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A Devils Hole pupfish is pictured at the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility in Nevada. Scientists recently took captive-bred pupfish from this facility and introduced them into the species' natural habitat in Death Valley National Park.
Olin Feuerbacher
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
As federal scientists faced turmoil, the Devils Hole pupfish reached a crisis point
Nell Greenfieldboyce
The Devils hole pupfish lives in just one spot in Death Valley. Wildlife officials have managed this iconic fish for decades, and last spring, just as the Trump administration was laying off all kinds of scientists, the wild population of this fish plummeted to only 20 individuals. Officials then took an irrevocable step.
At a MAHA Institute event on Monday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to help people wean off antidepressants. Kennedy is pictured here arriving at another Make America Healthy Again event in November 2025.
Rod Lamkey
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AP
Psychiatrists say RFK Jr.'s take on SSRIs is an 'oversimplification' of the problem
Rhitu Chatterjee
An oil drilling rig in the Permian Basin on March 13, 2022, in Midland, Texas.
Joe Raedle
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Getty Images
Gas prices keep rising, but do big oil companies plan to drill more? Not so far
Camila Domonoske
White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2026.
Brendan Smialowski
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AFP via Getty Images
Border czar promises 'mass deportations are coming' to fulfill Trump's promises
Ximena Bustillo
Texas Standard
From ICE detention to center stage: The Texas mariachi brothers opening for Kacey Musgraves
The brothers and their parents were taken into federal custody earlier this year during a required immigration check-in. The story caught the ear of a country music icon.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at an event held by Texas State’s Turning Point Chapter in San Marcos, Texas on November 12, 2025. Lorianne Willett/KUT News
Paxton struggles to raise money for his Senate primary run
MARATHON, TX. December 17th, 2019. Scenery in West Texas. Julia Reihs/KUT
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Houston ISD will launch nine AI-focused campuses next year. Here’s what we know.
How the unreported killing of an American by ICE shattered two Texas families
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