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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, on President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
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How far-reaching are the president’s powers on DACA?

The Trump administration recently put an expiration date on the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Is action of either president lawful?

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Donald Trump will never stop serial lying. It's a reflex. But on rare occasions, his lies are challenged in real time and we get the chance to see him squirm.

8 years ago

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Fierce winds that have fanned the flames of more than 14 wildfires raging through Northern California are beginning to die down this week.

8 years ago

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NCC's Jeffrey Rosen on McCain receiving the Liberty Medal award

Tonight at the National Constitution Center, the 2017 Liberty Medal will be given to U.S. Sen. John McCain for a lifetime of sacrifice and service to our country.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

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This undated photo provided by the Buncombe County Detention Center shows Michael Christopher Estes, who’s accused of planting an improvised explosive device at the airport on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Asheville, N.C.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

If Michael Christopher Estes (who?) was a Muslim …

Take a wild guess why Michael Christopher Estes' thwarted domestic airport attack hasn't gone viral. Hint: He's not a Muslim.

8 years ago

A member of the Puerto Rican National Guard delivers food and water brought via helicopter to victims of Hurricane Maria, to the  San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Arts & Entertainment

Orchestra offers 'West Side Story' as fundraiser for Puerto Rico's recovery

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8 years ago

President Donald Trump is shown in the Oval Office of the White House.
National Interest
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Trump's press-bashing bluster is pure Shakespeare

It's truly a different world now for the man-child who finds himself in the White House stewing over press coverage that he is powerless to control.

8 years ago

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Lawmakers push bump stock ban; gun control groups say ‘do more’

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8 years ago

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Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rescinded the Obama-era guidelines for how colleges investigate sexual misconduct complaints, saying she ...

Air Date: October 9, 2017

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Gallup: Majority believe America would be safer if more Americans carried concealed weapons

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

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8 years ago

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8 years ago

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8 years ago

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