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NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Nick Schmidle, who met Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in prison several times, about the decision to swap him for WNBA star Britney Griner.

President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions  The White House

Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan Congratulating Inaugural Quad Fellows  The White House

President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions  The White House

Sunday is set to mark the end of Orion’s nearly four-week trip around the moon and back.

Croatia knocked Brazil out of the World Cup by beating the five-time champions 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals.

Senator Bennett dies from brain tumor  wcia.com Illinois State Senator Scott Bennett dies suddenly at age 45 of complications from a large brain tumor  WLS-TV ‘Sudden and Unexpected’: Illinois State Senator Scott Bennett Dies at 45  NBC Chicago State Sen. Scott Bennett dies

How Kevin McCarthy Could Lose The Election For Speaker Of The House  FiveThirtyEight House Republicans brace for doomsday scenario if McCarthy falls short of 218 votes for speaker  CNN Seven hard-line House Republicans lay out Speaker demands amid McCarthy opposition  The Hill Kevin

Today, the northern tip of Greenland is a barren Arctic desert, but back then it was a lush landscape of trees and vegetation with an array of animals, even the now extinct mastodon.

Russian forces have endangered to 65,000 square miles of Ukrainian territory with mines, as the U.S. outlined support for tackling a threat it described as the biggest of its kind since World War II.