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President Barack Obama is calling for quick action for the stimulus bill. The president's new tone of urgency may be working.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ashley Whillans, psychologist at Harvard Business School, about why many people care deeply about climate change but are slow to adopt climate-friendly behaviors.

Robert Siegel talks to UCLA Law Professor and author Richard Sander about the impact on California's education system when the state banned Affirmative Action.

In 1975, researchers met to discuss the emerging field of biotechnology. The issues surrounding the field today are familiar.

Robert Pattinson plays a space traveler who's repeatedly killed and resurrected in the name of scientific research in this otherworldly farce. It's Bong's first movie since his Oscar-winning Parasite.

The U.S. men's soccer team moves on to the World Cup's round of 16. They lost to Germany, but advance because Portugal beat Ghana. The team will get to rest a bit before playing Belgium on Tuesday.

President Trump says the U.S. will add another 50% tariff to Chinese imports, making collective tariffs over 100% on the Asian country's imports. What does this mean for U.S.-Chinese relations and the international trading order?

President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imported goods, which were higher and broader than many expected. The new import taxes are expected to raise prices and slow growth in the U.S., while pushing many other countries into recession.

Iran is in the grip of a devastating drought. Searing heat and government mismanagement have left water levels in the country's dams, rivers and lakes at record lows.

Jonah Keri of CBS Sports talks to NPR's Robert Siegel about the MLB trade deadline — which teams are angling for what players and why.