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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, a Republican, who is one of 26 governors ending extra benefits for jobless workers during the pandemic.

The latest Utah news from Friday morning, June 18, 2021.

Juneteenth has been signed into law as a federal holiday. As U.S. prepares to pull troops out of Afghanistan, allies are left behind in danger. And, Iranians elect a new president.

Iranians go to vote for a new president Friday with the frontrunner being a hardline former judge. Many voters feel they were given very little choice.

The decision highlights the divisions between her view of the mission of journalism and Arkansas newspaper publisher whose name adorns the school.

The latest Utah news from Thursday evening, June 17, 2021.

During his monthly news conference Thursday, Gov. Spencer Cox underscored how bad the drought is in Utah and asked residents not to light fireworks.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Stacey Abrams, who pushed for different voting rules after losing the 2018 governor's race in Georgia, about what she wants from Congress, and what advocates can do.

The border wall is back in the news. President Biden is trying to shut it down, but Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to pick up construction where former President Donald Trump left off.

President Biden returned to Washington after a summit with Russia's leader. Texas Gov. Abbott wants the state to build its own border wall. And, where things stand after 50 years of the war on drugs.