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Federal health agencies have to slash their spending on contracts by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts which started this week.

It was a bonanza year for blockbusters — four topped the $300 million mark — but there was a trove of art-house gems, too. Herewith, Bob Mondello's 10 favorite films of 2007, plus an additional baker's dozen that deserve another mention at year's end.

The French Open just started and already the women's No. 1 seed is out. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated.

Seven months ago, Trump scrapped his plan to nominate Ratcliffe over concerns that he would not have the backing of Senate Republicans. It's unclear what has changed.

Top tech CEO including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates discussed the future of artificial intelligence in a closed meeting with a bipartisan group of Senators on Capitol Hill.

The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection held its first public hearing Thursday. Republican Liz Cheney broke with virtually all of her GOP colleagues to help lead the probe.

The U.N.'s top court begins hearings Monday on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change.

Esmond Bradley Martin, one of the world's leading investigators into the ivory trade, was found dead on Sunday in Kenya. NPR hears from his colleague, Dan Stiles, who talks about Martin's work.

Bolsonaro has downplayed the threat of the coronavirus while arguing that the economic and emotional impacts of shutdowns would harm more Brazilians than the pandemic.

A secret underground naval base in Crimea designed to preserve Soviet submarines in case of a nuclear attack is now a museum with an anti-American message.