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On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on what President Trump does and doesn’t know about U.S. history and what that means for the country today.

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The Trump administration wants to expand the American lumber industry by logging more trees in national forests and raising tariffs on lumber imports. The impact that could have on the domestic timber industry.

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Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last year. President Donald Trump promised North Carolinians he wouldn’t forget them. But recently, Trump's FEMA rejected the state's request for extended relief funding.

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Starting May 7, you will have to have a REAL ID to board a U.S. domestic flight. But so much has changed in the 20 years since Real ID was first proposed, is REAL ID 20 years out-of-date?

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Millions of healthy children didn't set foot in a classroom for more than a year during the COVID pandemic. Journalist David Zweig says those school closures may have done more harm than good.

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President Trump believes that if you're born in the United States, you should not automatically be a citizen.

Historian Heather Cox Richardson says Trump is willfully misinterpreting American history and the Constitution.

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On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the centrality of the rule of law in the U.S.

And the findings of a Pew Research poll that 88% of Americans believe that President Trump should follow Supreme Court orders.

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Austin, Texas was known as a funky, liberal haven in a deep red state. Now, there’s big tech money pouring in and huge growth. How has life changed there?

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Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Skittles, Mountain Dew Baja Blast. These foods all contain petroleum-based synthetic food dyes the FDA wants to phase out by the end of next year. Will the ban change American eating habits?

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The Tesla Takedown protests have been mostly peaceful, but there have been a few incidents of vandalism and even property destruction.

Now, Elon Musk and his allies are calling the entire protest movement "domestic terrorism." Is that a fair label?

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