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President Biden in Harrisburg, Pa., on July 7, 2024. As lawmakers returned to Washington, Biden sent them a two-page letter telling them to stop speculating about his departure, because he's not leaving. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Democrats from across the country are weighing in on whether President Joe Biden should remain the party's nominee for president. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Elvia Elena Nunez and her grandson Esteban spent several months this spring in the Kith and Kin program. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption

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FAMILY, FRIEND & NEIGHBOR CHILD CARE

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Vice President Harris walks onstage at the 2024 Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 6. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Dr. Marty Sellers, wearing a red scrub cap, and his team from Tennessee Donor Services perform a normothermic regional perfusion organ recovery at a hospital in eastern Tennessee. Jessica Tezak for NPR hide caption

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Organ Harvesting Part 1

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Sunland Park Fire Department firefighters and police officers roll a migrant woman, who was suffering from heat-related illness, on a gurney to be loaded into an ambulance in a residential area in Sunland Park, N.M., on Friday, June 28, 2024. Paul Ratje for NPR hide caption

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U.S. Border officials attribute increased migrant deaths to extreme heat

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Louisiana's Republican governor, Jeff Landry, called the state’s nonpartisan primary system a “relic of the past" and was behind an effort to change primary elections for certain offices. Michael Johnson/AP/Pool/The Advocate hide caption

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Why some Republican-led states are limiting who can vote in party primaries

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that presidents have absolute immunity for their core constitutional powers. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Beryl, which is now a tropical storm, is forecast to move north, and then northeast, as it brings torrential rain to inland Texas and neighboring states. Mark Felix/AFP /AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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Emma Navarro of the United States celebrates after defeating compatriot Coco Gauff in their fourth round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Alberto Pezzali/AP/AP hide caption

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The U.S. Justice Department says Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from the crashes of two 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019. Boeing assembles its 737s at its factory in Renton, Wash. Jennifer Buchanan/Pool photo by Seattle Times via Getty Images hide caption

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BOEING TO PLEAD GUILTY

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