason the economy is doing so well is that people keep spending money.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. What does this mean for colleges and perspective students?

The Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs, and will rule on challenges to the student debt forgiveness plan. The contract between actors and studios expires at midnight.

The decision reversed decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

A Ukrainian general talks about Russia and the counteroffensive. Smoke and heat create unhealthy air in many U.S. areas. Protests in France after police killed a teen during a traffic stop.

The government of Honduras has vowed to crush gang and prison violence — borrowing a page out of neighboring El Salvador's anti-gang crackdown playbook.

Record-breaking heat hits Texas. Five non-travel related cases of malaria have been reported in Texas and Florida. Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, watchdog says.