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Jake's Reporting

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Video Take a look inside the new National Medal of Honor Museum 4:42
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Video Here’s what the Department of Education actually does 2:00
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Video Do Pentagon leaders think they know Jackie Robinson’s story better than Jackie Robinson did? 4:38
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Homeless in America

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This mayor is clearing homeless encampments. Hear why it’s part of a bigger plan 5:26
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Homeless in America: Reentering society after incarceration 3:26
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DC clears out encampments as homelessness rises 4:24
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How one nonprofit is serving hundreds of homeless children 4:00
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Homeless people got $12,000 a year. How their lives changed 4:54

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Video Some of the people swept up in Trump’s immigration arrests 3:15
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Video How GOP allies are pushing Trump & Musk to make peace 7:52
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Video CA lawmaker: Trump is using immigration raids as distraction 7:14
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Video Amid rise in antisemitism, Jonah Platt aims to unite Jews 5:21
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Video Ice cream shop owner on Trump’s tariffs: ‘Live in our shoes’ 4:10
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Video Ex-DOGE employee: People are still going to get fired after Musk leaves 5:41
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Video Grocer explains how tariffs are impacting food prices 3:07
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Video German Foreign Minister: Russia doesn’t need to ‘educate us’ on Ukraine missile agreement 5:51
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Video Will the NFL ban the ‘tush push’ after the Eagles’ Super Bowl win? 4:03
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Video Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal reveals he considered suicide after fallout with Obama White House 5:22
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Video New book reveals how Biden’s inner circle kept cabinet from him in final two years of presidency 5:05
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Video How tariffs are straining a Black-owned small business 4:41
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Video NY wine & spirits business suing Trump admin over tariffs 4:28
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Video How Pope Francis will be remembered by other faith leaders 5:16
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Video Toy Association CEO: ‘Christmas is at risk’ due to tariffs 5:09
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