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Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow
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Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there.
A group of of birdwatchers looking out towards a nesting pair of eagles in a tree, which overlooks the open water behind McHenry Dam in Moraine Hills State Park on February 7, 2026.
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It's eagle nesting season in Illinois. One nesting pair calls a northern Illinois state park home
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