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Daily News Lesson May 19 2025

Breakthrough gene editing treatment helps child born with rare disorder

Doctors used the gene editing technology known as CRISPR to isolate and correct a single mutation.

Daily News Lesson May 16 2025

Lao and Proud: Chef inspires others to embrace their heritage and history through food

Learn how Chef Seng Luangarth helped bring Laotian cuisine to the U.S.

U.S. President Trump departs for Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

Daily News Lesson May 15 2025

Constitution's emoluments clause and Qatar gifting Trump $400M luxury jet

"Our founders put into our Constitution a prohibition on government officials, including the president, accepting payments, gifts from foreign governments," according to Kathleen Clark, law professor

Daily News Lesson May 15 2025

Community Connections: How social media nearly ruined a friendship

Hear from two teens whose friendship was put at risk by social media

Daily News Lesson May 14 2025

Family who lived through 1950s U.S. deportation effort reflects on current climate

Produced by Student Reporting Labs, News Hour's youth journalism program

First group of White South Africans arrives in U.S. Under Trump's Refugee plan in Dulles

Daily News Lesson May 13 2025

White South Africans arrive in U.S. after receiving refugee status from Trump

Learn why the Trump administration is giving White Afrikaners expedited refugee status to the United States

Daily News Lesson May 12 2025

America at a Crossroads: How a social network is bringing communities together in divisive times

Learn about the locally-owned social network, Front Porch Forum

Conclave elects the new pope, at the Vatican

Daily News Lesson May 09 2025

Pope Leo XIV selected as first American to lead Catholic Church

The pope spoke of peace and building bridges to an ecstatic crowd in St. Peter's Square

Parade to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh city

Daily News Lesson May 08 2025

50 years after the fall of Saigon, a look at the partnership between Vietnam and the U.S.

Learn about the history between the U.S. and Vietnam, and where they stand now

Daily News Lesson May 07 2025

Community Connections: How to discuss religion and politics in America

Learn about one pastor's opinions on religion and politics

A city view of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administrated Kashmir

Daily News Lesson May 07 2025

India strikes sites in Pakistan in response to attack on tourists

Learn about conflict between two major powers in South Asia

Handout image of an extremely rare official first-edition printed copy of the U.S. Constitution as adopted by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787

Daily News Lesson May 06 2025

As Trump doubts need for due process, what the Constitution says about noncitizens' rights

Discuss the meaning of due process as a constitutional right for all people

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