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Nigeria's president is defending his economic reforms, which have led to the worst economic crisis in decades. Poverty levels have soared. Fuel costs have more than tripled and people are hungry.

It's been more than two years since the Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion and gave the issue to the states. 2025 could be the year states start battling each other in court.

NPR's Michel Martin talks about birthright citizenship with Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute.

Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia.

Some U.S. cities are seeing a bump in marriage licenses. Same-sex couples and couples with mixed immigration status are among those heading to the altar before the start of the Trump administration.