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President Trump's efforts to cut the federal workforce by 10% might not save as much money as hoped and could have unintended consequences. NPR explains why.

This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.

Moldova voted in favor of adding a path to the European Union to its constitution, and gave the incumbent president the most votes in elections Sunday, but neither result was the win leaders wanted.

A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Find out how the 1849 National Historic Ranch House on Warner's, which was on the National Park's Most Endangered List for 20-years, has now been saved after it was profiled on SAN DIEGO'S HISTORIC PLACES.

Israel launched an airstrike on Iran overnight. Blasts were heard in the capital Tehran around 3am local time. Israel's defense ministry warned it expects missile and drone retaliation.

This month has brought a shower of new podcasts for your playlist. The NPR One team gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media.

Salt & Straw ice cream is celebrating the month of chocolate and love by re-inventing the traditional heart-shaped box of Valentine’s Day chocolates with their new Dipped In Chocolate Perfume and Chocolatier’s Series – available on affiliate via ShareASale. The Dipped in Chocolate Perfume is a wearable perfume created in collaboration with Portland based Imaginary Authors, with notes of chocolate, cardamom, vanilla cream, sandalwood and benzoin sumatra to create a decadent fragrance, available only in scoop shops in 14mL bottles for $46. Additionally, starting Tuesday, January 28 through the month of February, the Chocolatier’s Series is available at all scoop shops and via nationwide delivery, and features five flavors created by co-founder and ice cream innovator Tyler Malek in partnership with some of the most renowned chocolatiers and bean-to-bar connoisseurs in the country. From San-Francisco based Dandelion to Miami-based Exquisito Chocolates, each flavor contains chocolate in some form, from chocolate bars to cocoa nibs, fudge, stracciatella, truffles, and more. Flavors include: Chocolate Almond Gold Bar - Bits of Almond Gold Bars from Fran’s Chocolate in Seattle are tossed into a salted vanilla ice cream, with ribbons of buttery caramel and dark chocolate stracciatella Cocoa Nibs & Frangipane - Candied cocoa nibs from San Francisco-based chocolate company Dandelion are folded into a light milk chocolate base, mixed with frangipane, a toasted almond cream. Cake Batter Chocolate Fudge - Rainbow-sprinkle cake batter ice cream is rippled with brown butter vanilla bean fudge made with LA-based Compartés chocolate to mimic chocolate frosting. NEW: Hazelnut Chocolate Cookies and Cream (v) - A chocolate barley milk base is churned with housemade oreo cookies stuffed with a chocolate hazelnut filling made with Portland-based cloudforest chocolate, and swirled with hazelnut chocolate fudge. NEW: Milk Chocolate Fudge with Candied Macadamia Nut - Inspired by the macadamia nut bonbon from Stick with Me Sweets in New York City, puffed rice-infused ice cream is mixed with milk chocolate fudge and clusters of white chocolate and coconut covered candied macadamia nuts. For customers who want even more chocolate, shops will offer a Brownie Waffle Cone made with a rich, chocolatey brownie batter, finished with a hint of salt, and freshly pressed into a swoon-worthy waffle cone. This limited-edition cone will be available from January 31 to February 27 in all Salt & Straw locations. On Valentine's Day (February 14) in all Salt & Straw shops, customers who buy one single scoop, will get another single scoop free for the Valentine in their life. SAN DIEGO LOCATIONS

Las entrevistas sugieren que algunas de las personas atrapadas en la ofensiva migratoria de Trump son esenciales para sus familias y comunidades y no son necesariamente criminales.

The Yes and No on 33 campaigns have collectively spent more than $140 million. CalMatters fact checked some of the more pervasive claims made by both sides.