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The last major push to change the health care system failed in 1993-94. Former U.S. Sen. David Durenberger, a Republican from Minnesota, wanted to ensure it won't happen again. Earlier this year, he organized a conference of 40 "veterans" from that era. He talks about the plan they produced.

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace says the resolution aims to protect women's rights. Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out trans person elected to Congress, has slammed it as a distraction.

Environmentalists have filed another lawsuit as they push for reforms of the federal government's troubled effort to reintroduce Mexican gray wolves in…

In the second of two stories, high school students who are children of immigrants in Fremont, Calif., talk about cultural identity and the pressures to succeed academically. Hear NPR's Claudio Sanchez.

A new North Carolina government program subsidizes people who want to become beekeepers. The initiative is an attempt to address a nationwide bee shortage that threatens the future of American agriculture. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

The Trump administration is proposing new rules that make it harder for defrauded students to get relief from the federal government, in an attempt to save taxpayers money.

With California Rep. Darrell Issa deciding to step down, a total of 31 Republicans in Congress have said they won't run. Steve Inskeep talks to Matt Schlapp, head of the American Conservative Union.

President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law has been meeting with business leaders, immigration hard-liners and other allies. The goal: revive a plan to overhaul immigration laws before November.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's search for a new musical director who doesn't mind the broad range of duties. Conductor Daniel Barenboim is leaving the job, saying it involved too many non-artistic demands.

Riot police fire water cannons and tear gas into crowds gathering for a banned rally in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday. Brother Paul Brennan offers an update from Eldoret, where thousands fled.