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My country, 'tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty,
of thee I sing:
land where my fathers died,
land of the pilgrims' pride,
from every mountainside
let freedom ring!
No more shall tyrants here
With haughty steps appear,
And soldier bands;
No more shall tyrants tread
Above the patriot dead—
No more our blood be shed
By alien hands.
Let music swell the breeze,
and ring from all the trees
sweet freedom's song:
let mortal tongues awake,
let all that breathe partake;
let rocks their silence break,
the sound prolong.
Samuel Smith
1831
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DOJ's Tax Settlement With Trump Sets 'Dangerous Precedent,' Former IRS Commissioner SaysPBS News Hour
GEOFF BENNETT
ReportingThe Trump administration permanently banned the IRS from auditing the president's tax returns and those of his sons, his company or any affiliated trust. That move was announced a day after the creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies of Trump who claim they were mistreated by the Biden Justice Department. Geoff Bennett discussed more with former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
A Look at Trump's Grip on the GOP as His Critics Are Ousted in PrimariesPBS News Hour
AMNA NAWAZ
ReportingPresident Trump's grip on the Republican Party was on display in primaries across the country, with several Trump critics losing after the president targeted their campaigns. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Melik Abdul, a Republican strategist and media consultant.
U.S. Indicts Cuba's Raúl Castro in Latest Escalation of TensionsPBS News Hour
ALI ROGIN
GEOFF BENNETT
ReportingRaúl Castro, the brother of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, was indicted by the U.S. Justice Department. The 96-year-old has held many senior positions, including the presidency. Castro and four others were charged in the 1996 killings of Americans seeking to aid Cubans at sea. Ali Rogin reports and Geoff Bennett discusses more with Michael Bustamante.
Young Americans Demand a Court Halt Trump's Biggest Rollbacks of Pollution ProtectionsThe Guardian
DHARNA NOOR
ReportingEighteen American youth are demanding that a court immediately halt the Trump administration's repeal of the scientific finding underpinning virtually all U.S. climate regulations. The plaintiffs sued the Trump administration in February days after officials revoked the 2009 endangerment finding, which found that greenhouse gas pollution threatens public health and welfare. Filed in the Washington DC circuit court of appeals Venner v EPA alleges that the move infringes upon rights guaranteed by the U.S. constitution, including to religious freedom, life and liberty. The rule must be halted urgently, says a motion for a stay filed on Wednesday, and shared with the Guardian, because it is already causing damage. The White House and EPA both declined to comment.
RFK Jr. Fires Two Leaders of Preventive Health PanelAll Things Considered
PIEN HUANG
ReportingHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is shaking up another important scientific panel, firing primary care physicians on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
EEOC Wants to Stop Collecting Data Used to Fight DiscriminationAll Things Considered
ANDREA HSU
ReportingSince 1966, companies have been required to send the federal government demographic data on their employees, part of an effort to combat discrimination. Under Trump, the data collection may end.
I.R.S. To Drop Audits of Trump and FamilyThe New York Times
ALAN FEUER
ANDREW DUEHREN
GLENN THRUSH
ReportingThe Justice Department has granted President Trump, his family and businesses immunity from ongoing inquiries into their taxes, a potentially lucrative arrangement that could shield the president from significant financial liability. The provision, quietly inserted on Tuesday as a supplement to a remarkable deal that also created a $1.8 billion fund aimed at benefiting Trump's allies, protects the president, his relatives and his businesses from pending audits and tax prosecutions. The one-page document, signed by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said that the government would be "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing" pending tax claims against Trump, his family members and businesses. The provision invited immediate criticism as tax experts raised the possibility that it was illegal.
Trump's Spring Revenge Tour Routed G.O.P. Foes. But Fall Headwinds Loom.The New York Times
SHANE GOLDMACHER
ReportingThe defeat of Representative Thomas Massie on Tuesday served as an emphatic exclamation point on an extraordinary three-week vengeance tour that displayed President Trump's enduring sway over his own party. Yet Trump's viselike hold on the Republican base -- a full decade after he locked up his first presidential nomination -- poses a distinct conundrum for the party ahead of the fall's critical midterms. He has appeared more keen to leverage his popularity with the MAGA base to oust wayward Republicans than to repair his image among the independents his party will need to defeat Democrats this fall.
Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue Trump Over $1.8bn Fund, Alleging 'Presidential Corruption'The Guardian
STAFF
ReportingTwo police officers who clashed with rioters at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection in 2021 have sued Donald Trump over plans to create a $1.776bn "anti-weaponization" fund. The fund, which critics have argued is essentially a slush fund, is set to compensate allies of the U.S. president who he claims were victims of prosecutorial overreach. It was created as part of an agreement in which Trump and his sons dropped a $10bn long-shot lawsuit against the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Harry Dunn, a retired U.S. Capitol police officer and Daniel Hodges, a Metropolitan police department officer, filed a complaint in U.S. district court in Washington DC on Tuesday. "In the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century, President Donald J. Trump has created a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name," the lawsuit says. Dunn and Hodges both defended the west front of the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection attempt on 6 Jan. 2021. "By its very existence, the Fund encourages those who enacted violence in the President's name to continue to do so," the lawsuit says. "Dunn and Hodges already face credible threats of death and violence on regular basis; the Fund substantially increases the danger."
Former Cuban President Raul Castro Is Indicted in U.S.Reuters
JANA WINTER
ReportingFormer Cuban President Raul Castro has been indicted in the United States, a senior Trump administration official said on Wednesday, in a move that marks an escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against the Caribbean island's communist government. The indictment comes as U.S. President Trump has pushed for a regime change in Cuba, where Castro's communists have been in charge since his late brother Fidel Castro led a revolution in 1959. It represents the latest instance of Trump's Justice Department using criminal prosecution to target his political adversaries at home and abroad. Historically, U.S. indictments of foreign leaders are rare.
Kansas Farmers Hit Hard by Weather Extremes and Growing Costs, Wheat Crop Could Be Worst Since 1972The Associated Press
ALEXA ST. JOHN
CHARLIE RIEDEL
ReportingRecord-setting drought and hotter-than-average temperatures mixed with sharp drops have impacted much of the U.S. early this year, including the Plains region. Drought conditions have worsened the spread of the wheat streak mosaic virus and barley yellow dwarf virus, which impact the potential of the crop. Combined with climbing input costs related to fertilizer, diesel fuel and tariffs, longtime wheat farmers say they are feeling a lot of pain. Crop estimates underscore just how bad the situation is. Growers will see their smallest wheat crop in terms of production since 1972, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture; 1.56 billion bushels this year, down 21 percent from 2025. That's especially harmful to Kansas, one of the top overall producers of wheat in the U.S. Only in five of the past 40 years has Kansas' wheat crop been in such a bad state, an analysis of USDA data shows, with 58 percent of the crop rated as "poor" or "very poor" as of May 17. The last time the fields were in as bad a condition was during a severe drought in 2023.
AP-NORC Poll: Where Trump Stands With Republicans NationallyThe Associated Press
LINLEY SANDERS
A. THOMSON-DEVEAUX
ReportingRepublicans are unhappier with President Trump's handling of the economy than they were a few months ago, but they're largely continuing to stand behind him as the war with Iran continues, a new AP-NORC poll finds. About 6 in 10 Republicans approve of how Trump is handling the economy, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's down from about 8 in 10 in February, before the war began.
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What Happens to Children When Immigrant Parents Are Detained by ICEPBS News Hour
LIZ LANDERS
ReportingSince the start of President Trump's second term, the administration has detained nearly half a million immigrants, according to a new report. But the number of children they leave behind and what happens to them, most of whom are U.S. citizens, is largely unknown. White House correspondent Liz Landers discussed more with Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Warns U.S. Supreme Court It Risks Losing Public TrustThe Guardian
MAYA YANG
ReportingThe U.S. supreme court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a rare public rebuke of the nation's highest court, declaring that it "can and should be better" in the wake of a string of controversial moves by its conservative supermajority. "Courts are apolitical, not supposed to be issuing rulings that are in the political realm," she said on Monday at a conference hosted by the American Law Institute in Washington DC. "We have to be scrupulous about sticking to the principles and the rules that we apply in every case and not look as though we're doing something different in this kind of context." Warning of the "real world consequences that are occurring" from the court's rulings, Jackson said: "No one really has a clear sense of why it's happening or what the court's reasoning is. So I just think we can and should be better."
U.S. Senate Advances Measure Curbing Trump's Iran War PowersReuters
PATRICIA ZENGERLE
ReportingThe U.S. Senate advanced a war-powers resolution on Tuesday that would end the Iran war unless President Trump obtains Congress' authorization, a rare rebuke of the Republican leader 80 days after U.S. and Israeli forces began striking Iran. The vote on a procedural measure to advance the resolution was 50 to 47, as four of Trump's fellow Republicans voted with every Democrat but one in favor. Three Republicans missed the vote. The result was a victory for lawmakers who have been arguing that Congress, not the president, should have the power to send troops to war, as spelled out in the Constitution. However, it was only a procedural vote and the resolution faces steep hurdles before going into effect.
U.S. Government Agrees to Drop Tax Claims Against Trump in Broadening of IRS Lawsuit SettlementThe Associated Press
FATIMA HUSSEIN
ReportingThe U.S. government will permanently drop tax claims against President Trump, according to a settlement document made public Tuesday, in an extraordinary use of executive power that could effectively help shield the president from further examination of his finances and legal conduct. As part of the settlement deal meant to resolve Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns, the U.S. is "forever barred and precluded" from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organization's current tax examinations, according to a one-page document posted to the Justice Department's Web site. The government is also barred from looking into Trump's family, affiliates and others, according to the document, which is signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. That document is a separate addendum from the original settlement announced Monday and was quietly added to the Justice Department Web site on Tuesday.
Not Kids Anymore: DACA Recipients Have No SolutionsAll Things Considered
XIMENA BUSTILLO
ReportingThe Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was billed as a temporary program. Now it's been more than a decade, most recipients are 31 and older -- and still don't have a clear path to stay in the U.S.
President Trump Promised to House 6,000 Homeless Veterans in LA. His Budget Funds ZeroAll Things Considered
QUIL LAWRENCE
ReportingOne year after President Trump's executive order to build housing for thousands of homeless veterans in Los Angeles, advocates say little has been done.
Trump's Deportations Are Costing Americans Jobs, Study FindsThe New York Times
RONDA KAYSEN
ReportingRecent surges in deportations have led to job losses for both immigrant and American-born workers, while wages have stayed flat, according to the study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonpartisan research organization. Construction, which depends heavily on immigrant labor, was impacted more than any other industry studied, with American-born workers losing more jobs as a result of the deportations than the undocumented workers who remained. The study offers the first national analysis of the effects of the Trump administration's aggressive deportation operations on the labor market, comparing communities that experienced surges in deportations between January 2025 and October 2025 with those that did not.
U.S. Claims 'Emergency Refugee Situation' as It Admits 10,000 More White South AfricansThe Guardian
RACHEL SAVAGE
ReportingThe U.S. government has said it will increase the number of white South Africans it admits as refugees this year from about 7,500 to 17,500, claiming that "unforeseen developments in South Africa created an emergency refugee situation." Since starting his second term in office last year, Donald Trump has repeatedly made false claims that white Afrikaners are racially targeted and face a "white genocide," which South Africa's government has furiously rebutted. His administration also cut aid to South Africa, boycotted the G20 summit in Johannesburg last year and disinvited South Africa from this year's G20, which will be held at one of Trump's resorts in Miami.
New York Federal Judge Bans ICE Arrests at Manhattan Immigration CourtsThe Guardian
EDWARD HELMORE
ReportingA federal judge in New York has banned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting immigrants in or around three federal courthouses in lower Manhattan, where vigorous confrontations have played out since the start of Donald Trump's second presidency. Under an order issued on Monday by P Kevin Castel, a U.S. district judge, federal agents are no longer allowed to make arrests of immigrants except under exceptional circumstances at the sites where hearings are held before immigration judges. Castel's ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union, Make the Road NY and other groups.
Steep Drop in Number of People With Affordable Care Act Health Coverage, Analysis FindsNPR Morning Edition
SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN
ReportingAs many as 5 million people who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces may drop their coverage this year, according to a new analysis from KFF, the nonpartisan health research organization. A major reason for the sharp drop in enrollment is that enhanced premium tax credits for these health plans expired at the end of last year. Congress came close to a compromise to extend the extra federal money that helped keep premiums down, but the deal fell apart. "Costs went up significantly and a lot of people dropped their plans," says Cynthia Cox, a co-author of the analysis and director of KFF's Program on the ACA.
'There's an Obsession There,' Comey Says of Trump After 2nd IndictmentPBS News Hour
GEOFF BENNETT
ReportingFormer FBI Director James Comey faces a trial on charges he threatened President Trump's life. The case stems from an Instagram post of shells spelling out "86 47." It is the second indictment against him and one of several investigations involving people Trump sees as political enemies. Geoff Bennett spoke with Comey about the case and his new book, "Red Verdict."
Trump Administration Live Updates: $1.8 Billion Fund Could Funnel Money to Trump AlliesThe New York Times
GLENN THRUSH
ANDREW DUEHREN
ALAN FEUER
ReportingThe Trump administration announced on Monday the creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate those who claim they were targeted by the Biden Justice Department and Democrats, forging a pipeline to funnel taxpayer money to President Trump's allies. The highly unusual "anti-weaponization" fund -- denounced by critics as a political slush fund -- was unveiled just after Trump withdrew his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service demanding at least $10 billion. It was an apparent effort to skirt oversight by the judge in the case who had expressed concern that the suit represented self-dealing between the president and a department run by his former defense lawyer, Todd Blanche.
Trump's Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. ProspectsThe New York Times
LISA LERER
RUTH IGIELNIK
CAMILLE BAKER
ReportingMost voters think President Trump made the wrong decision to go to war with Iran, a New York Times/Siena poll found, leaving the Republican Party on rocky political footing heading into the midterm elections as his approval rating sinks and economic concerns rise. Majorities of voters said that the war was not worth the costs and held deeply pessimistic views about the economy. Trump's approval rating -- a key historical predictor of how a president's party will fare in an election -- has sunk to a second-term low in Times/Siena polls of 37 percent amid the deeply unpopular Middle East conflict.
Jon Ossoff Calls Out 'Mar-a-Lago Mafia' Amid Presidential Bid RumorsThe Guardian
ROBERT MACKEY
ReportingAt a campaign rally in Augusta, Georgia, on Saturday, the Democratic senator Jon Ossoff mocked Trump's rosy predictions on Iran and tore into the unprecedented corruption of the president's family. The senator argued that Trump's decision to attack Iran would be paid for by young Americans deployed to the Middle East and cuts to services for their families back home. "Did you hear what this man said two weeks ago?" the senator asked, referring to Trump. "Quote: 'It's not possible,' the president said, 'for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid or Medicare.' He said: 'We can only afford to fund war.' "Because draft-dodging Donald loves sending other people's children to war," Ossoff said. The senator said the $200bn the White House wants to pay for the war on Iran would be enough to "fund a decade, 10 full year years of nationwide, universal pre-kindergarten. Instead? A war no one voted for and no one can explain," Ossoff said. The senator also attacked the president and his family for using the White House to enrich themselves. "The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice, while he and his family rake in billions from foreign princes, while he plunders our healthcare to cut taxes for the rich. Meanwhile, rent, power, groceries and healthcare have all hit all-time highs this year," the senator said. "While you pay more for everything, the first family's wealth is growing by billions of dollars -- because they're crooks and everybody knows it. Never before have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption. The Mar-a-Lago mafia has taken American corruption to spectacular new heights," Ossoff said.
How Trump's Crypto Venture and Iran's Top Exchange Tapped Into the Same Industry NetworksReuters
TOM WILSON
GAVIN FINCH
ReportingIran's Nobitex has processed at least $2.3 billion through Tron and BNB Chain, blockchain ledgers started by backers of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial. The flows underscore the awkward juxtaposition of Trump's business dealings and the U.S. presidency.
Trump Moves to Dismiss $10B Suit Against the Internal Revenue Service Over Leak of Tax ReturnsThe Associated Press
FATIMA HUSSEIN
ERIC TUCKER
A. DURKIN RICHER
ReportingPresident Trump on Monday moved to withdraw his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns amid reports that his administration was poised to create a fund to compensate some of his allies. ABC News first reported last week that Trump was prepared to drop his lawsuit as part of a deal that would create a $1.7 billion fund to pay allies of the president who believe they were wrongly investigated and prosecuted. News that the Trump administration was contemplating a fund to pay Trump allies drew an immediate backlash from Democrats, including Rep. Jamie Raskin, who called the idea "unconstitutional." "This, of course, is a political grievance fund that Donald Trump can use to pay off his friends," Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said in an interview Sunday on ABC's This Week. "If these people have a valid cause of action, they should bring it to the court like every other American does and use the system of due process and proving things by clear and convincing evidence or a preponderance of evidence, go and prove it. But the idea that Donald Trump can just pass it out like a pardon is absurd," he added.
Mayors From 10 U.S. Cities Join Pact to Fight AuthoritarianismNPR Morning Edition
FRANK LANGFITT
ReportingMayors from 10 a.m.erican cities are joining the Pact of Free Cities, which began in Eastern Europe, to exchange strategies with fellow mayors for protecting democracy and fighting authoritarianism. authoritarianism.
Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Calif, on His Bill to Stop Mid-Cycle Redistricting EffortsNPR Morning Edition
A MARTÍNEZ
ReportingNPR's A Martinez speaks with Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California about the implications of redistricting efforts.
Alabama March Traces Path of the Civil Rights Movement While Gearing Up for New FightNPR Morning Edition
JOSEPH KING
ReportingA civil rights protest in Alabama this weekend was organized to kick off a summer of voter mobilization and civic action across the South.
Trump Administration Promotes Program to Check Voter Eligibility. Critics Fear a Midterm PurgeThe Associated Press
JOHN HANNA
ReportingEven as Democratic officials fight the effort in court, the Trump administration has run millions of voter registrations through government databases to determine their eligibility in a process that critics worry could end up purging valid voters from the rolls before the November elections. At least 67 million registrations, primarily from Republican-controlled states, have gone through a beefed-up verification program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and tens of thousands of those have been flagged as potential noncitizens or people who have died. Some states allow only a month for people to prove their eligibility and others suspend it immediately. The scanning of state voter rolls at the national level is part of a broader effort by Republican President Trump to federalize certain election functions and promote his messaging that elections are marred by noncitizen voting, even though instances of that are rare. Voting and civil rights advocates say the DHS system is error-prone and can mistakenly flag people who are eligible to vote.
One Clinic Tracks the Heavy Toll Trump's Immigration Crackdown Takes on Mental HealthNPR Weekend Edition
RHITU CHATTERJEE
ReportingAs the Trump administration's immigration crackdown stretches into its second year, researchers and health care workers say that it is creating a mental health crisis in immigrant communities. Data from one primary care clinic in Los Angeles, shared exclusively with NPR, shows a sharp rise in anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts among patients.
A Bill Proposes to Increase the Proportion of Ethanol in Gas to Lower PricesNPR Weekend Edition
AYESHA RASCOE
ReportingWould adding more ethanol to gasoline lower prices at the pump? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bloomberg reporter Elizabeth Elkin about a bill that would allow 15 percent ethanol blends year-round.
White House Organizes a Day-Long Prayer Event With Private Church OrganizationsNPR Weekend Edition
AYESHA RASCOE
ReportingThe White House has designated today for a prayer event on the National Mall. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with religious studies scholar Matthew D. Taylor about what's behind "Rededicate 250."
Politics Chat: Takeaways From Trump's Trip to ChinaNPR Weekend Edition
AYESHA RASCOE
FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
ReportingWhat are the takeaways from President Trump's trip to China? Meanwhile, Trump answers blow-back over a comment he made about American's financial situations.
Canada Deepens Arctic Defense Ties With Nordics After Trump ThreatsReuters
MARIA CHENG
ReportingSince U.S. President Trump's barrage of threats to seize Greenland, authorities on the frozen island have been seeking help from a northern ally: Canada. A reserve unit of the Canadian armed forces called the Rangers has long maintained a year-round presence in mostly inaccessible Arctic communities. For three years, authorities in Greenland and Denmark have consulted with Canadian officials on how to set up their own version of the Rangers -- conversations that grew more urgent with Trump's threats and growing fears of Russian hostility in the Arctic. "The rhetoric coming out of the White House has sped up efforts to rebuff the idea that Arctic communities need the U.S. to come in and save them," said Whitney Lackenbauer, an honorary lieutenant-colonel Canadian Ranger involved in the talks, who spoke with Reuters during a recent 5,000-kilometer Arctic snowmobile trek by the Rangers. "The Nordic countries and Canada, we're increasingly realizing we can come together in military and diplomatic ways to send a message that carries moral weight."
Democrats Frame Trump Ballroom as Symbol of Republican Disconnect From Voters' Affordability WoesReuters
RICHARD COWAN
ReportingDemocrats hoping to win control of Congress in November's elections are seizing on Republicans' support of President Trump's proposed $400 million White House ballroom to portray his party as out of touch with voters' cost-of-living concerns. As Republicans move toward a vote that might include hundreds of millions of dollars for the ballroom, Democrats are pointing to a more than 50 percent jump in gasoline prices since Trump launched a war with Iran, as well as rising healthcare, fertilizer and electricity costs they say his policies have worsened. "It's a perfect storm of ugly," Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota told reporters, quoting a farmer in her state.
Economist Mark Blyth Analyses the Economy and Path Ahead for New Federal Reserve ChairNPR Weekend Edition
ELISSA NADWORNY
ReportingNPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Brown University economist Mark Blyth about the challenges facing Kevin Warsh, the new chair of the Federal Reserve.
Week in Politics: Trump's Beijing Visit; Look Ahead at the Primaries; The War on IranNPR Weekend Edition
ELISSA NADWORNY
RON ELVING
ReportingWe look at the tangible takeaways from President Trump's visit to Beijing, as well as what to expect in the next crop of primaries and the status of the war on Iran.
Supreme Court Rejects Virginia's Bid to Restore Congressional Map Favoring DemocratsThe Associated Press
MARK SHERMAN
ReportingThe Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia's bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives. The court's order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation's mid-decade redistricting competition. It was kicked off last year by President Trump urging Republican-controlled states to redraw their lines and was supercharged by a recent Supreme Court ruling severely weakening the Voting Rights Act that opened up even more winnable seats for the GOP. In recent days, the justices have sided with Republicans in Alabama and Louisiana who hope to redo their congressional maps to produce more GOP-leaning seats following the court's voting rights decision. But the Virginia situation was different, stemming from a 4-3 ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court that struck down a constitutional amendment that voters narrowly passed just last month. The state court found that the Democratic-controlled legislature improperly began the process of placing the amendment on the ballot after early voting had begun in Virginia's general election last fall.
Trump's 'Elaborate' Praise of Xi at China Summit Made U.S. Look Weak, Ex-Ambassador SaysPBS News Hour
AMNA NAWAZ
ReportingFor perspective on the summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Amna Nawaz spoke with Nicholas Burns. He served as U.S. ambassador to China during the Biden administration and is now at Harvard University.
Jerome Powell's Impact and Legacy at the Federal ReservePBS News Hour
WILLIAM BRANGHAM
ReportingJerome Powell's eight-year role leading the Federal Reserve is over. His term will be remembered as one of the most turbulent and politically charged in the central bank's history. William Brangham discussed Powell's impact and legacy with Jason Furman.
U.S. Plans to Indict Cuba's Raul Castro, U.S. DOJ Official SaysReuters
JANA WINTER
ReportingThe United States plans to indict Cuba's Raul Castro, a U.S. Department of Justice official said late on Thursday. The timing of the potential indictment, which would need to be approved by a grand jury, was not immediately clear, but the official said it sounds imminent. The potential indictment of the 94-year-old former president of Cuba and brother of Fidel is expected to focus on the downing of aircraft, the official said on condition of anonymity. CBS previously reported that the case relates to Cuba's deadly 1996 shootdown of planes operated by humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue.
U.S. Pledges Additional $1.8B in Funding for U.N. Humanitarian Aid EffortsNPR Morning Edition
FATMA TANIS
ReportingThe Trump administration announced $1.8 billion in funding for the U.N.'s global humanitarian relief efforts.
Georgetown Law Professor on SCOTUS Decision to Maintain Mifepristone AccessNPR Morning Edition
MICHEL MARTIN
ReportingNPR's Michel Martin speaks with Georgetown Law professor Michele Goodwin about the Supreme Court's decision to maintain the status quo on mifepristone access.
Trump Fills Presidio Trust Board With MAGA Allies, Ultra-Wealthy Tech FiguresThe San Francisco Standard
GARRETT LEAHY
ReportingThe White House on Thursday named six new members to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors, the federal corporation that oversees the 1,500-acre national park site at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. The appointees are Lynne Benioff, co-chair of Time and a former Presidio Trust board chair; technology entrepreneur and diplomat Trevor Traina; John Bickford, managing partner at Local Capital Group; Stanford Graduate School of Business educator Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen; James Burnham, general counsel at xAI and X; and Redpanda CFO Kyle Corcoran, a former Marine who will hold the seat reserved for veterans. The appointments come after President Trump fired all six members of the board last month, reigniting concerns about his plans for one of San Francisco's crown jewels. In February 2025, the president moved to dramatically reduce the Presidio Trust in an executive order, calling it an "unnecessary governmental entity(opens in new tab)." Several of the appointees are people who have aligned themselves closely with Trump or are related to those who have.
U.S.-China Diplomatic Reset Faces Unresolved 'Contradictions,' Expert WarnsPBS News Hour
NICK SCHIFRIN
ReportingFollowing the high-level talks between President Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing, Nick Schifrin discussed a potential shift in the relationship between the U.S. and China with Orville Schell of the Center on U.S.-China Relations.
How Reality TV Stars Seeking Office Are Changing PoliticsPBS News Hour
ALI ROGIN
ReportingTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy, his wife and their children filmed a reality show that is set to be released in the lead-up to the nation's 250th anniversary. It is a return to form for the Duffys, who first met filming for MTV in the 1990s. Now, a new batch of reality TV stars are hoping to transition into elected office. Ali Rogin reports on how their campaigns could change politics.
Florida's Controversial 'Alligator Alcatraz' Expected to ClosePBS News Hour
LIZ LANDERS
ReportingThe controversial "Alligator Alcatraz" camp for detained migrants in Florida is expected to close. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports on the Trump administration's immigration policies amid recent developments.
Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Bring Back a Colombian Woman Who Was Deported to CongoThe Associated Press
CLAIRE GALOFARO
TIM SULLIVAN
ReportingA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the U.S. from Congo, after she was deported to the African nation even though it had refused to accept her because it could not care for her medical needs. The deportation of Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata "was likely illegal," U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled Wednesday. Zapata, 55, who has diabetes and a thyroid condition, "has been sent to a country that refused to accept her because they cannot provide sufficient medical care," the ruling said. "As a result, she faces a daily risk of medical complications, up to and including death."
In New Lawsuit, Justice Department Challenges Efforts to Sanction Trump Administration LawyersThe Associated Press
ERIC TUCKER
ReportingThe Justice Department is challenging efforts to sanction attorneys from the first and second Trump administrations, asserting in a lawsuit that the District of Columbia Bar is unfairly playing politics with the legal disciplinary process. The lawsuit represents a direct challenge to the authority of the office that enforces ethics standards for attorneys in the nation's capital. where several high-profile investigations of Trump-allied lawyers are playing out. "The D.C. Bar will no longer be permitted to probe sensitive executive branch deliberations and target executive branch officials with whom they happen to politically disagree and federal attorneys will once again be free to share their candid legal advice with their bosses and colleagues," Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, a top Justice Department official, said in a statement.
Linda McMahon Defends Dismantling the Education Department, Shifting Its WorkAll Things Considered
CORY TURNER
ReportingU.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon sparred with Democrats on the House education committee Thursday on a visit to Capitol Hill to defend the Trump administration's new budget proposal. The lawmakers and education secretary tussled over several key education issues that will affect the lives of millions of Americans, including whether new Republican caps on federal student loans will lower the cost of college, what role the government should play in trying to improve abysmal literacy rates among U.S. students -- and whether the U.S. Department of Education should exist at all.
The DOJ's Civil Rights Division Is Investigating Gun Rights ViolationsAll Things Considered
MARTIN KASTE
ReportingThe Justice Department has a new special unit investigating violations of gun rights and it's suing cities and states with gun control laws that may be vulnerable after recent Supreme Court rulings.
Is the U.S. Running Out of Weapons in the Iran War?All Things Considered
LAUREN HODGES
AILSA CHANG
TINBETE ERMYAS
ReportingNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr about the status of America's weapons stockpile amid the war with Iran.
The Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Pill Mifepristone Available by TelehealthAll Things Considered
SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN
ReportingThe Supreme Court decided to keep the status quo in place for medication abortion access Thursday. The high court's order means the abortion pill mifepristone will remain available via telehealth as a case brought by Louisiana against the Food and Drug Administration proceeds through the lower courts. The Supreme Court stayed a May 1 ruling from the New Orleans-based, U.S. 5 Circuit Court of Appeals which would have banned mifepristone from being mailed. The appeals court ruling would have applied to the whole country, not just states like Louisiana that have abortion bans. Thursday's decision came in the form of an order from the court issued around 5:30 p.m., about 30 minutes past a deadline the court set for itself. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented publicly and wrote about their dissents in the order.
JD Vance Threatens Health Funding to States That Don't Comply With White House Anti-Fraud EffortThe Guardian
MELODY SCHREIBER
ReportingJD Vance has threatened to "turn off" federal funding for government health insurance programs in states that refuse to comply with the Trump administration's crackdown on suspected fraud. States which fail to "get serious" about fraud would lose Medicaid and Medicare funding, the U.S. vice-president announced on Wednesday, sparking fresh accusations that Trump officials are using unfounded allegations to punish political rivals. Hospices and home health agencies are also halted from new Medicare enrollment for six months while the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services investigates potential fraud alongside Vance's anti-fraud taskforce, the agency announced on Wednesday. The administration will review anti-fraud funding for states that it deems to have failed to tackle fraud, Vance said. "And if we continue to find problems, we can turn off other resources within their state Medicaid programs as well."
Miami Residents Sue Over Land for Trump Presidential LibraryThe Guardian
RICHARD LUSCOMBE
ReportingA group of Miami residents has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and the state of Florida over a land giveaway for his proposed presidential library. Almost three acres of prime waterfront land that once belonged to Miami Dade College were illegally gifted to the U.S. president by Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, the lawsuit states. It cites the domestic emoluments clause of the U.S. constitution that prohibits a sitting president from receiving any personal gain, profit or advantage from their position. The action was brought in U.S. district court for the southern district of Florida by the Washington DC-based Constitutional Accountability Center on behalf of plaintiffs including an MDC student, a Miami non-profit and residents, who state the land "is no longer available to serve MDC's student community and downtown Miami." Instead, the filing states, "the land will house a Trump hotel that brings riches to the President."
Appeals Court Hears Arguments From Law Firms Targeted by Trump's OrdersNPR Morning Edition
CARRIE JOHNSON
MICHEL MARTIN
ReportingLaw firms targeted by President Trump's executive orders present their arguments before a federal appeals court Thursday.
Yale's Susan Thornton on Chinese President Xi Jinping's Warnings About TaiwanNPR Morning Edition
STEVE INSKEEP
ReportingNPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Susan Thornton of Yale Law School about Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Xi's warnings about Taiwan.
Federal Judge Blocks U.S. Sanctions Against UN Expert on Palestinian TerritoriesReuters
KAREN SLOAN
ReportingA federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked U.S. sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, finding that the Trump administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the measures after she criticized U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza. The sanctions barred her from entering the U.S. and banking there. Albanese, an Italian lawyer who is U.N. special rapporteur on the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories, recommended the International Criminal Court pursue war-crimes prosecutions against Israeli and American nationals.
Warsh Clinches Senate Approval to Be Fed's Next Chair as Inflation IntensifiesReuters
NOLAN MCCASKILL
ANN SAPHIR
ReportingThe U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, putting the 56-year-old lawyer and financier at the helm as the U.S. central bank grapples with intensifying inflation that may make it hard to push through the interest-rate cuts that President Trump has demanded. The vote was 54-45 in the most-partisan-ever U.S. Senate confirmation of a Fed chair. A single Democrat, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, voted with the Republican majority.
An Astrophysicist's Take on the Government's UAP Files: 'Just More Fuzzy Blob Videos'All Things Considered
SCOTT DETROW
ReportingNPR's Scott Detrow talks with astrophysicist Adam Frank at the University of Rochester about the government's release of files related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.
What Tennessee's New Redistricting Map Looks Like From the GroundAll Things Considered
STEPHEN FOWLER
ReportingIn Memphis, new congressional maps have split the city's single congressional district, held by a Democrat, into three that are likely to elect Republicans in November.
A Majority-Black District in Louisiana Traces a Long Fight Over the Voting Rights ActAll Things Considered
SAM GRINGLAS
ReportingRepublicans in Louisiana are unveiling a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court declared the current lines unconstitutional in a decision gutting part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a 'Generation-Long Decline'The New York Times
CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
FRANCESCA PARIS
SARAH MERVOSH
ReportingAlmost everywhere in America, students are performing worse than their peers were 10 years ago, according to new, district-level test score data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford. Compared with a decade earlier, reading scores were down last year in 83 percent of school districts where data was available. Math scores were down in 70 percent. The declines have affected both rich and poor districts and crossed racial and geographic divides. From 2017 to 2019, students lost as much ground in reading as they did during the pandemic and reading scores continued to fall at a similar rate through 2024. "I cannot be more emphatic: This is an enormous problem that's not getting enough attention," said Nat Malkus, a senior fellow studying education policy at the American Enterprise Institute.
U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile CapabilitiesThe New York Times
ADAM ENTOUS
MAGGIE HABERMAN
JONATHAN SWAN
ReportingThe Trump administration's public portrayal of a shattered Iranian military is sharply at odds with what U.S. intelligence agencies are telling policymakers behind closed doors, according to classified assessments from early this month that show Iran has regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities. Most alarming to some senior officials is evidence that Iran has restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz, which could threaten American warships and oil tankers transiting the narrow waterway. Military intelligence agencies have also reported, based on information from multiple collection streams including satellite imagery and other surveillance technologies, that Iran has regained access to roughly 90 percent of its underground missile storage and launch facilities nationwide, which are now assessed to be "partially or fully operational," the people with knowledge of the assessments said. The findings undercut months of public assurances from President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who have told Americans that the Iranian military was "decimated" and "no longer" a threat.
'Irresponsible': Backlash as Utah Approves Datacenter Twice the Size of ManhattanThe Guardian
OLIVER MILMAN
ReportingA plan to create one of the world's largest datacenters, a gargantuan project spanning an area more than twice the size of Manhattan, has provoked a furious public backlash in Utah amid concerns over its vast energy use and impact upon the state's stressed water supplies. The Stratos artificial intelligence datacenter footprint will cover more than 40,000 acres (62 sq miles) over three sites in Box Elder county in north-western Utah. The facility will require about 9GW of power, which is more than the entire state of Utah currently consumes and suck up a significant amount of water in an area that has been hit by severe drought in recent years. Last week, the project was approved by the county's commissioners, despite thousands of objections lodged by Utah residents. Environmentalists have warned that Stratos could imperil the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, including a critical migratory bird habitat, which is already under severe stress. The lake is shrinking due to water diverted for agriculture and the impact of the climate crisis, placing inhabitants of the nearby Salt Lake City at possible risk of toxic dust clouds as the lake bed dries up.
U.S. Producer Prices Post Biggest Gain in Four Years as Inflation Rises BroadlyReuters
LUCIA MUTIKANI
ReportingU.S. producer prices posted their biggest increase in four years in April, boosted by soaring costs for goods and services, the latest sign of accelerating inflation amid the war with Iran and presenting President Trump with a political headache at home as he arrived in Beijing for meetings with China's leader. The larger-than-expected rise in the Producer Price Index reported by the Labor Department on Wednesday followed on the heels of news on Tuesday of another solid increase in consumer prices, which resulted in the annual inflation rate advancing at its fastest pace in three years.
Senate Democrats Plan to Force Votes on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau RollbacksThe Associated Press
KEN SWEET
ReportingSenate Democrats plan to force several votes on the Trump administration's dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a maneuver aimed at making vulnerable Republicans take politically difficult votes in an election year. The plan to hold the votes Wednesday, shared exclusively with The Associated Press, is tied to rule changes or regulatory rollbacks by the CFPB since the Republican administration took over the bureau in February 2025. The bureau has rescinded 67 policies under its acting director, Russell Vought, who is also President Trump's budget director. Vought has publicly said that his goal is to effectively dismantle the agency. The series of votes is meant to highlight the dozens of rules and regulations that have been impacted by Vought and the White House. Under the Congressional Review Act, senators can file what are known as Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to overturn recently finalized federal regulations.
Inflation Could Hit 4 Pct. Next Month and Stay Elevated for Rest of Year, Economist WarnsPBS News Hour
GEOFF BENNETT
ReportingThe latest inflation report shows price increases for American consumers in April hit a three-year high, driven by a spike in the cost of gasoline. The Consumer Price Index, which includes energy and food costs, rose 3.8 percent year-over-year, according to the Labor Department. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Heather Long, Chief Economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.
Hegseth Grilled Over Direction of Iran War and Costs for AmericansPBS News Hour
STEPHANIE SY
ReportingDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified in back-to-back Capitol Hill hearings where he faced bipartisan frustration about the Iran war and its rising costs. With neither the Americans nor the Iranians softening their demands, the President left for a high-stakes visit to Iran's chief ally, China. Stephanie Sy reports.
Trump's FDA Chief Is Out After Angering Pharma CEOs, Vaping Lobbyists and Anti-Abortion ActivistsThe Associated Press
MATTHEW PERRONE
SEUNG MIN KIM
ReportingThe head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Trump. News of Makary's departure Tuesday came just 13 months after he was confirmed to lead the powerful regulatory agency. He struggled to manage the FDA's bureaucracy and failed to win the confidence of its staff after mass layoffs, leadership upheavals and a series of controversies in which the agency's scientific principles appeared to be overridden by political interests, including those of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Trump's Redistricting Push Fizzles in South Carolina Senate, Wins in Missouri's Top CourtThe Associated Press
STAFF
ReportingPresident Trump's push to redraw the nation's U.S. House districts received mixed results Tuesday as South Carolina senators defied his desires but Missouri's top court upheld a new map that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the November midterm elections. Rather than waning, a national redistricting battle that began 10 months ago has intensified -- inflamed by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act and provided grounds for states to try to eliminate voting districts with large minority populations.
Russia Keeps Attacking U.S. Firms in Ukraine. The White House Is Silent.The New York Times
CONSTANT MÉHEUT
ReportingFacilities tied to Coca-Cola, Boeing, Cargill, Mondelez and others appear to have been deliberately hit. The corporations have largely avoided publicizing the strikes, wary of alarming investors and insurers. While Ukraine has disclosed several attacks on American assets, the strikes on Cargill and Coca-Cola have not been previously reported. Russia's motivation for striking U.S. companies is unclear. Some Ukrainian business figures say the attacks are part of a broader campaign targeting all types of assets, regardless of companies' nationality, to choke the country's economy. Others see a more focused goal: to deter U.S. investment just as Kyiv is trying to deepen business ties with a deal-making White House. The companies have quietly raised concerns with U.S. officials about what they see as a deliberate and escalating campaign against American business interests in Ukraine. The White House, despite its pledge to defend U.S. commercial interests abroad, has been muted in its response.
FBI Questions CIA Officers Over Russia Assessment in Brennan Probe, Sources SayReuters
ERIN BANCO
A. GOUDSWARD
JONATHAN LANDAY
ReportingThe FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of the Department of Justice's investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan over his role in an intelligence finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election to help Donald Trump, according to five sources familiar with the matter. Employees were questioned last week by agents out of the Miami field office at CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia. Interviews are expected to continue throughout the coming weeks, three of the sources said. Prosecutors have been examining whether Brennan made a false statement to Congress in 2023 in discussing a 2017 intelligence assessment that looked at Russian interference in the 2016 election. The core conclusions of that assessment, which focused on Russia's cyber-espionage and influence efforts to boost Trump's candidacy over Hillary Clinton, were later affirmed by the Justice Department, a bipartisan Senate committee and a CIA review. Still, President Trump, who has described the Russia investigation as a "hoax," has pushed prosecutors to dig into those he perceives to have been involved in spearheading the probe, including Brennan.
Inflation Jumps to Its Highest Level Since 2023. Here Are 3 Things Costing a Lot MoreNPR Morning Edition
SCOTT HORSLEY
ReportingThe U.S. war with Iran has pushed inflation to its highest level in almost three years. Consumer prices in April were up 3.8 percent from a year ago, according to a report Tuesday from the Labor Department. That was the biggest annual increase since May 2023. Prices rose 0.6 percent between March and April.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis CEO on Consumer Prices and InflationNPR Morning Edition
MICHEL MARTIN
ReportingNPR's Michel Martin speaks with Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, about consumer prices and primary inflation factors.
Survey Warns That Some Nonprofits Are in Danger of Closing Due to Funding CutsNPR Morning Edition
JENNIFER LUDDEN
ReportingNonprofits say they face an existential crisis from funding cuts and other moves by the Trump administration. A new survey warns, some are in danger of folding altogether.
Late Night Hosts Bid Farewell to Stephen Colbert and 'The Late Show'NPR Morning Edition
ERIC DEGGANS
A MARTÍNEZ
ReportingThe Late Show shuts down next week. Stephen Colbert's late night competitors are circling around for fond farewells and reflections on their role in our democracy.
Robert Kagan on Why He Believes U.S. Faces Likely Defeat in IranPBS News Hour
AMNA NAWAZ
ReportingFor perspective on the state of the conflict with Iran and the latest peace proposals, Amna Nawaz spoke with Robert Kagan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer for The Atlantic.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Reflecting Pool Project as Projected Costs SoarPBS News Hour
AMNA NAWAZ
ReportingA non-profit group suing to stop President Trump's Reflecting Pool renovation on the National Mall claims the project breaks federal law. Last month, the president announced the pool would be repainted blue. The New York Times is also reporting that its initial cost of less than two million dollars has now ballooned to seven times that figure. Amna Nawaz discussed more with David Fahrenthold.
Virginia Officials Ask Supreme Court to Restore Voting Map Drawn by DemocratsThe New York Times
ABBIE VANSICKLE
C. ROBERTSON
ReportingDemocratic leaders in Virginia asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the state to use a congressional map drawn by Democrats and approved by voters in a referendum in April. In an emergency application, the state's attorney general and other officials urged the justices to overturn a decision by the Virginia Supreme Court, which ruled last week that the redistricting process had violated the state's Constitution, a major setback for Democrats in a fierce battle over which party will control the U.S. House. In their filing on Monday, Virginia state officials claimed that the ruling by the state's Supreme Court had amounted to "judicial defiance" of the will of the voters to create a new district map. The officials asserted that the state court was "deeply mistaken" on "critical issues of federal law with profound practical importance to the nation." That decision, they argued, had "deprived voters, candidates and the commonwealth of their right to the lawfully enacted congressional districts."
Democrats Express 'Grave Concerns' Over Secretive ICE Deportation FlightsThe Guardian
OLIVER LAUGHLAND
ReportingA group of 40 House Democrats have described "grave concerns" over the Trump administration's secretive program of deportation flights and demanded the Federal Aviation Administration address allegations of mistreatment and inhumane conditions on ICE charter jets. In a letter shared with The Guardian and addressed to the FAA administrator, Bryan Bedford, the lawmakers describe the "urgent need for transparency" over ICE's expanded use of commercial airliners to transfer detained immigrants and its "inappropriate and dangerous" efforts to shield these flights from public scrutiny. "Credible reports indicate that individuals have been placed on flights without notice to counsel or family members, effectively disappearing from public view when flights are inappropriately shielded from tracking systems," the letter states. "Families are left searching for their loved ones and attorneys are denied meaningful opportunities to intervene, raising serious due process concerns."
U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for Alabama Republicans to Pursue New Voting MapReuters
JOHN KRUZEL
ReportingThe U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for Alabama Republicans to pursue a congressional voting map more favorable to their party ahead of November's midterm elections, the latest fallout from the court's seismic voting rights ruling. The justices lifted a lower court's decision that had blocked state Republicans' preferred map as racially discriminatory and for illegally diluting the voting power of Black Alabamians. The order was powered by the nine-member court's conservative majority. The three liberal justices dissented and suggested that the lower court could reapply its judicial block to the Alabama Republicans' preferred map.
Americans Don't Think Trump Has Explained Iran War Goals, Reuters/Ipsos Poll ShowsReuters
JASON LANGE
ReportingTwo out of three Americans think President Trump has not clearly explained why the country went to war with Iran, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday that also showed his approval rating ticking up from the lowest level of his term. The four-day poll revealed deep concerns about surging gasoline prices and also suggested many voters are casting blame for their troubles on Trump's Republican allies who will be defending their congressional majorities in the November midterm elections. More than two months into a conflict that began Feb. 28 with a U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, some 66 percent of poll respondents -- including one in three Republicans and almost all Democrats -- said Trump has not "clearly explained the goals of U.S. military involvement in Iran."
Supreme Court Extends Access to Mifepristone via TelemedicineAll Things Considered
LAUREN HODGES
AILSA CHANG
JEANETTE WOODS
ReportingNPR's Ailsa Chang asks abortion historian Mary Ziegler what a Supreme Court ruling on mifepristone access means for patients nationwide -- even in states without restrictive abortion laws.
As Ranks of Uninsured Grow, Charity Care Can Be Hard to Come by at Many HospitalsAll Things Considered
NOAM LEVEY
JEREMY OLSON
ReportingMinnesota's hospitals and health systems are among the least charitable in the country, a Minnesota Star Tribune-KFF Health News investigation found, providing less financial aid as a percentage of their operating budgets on average than hospitals in almost every other state. The investigation drew on a detailed review of every hospital charity care program in the state, an analysis of five years of hospital financial data and dozens of interviews with patients, hospital executives and state officials. "The system is not working," said Erin Hartung, director of legal services at Cancer Legal Care, a Minnesota nonprofit that helps patients with medical debt and other financial challenges. "And the burden is falling hardest on the people who are least able to bear it."
Why the U.S. Government Is Pouring Millions Into a Montana Mining CompanyAll Things Considered
VICTORIA TRAXLER
ReportingPresident Trump's visit to China highlights the lock China has on critical and strategic minerals. A big federal investment in Montana mining aims to turn that tide.
Cost of Reflecting Pool Repairs Nearly Doubles, Trump Administration SaysThe New York Times
D. A. FAHRENTHOLD
LUKE BROADWATER
ReportingPresident Trump said that his handpicked contractor would charge only $1.8 million to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue. The actual cost is now more than seven times that, after the Interior Department nearly doubled the size of the contract late last week, federal records show. On Friday, the Interior Department added $6.2 million to the contract's previous cost, saying it now planned to pay $13.1 million to a Virginia firm called Atlantic Industrial Coatings. President Trump said he chose that company to repair the landmark because the firm had worked on the swimming pools at his golf club in Sterling, Va.
Researchers Find 42 Pct. Drop in Canadians Visiting U.S. Metro Areas Amid Trump 2.0The Guardian
ANNA BETTS
ReportingA new research tool that tracks cell phone activity has found a 42 percent drop in visitors from Canada to big metropolitan areas in the U.S. that is much higher than official border-crossing data, suggesting Canadians during the second Trump administration are avoiding U.S. cities in particular. Researchers from the University of Toronto said the tool showed a "year-over-year median decline of approximately 42 percent in Canadian visits to U.S. metropolitan areas -- significantly higher than official border-crossing data, which showed a roughly 25 percent decline."
Some Researchers Say Restored Federal Funding Is Too Little, Too LateNPR Morning Edition
KATIA RIDDLE
ReportingThe Trump administration restored some of the billions of dollars previously frozen or withheld from research institutions and agencies. Some researchers say it's too late to save their work.
What's Next for Virginia Dems After State's Supreme Court Strikes Down Redrawn MapNPR Morning Edition
A MARTÍNEZ
ReportingNPR's A Martinez asks New York Times correspondent Reid Epstein what Democrats in Virginia are planning after their redrawn election map was struck down by the state's Supreme Court.
Why U.S. Mothers Are on the Frontlines of Resistance MovementsThe Guardian
RACHEL LEINGANG
ANKITA RAO
ReportingMothers built the backbone of the resistance in Minnesota, quickly setting up networks to get kids to school and feed people, march and protest, monitor immigration agents, give rides, protect school grounds and fundraise for rent -- a revolution made of caregiving and community. The movement accelerated nationally when millions saw a now iconic photo of five-year-old Liam Ramos, who was detained in the state along with his father and taken to the Dilley immigration processing center in Texas. Rachel Accurso, the popular children's show host and advocate known as Ms Rachel, ramped up a campaign on social media and across TV networks to end immigration detention for children. "I see every child like I see my children and I think about their mothers having to see them suffer," Accurso said. "It breaks me." The current moment builds on decades of work -- mothers harnessing their organizing power, meeting up with each other to keep their communities safe, launching and supporting campaigns, advocating for changes in public policy and getting out the vote. They push for gun restrictions because their kids have been shot or subjected to shooting drills in class. They fight against police brutality because their kids face state violence. They lobby for the climate because they want a future on a burning planet. They rally for women's rights and constitutional rights, affordability and abortion access. Now they're advocating not just from the outside, but within the political parties and in public office, where they are pushing for policies and agendas that would improve parenthood in the U.S.
FIFA World Cup Matches Face Heightened Terror Risk in U.S. Amid Iran ConflictThe Guardian
KATIE MCQUE
ReportingFIFA World Cup matches set to be held across the United States face heightened terrorism risks, with experts warning that vulnerabilities are being amplified by the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran and a depletion of counter-terrorism expertise within federal law enforcement. The biggest threat stems from homegrown violent extremists, often lone actors that may have become radicalized online by extreme political views or jihadists such as the Islamic State, said four counter-terror experts interviewed. "We need to protect not only each venue, but all the other links in the chain that get to the point of the game," said Javed Ali, associate professor at the University of Michigan, who previously served in the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and as national security council senior director for counter-terrorism. "There are just so many games. There's only so many resources to deploy to try to buy down risk against a number of different threats."
Under the Trump Administration, the State Department Is Seeing an Exodus of DiplomatsNPR Weekend Edition
MICHELE KELEMEN
HANNAH BLOCH
ReportingUnder the Trump administration, the State Department is seeing an exodus of diplomats. Among the reasons: a newly aggressive politicization of U.S. foreign policy.
A Historian Discusses Trump's Plan to Build an Arch to Commemorate 250 YearsNPR Weekend Edition
AYESHA RASCOE
DAVE MISTICH
ReportingNPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with historian Kevin Levin about Trump's proposed triumphal arch and how it would fit next to other memorials in the nation's capital.
Legal Experts Say Some of Trump's Actions Weakened Efforts to Combat Public CorruptionNPR Weekend Edition
RYAN LUCAS
ReportingPresident Trump's pardons of public officials and cuts to a Justice Department division focused on public integrity are undermining the fight against public corruption, legal experts say.
ACA Marketplace Premiums Are Rising Sharply. What Caused This?NPR Weekend Edition
RYAN BENK
ELISSA NADWORNY
ReportingHealth insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces is more expensive than ever. Forbes Senior Healthcare Contributor Bruce Japsen tells NPR's Elissa Nadworny how we got here.
Fallout From the Iran War May Include a NATO Where the U.S. Is No Longer Its LeaderNPR Weekend Edition
SCOTT NEUMAN
ReportingAs President Trump seeks to wind down the war in Iran, the United States is facing not only economic fallout such as higher gas prices but also mounting geopolitical costs. Fresh disputes between Washington and NATO over the Middle East conflict are pushing European leaders to seriously consider a future in which the U.S. no longer leads the alliance. Trump's decision to leave NATO in the dark before launching strikes on Iran -- as well as his subsequent call for the alliance to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz -- has inflamed tensions that had been simmering for months over the president's threats to seize control of NATO-linked Greenland and Canada, along with repeated suggestions that the United States might withdraw from the alliance entirely. "Something fundamental has broken," says Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO under President Barack Obama.
Week in Politics: Redistricting Fight in Tennessee and Virginia; Latest Poll on TrumpNPR Weekend Edition
ELISSA NADWORNY
DON GONYEA
ReportingWe look at the redistricting battles in Tennessee and Virginia, as well as what the latest poll numbers say about Trump's handling of the economy and the war on Iran.
Why FDA Commissioner Makary Is on the Ropes After Months of TurmoilPBS News Hour
STEPHANIE SY
ReportingMultiple outlets are reporting that Trump is set to fire Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary. The news comes after a tumultuous tenure since his installment as FDA head last year. Stephanie Sy speaks with Liz Whyte, health policy reporter at the Wall Street Journal, for more.
What a Stronger Than Expected Jobs Report Tells Us About the State of the EconomyPBS News Hour
AMNA NAWAZ
ReportingThe Labor Department reported Friday that unemployment held steady in April and that the U.S. added 115,000 jobs, surpassing expectations. For more on the numbers and what they tell us about the state of the economy, Amna Nawaz speaks with Mohamed El-Erian, a professor at the Wharton School of Business and chief economic advisor at Allianz.
Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. CitizenshipThe New York Times
HAMED ALEAZIZ
MADELEINE NGO
ReportingThe Trump administration asked federal courts this week to revoke the citizenship of 12 immigrants who committed crimes or took other actions that officials say disqualify them from being Americans, signaling that it planned to make good on a pledge to increase the rate of denaturalizations. "For decades the number of denaturalization cases filed per year has been minuscule due to the gravity of this action," said Amanda Baran, a former senior U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services official in the Biden administration. "This heavy-handed approach yet again demonstrates how the Trump administration is using the law as a cudgel to intimidate and mislead the public."
Tennessee Democrat Speaks About His Erased DistrictAll Things Considered
LAUREN HODGES
TINBETE ERMYAS
AILSA CHANG
ReportingNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee, who represents that state's 9th Congressional district, which could be eliminated based on a new redistricting map.
What's Behind Trump's Pardons of People Convicted of Public Corruption?All Things Considered
FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
RYAN LUCAS
SCOTT DETROW
ReportingPresident Trump has granted pardons to officials who were convicted of public corruption while also dismantling a federal office responsible for investigating and prosecuting corruption allegations.
Tehran Could Withstand Blockade for Four Months, CIA Report Shows, as Fighting FlaresReuters
IDREES ALI
ERIN BANCO
HATEM MAHER
ReportingEfforts to end the war between the U.S. and Iran appeared to stall as the two sides traded fire in the Gulf on Friday, while a U.S. intelligence analysis concluded Tehran could withstand a naval blockade for months. A CIA assessment indicated that Iran would not suffer severe economic pressure from a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports for about another four months, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter, suggesting that U.S. leverage over Tehran remains limited as the two sides seek to end a conflict that has been unpopular with U.S. voters.
ABC Accuses Government of Violating First AmendmentThe New York Times
JIM RUTENBERG
JOHN KOBLIN
ReportingABC has accused the Federal Communications Commission of violating its free speech rights, potentially setting the stage for a protracted, high-stakes legal battle between the network and the Trump administration. The company said in a filing with the agency that regulators had a "chilling effect" on free speech by trying to punish political content they disagreed with. The filing, made public on Friday, is the most aggressive defense from any television network since President Trump kicked off an extended campaign last year to bring media organizations to heel.The filing was registered on behalf of a single ABC station in Houston and involved a minor regulatory dispute over the talk show "The View." But in a signal of its importance, the company's paperwork was signed by one of the most experienced Supreme Court litigators in the country, Paul D. Clement, a solicitor general under President George W. Bush.
The Trump Administration Arrested the Parents of at Least 27,000 Kids in Seven MonthsThe Guardian
MAANVI SINGH
WILL CRAFT
ReportingThe U.S. government has targeted thousands of parents for deportation since Donald Trump took office in January 2025. A Guardian analysis of government records has found that, during the first seven months of his presidency, the administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 children. During this period in 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was deporting about twice as many parents each month compared with 2024. The records do not detail how many of these children were detained or deported with their parents and how many families were split up. But the data provides one of the starkest views yet of how Trump's mass deportation scheme has affected parents and children. In thousands of cases, DHS sought to deport parents who had a different citizenship or nationality than their children, creating major legal and logistical barriers to keeping families together.
Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Democrats' Redistricting Plan, Dimming Party's Midterm HopesThe Associated Press
DAVID A. LIEB
ReportingThe Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year's midterm elections. The court ruled 4-3 that the state's Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize the mid-decade redistricting. Voters narrowly approved the amendment April 21, but the court's ruling renders the results of that vote meaningless. Writing for the majority, Justice D. Arthur Kelsey wrote that the legislature submitted the proposed constitutional amendment to voters "in an unprecedented manner." "This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void," he wrote.
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., on the Latest Round of Strikes Between the U.S. And IranNPR Morning Edition
LEILA FADEL
ReportingIs the U.S. moving closer to ending the war with Iran? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Experts Warn Trump's Plan to Paint Federal Building Could Cause Permanent DamageNPR Morning Edition
NEDA ULABY
ReportingPresident Trump wants to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white, but experts and preservationists are pushing back, warning it could permanently damage the historic granite.
U.S. Military's Continued Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats Raise Questions on LegalityNPR Morning Edition
CARRIE KAHN
A MARTÍNEZ
ReportingU.S. military's continued strikes on alleged drug boats raise questions on legality
Rep. Bill Keating, D-Mass., on U.S. Military Strikes on Suspected Drug BoatsNPR Morning Edition
LEILA FADEL
ReportingNPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Rep. Bill Keating of Massachusetts about continued U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats in Pacific and Caribbean waters.
Supreme Court Districting Ruling Creates Confusion in Louisiana Early VotingPBS News Hour
LIZ LANDERS
ReportingEarly voting continues in Louisiana even as the status of the state's primary elections remains in flux. Last week, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map and the state's Republican governor suspended primary elections for the U.S. House so new districts could be set. But voting for the U.S. Senate race is proceeding. Liz Landers has more from Baton Rouge.
Proposed FEMA Changes Raise Questions About the Future of Disaster ResponsePBS News Hour
WILLIAM BRANGHAM
ReportingFor years, there's been a debate over what role the Federal Emergency Management Agency should play when disaster strikes American communities. Trump argues that states should shoulder much more of the responsibility and now a review council appointed by the president is making a series of recommendations. William Brangham speaks with former FEMA head Deanne Criswell for more.
Federal Court Rules Against New Global Tariffs Trump Imposed After Loss at the Supreme CourtThe Associated Press
STAFF
ReportingA federal court ruled Thursday against the new global tariffs that President Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court. A split three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade in New York found the 10 percent global tariffs were illegal after small businesses sued. The court ruled 2-1 that Trump overstepped the tariff power that Congress had allowed the president under the law. The tariffs are "invalid″ and "unauthorized by law," the majority wrote.
Tennessee Joins Southern Push to Redistricting in Favor of the GOPAll Things Considered
MARIANNA BACALLAO
ReportingOver protests in the capitol, Tennessee lawmakers joined the rush of southern Republicans to redraw congressional voting maps now that protections for minority voting power have been weakened.
Federal and State Officials Consider Closing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'The New York Times
PATRICIA MAZZEI
HAMED ALEAZIZ
ReportingFlorida is in talks with the Trump administration to shut down a high-profile immigration detention center that opened last summer in the Everglades and has cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars to operate, according to a federal official, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official and a person close to the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The shutdown talks are preliminary, the people said. But officials at the Department of Homeland Security have concluded that it is too expensive to keep operating the center, known as Alligator Alcatraz. Homeland security officials have also come to consider the center ineffective, the federal official said. All three people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal talks.
Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit Amid 'Unprecedented Disruption'The New York Times
GREGORY SCHMIDT
ReportingThe British energy giant Shell reported robust profits following the surge in oil prices prompted by the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. The company, based in London, said Thursday that its adjusted profit soared 24 percent, to $6.92 billion, in the first three months of the year from the same time last year, higher than analysts expected. Shell's first-quarter profit was more than twice what the company earned in the previous quarter, a time of seasonally lower activity. The strong financial turnout came amid an "unprecedented disruption in global energy markets," the company's chief executive, Wael Sawan, said in a statement. The strong returns have renewed calls for a windfall tax on oil profits, similar to the response when oil companies benefited from higher energy prices after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The Trump Administration Is Deleting Government Data. From Infant Deaths to Hunger, Here Are 5 Ways It's Hurting AmericansThe Guardian
AMY QIN
ReportingFor decades, federal agencies have gathered data on everything from climate risk to the rising cost of childcare. It is information funded by taxes and that belongs to the American people. This data is often how the government decides what to do: what is a problem, what is a policy priority, what should be funded. It tells the story of America. But over the past year, the Trump administration has been altering and removing decades' worth of datasets as part of a sweeping campaign targeting so-called "woke programs," "racial equity," "gender ideology" and "climate extremism." This censorship has affected not just datasets, but also a wide swath of federal resources: tools that helped the public access data, ongoing surveys and, perhaps most concerning, the agency staff that made it all possible.
Oil Supply Shock to Worsen as Inventories Fall Further Even if Conflict EndsReuters
STEPHANIE KELLY
SEHER DAREEN
ReportingOil supplies are set to tighten further in coming weeks even if the U.S. and Iran agree on a peace deal to end their war because it will take weeks for oil shipments to resume from the Middle East Gulf and reach refiners worldwide -- so oil companies will continue to deplete storage tanks to meet peak summer demand. The world has used temporary buffers -- commercial stockpiles, oil in transit or held in storage at sea and emergency reserves -- to offset the shock from the war in the Middle East. The full impact of the disruption to oil supplies has yet to wash through markets and the global economy because it will be many months before Middle East production and exports return to pre-war levels, said executives from major energy companies, investment banks and market analysts.
How Trump's Minneapolis Immigration Blitz Hobbled Federal Crime FightingReuters
BRAD HEATH
A. GOUDSWARD
KRISTINA COOKE
ReportingThe Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents also dramatically slowed other federal investigations and prosecutions into an array of serious crimes, a Reuters review of federal court records found. New gun and drug prosecutions stalled. Several top prosecutors quit. Some federal agents disappeared from drug task forces and gang cases. Others took the unusual step of bringing their investigations to state authorities. U.S. President Trump touted the operation as an urgent crime-fighting effort, targeting violent illegal immigrants. But the upheaval disrupted the regular work of the federal authorities charged with protecting public safety, according to the records and interviews with 10 current and former officials from state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa, on Proposed Legislation to Cut Off Funding for Iran WarNPR Morning Edition
LEILA FADEL
ReportingNPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Congressman Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, one of 18 lawmakers backing new legislation that would cut off funding for the war in Iran.
ICE Is Giving Local Police Big Money to Help With Immigration EnforcementNPR Morning Edition
MEG ANDERSON
ReportingThe Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office got around $100,000; the Escambia County Sheriff's Office: nearly $1 million; the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office: more than $280,000; and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office: nearly $50,000. The counties received the money after joining a federal program called 287(g), which gives local police the authority to arrest undocumented immigrants, normally the work of federal immigration officers. And the sheriffs were celebratory: They're getting a lot of money for cooperating, from both the state and federal government.
Minneapolis Grapples With the Impact of Trump's Largest Immigration Crackdown YetNPR Morning Edition
SERGIO MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN
ReportingThree months ago, masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles descended on the Twin Cities as part of Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's largest and most aggressive crackdown yet of immigrants. Today, Minneapolis looks different. The crackdown has receded and arrests of immigrants have dropped 12 percent. Commander Bovino was forced to retire and the neighborhood watches that tracked ICE SUVs are no longer as active. But the surge left a mark that enforcement statistics can't capture, including a hollowed-out local economy that immigrants and their neighbors say they are struggling to rebuild. "We were left traumatized," said Y, a woman who asked NPR to identify her by her middle initial because she worries speaking out will affect her ongoing immigration case. NPR talked to nine immigrants about how Operation Metro Surge upended their lives and how they're adapting today.
Republican Campaigns Target Muslims in TexasPBS News Hour
STEPHANIE SY
ReportingCandidates running for office in Texas primaries have made Muslims and what they call the "Islamification of Texas" the center of their campaigns. The state's top Republicans have also passed legislation and made policies targeting Muslim organizations and developments. Stephanie Sy reports on the rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies in the Lone Star State impacting Muslim communities.
FBI Reportedly Investigates Journalist Who Wrote About Kash Patel's Heavy DrinkingPBS News Hour
AMNA NAWAZ
ReportingThe FBI has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into whether information was leaked to a reporter for The Atlantic, who wrote that FBI Director Kash Patel's quote "excessive drinking" was causing deep concern in the bureau. Carol Leonnig, a senior investigative reporter for MS NOW, joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.
New Poll Shows Growing Number of Americans Disapprove of Trump's Handling of Iran WarPBS News Hour
LISA DESJARDINS
ReportingThe latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll shows that six in 10 a.m.ericans disapprove of how President Trump is handling Iran. Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz to offer insights on the poll with a closer look at how Americans are seeing the war in Iran and rising gas prices.
U.S. Judge Questions Trump Administration's Rationale for Slashing Federal GrantsReuters
NATE RAYMOND
ReportingA federal judge on Wednesday expressed doubts that President Trump's administration can rely on a White House budget office regulation to terminate billions of dollars in grants because they are inconsistent with his priorities. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston questioned the administration's arguments that a clause tucked into U.S. Office of Management and Budget regulations beginning in 2020 gave it authority to revoke grants nationwide if federal agencies shift their focus. "If you were applying for a two-year grant, are you saying you better be careful not to do it during an election year?" Talwani asked Stephen Pezzi, a lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice. Talwani, who was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, said that while the administration was free not to renew a grant when it expired, a grant was essentially a contract to provide funding. "There is a way that a grant is a contract," she said. "And the United States honors its contracts."
Trump Administration Can Keep 2020 Election Ballots Seized From Georgia Election Center, Judge RulesReuters
ANDREW GOUDSWARD
ReportingA U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled that the U.S. Justice Department can keep possession of 2020 election ballots seized during an FBI search in January, a victory for President Trump's administration as it pursues the president's false claims of widespread voter fraud. Atlanta-based U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee rejected Fulton County's request for the return of original copies of the seized material. Lawyers for the county had argued that the FBI's search of the county's election hub relied on faulty and discredited evidence and violated protections under the U.S. Constitution. DOJ lawyers have not identified any individual targets of the probe and have not disputed claims that the statute of limitations appears to have expired on both crimes prosecutors have said they are investigating. The dispute was closely watched by election officials and experts across the country as Trump continues to threaten a potential federal government takeover of some local elections and sows doubts about voting ahead of the November elections.
Trump, Hoping for an Eventual Supreme Court Victory, Seeks to Halt $83M Payment in Sexual Abuse CaseThe Associated Press
MICHAEL R. SISAK
LARRY NEUMEISTER
ReportingPresident Trump's lawyer, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, has asked a federal appeals court in New York to temporarily block a longtime columnist from collecting an $83 million defamation award. The lawyer, Justin D. Smith, told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing Tuesday to stay its decision supporting the award so that Trump won't have to pay writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals to the high court.
Takeaways From Tuesday's Primaries in Indiana and OhioNPR Morning Edition
LEILA FADEL
ReportingNPR's Leila Fadel discusses the results of Tuesday's primaries with Kyle Kondik of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
Former U.S. Special Representative for Iran on Trump Pausing 'Project Freedom'NPR Morning Edition
A MARTÍNEZ
ReportingNPR's A Martínez asks former U.S. special representative for Iran Robert Malley about President Trump's about-face on a brief American effort to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
Bill Aims to Stop 'Claim Sharks' From Targeting Disabled Vets After NPR InvestigationNPR Morning Edition
CALEY SHANNON
CHRIS ARNOLD
QUIL LAWRENCE
ReportingA new bipartisan bill in Congress aims to curb what lawmakers say are predatory collection practices by so-called "claim sharks" -- companies that charge disabled veterans large sums for help claiming benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. and two of their Republican colleagues, would prevent companies from using auto-dialers to call federal agencies. Pappas said the legislation was prompted by a 2025 NPR investigation of Trajector Medical that revealed how the Florida company used auto-dialer software to access a VA benefits hotline meant for veterans. The company would dial into the system to monitor benefit payments for thousands of its clients, often without their knowledge and then automatically send the veteran a bill if their payments increased.
World's Most Powerful Are Suing Media Outlets Before Stories Are Even Published, Says EditorThe Guardian
MICHAEL SAVAGE
ReportingPowerful figures are increasingly suing media outlets before they have even published a story, the editor of the Wall Street Journal has said. Emma Tucker, whose title is being sued by Donald Trump over its reporting of his relationship with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said the act of reporting itself was now under threat from the use of lawfare. She said the tactic of suing newspapers before they had published a story had become an established PR strategy of the powerful amid greater distrust of the established media. "One of the biggest challenges to us now isn't so much what happens afterwards," Tucker told the Truth Tellers journalism summit. "It's what happens before you even publish. That is a massive challenge for us."
Mississippi House to Hold Redistricting Session at Jim Crow Era CapitolThe Guardian
ADRIA R WALKER
ReportingWhen Mississippi lawmakers met in 1861 and voted to secede from the union in an effort to continue enslaving people, they did so in what is now known as the Old Capitol Museum. From 1839 to 1903, lawmakers met at a building that witnessed some of the state's most racist history. And now, on 20 May, when members of Mississippi's house convene for a special session to redraw state supreme court districts, they will do so at the Old Capitol, ostensibly because of renovations in the house chamber. "I was a little taken aback with the location of the Old State Capitol," Kabir Karriem, a Democratic state representative who leads the Mississippi's legislative Black caucus, said. "Even though they said that they were doing some remodeling, the optics of it are horrific for 1.2 million Black folks here in the state of Mississippi."
Pope Leo Rejects Claim He Supports Nuclear Weapons After Trump TiradeThe Guardian
ANGELA GIUFFRIDA
ReportingPope Leo has said he has never supported nuclear weapons and that those who criticise him need to speak the truth, in response to Donald Trump's latest tirade accusing him of "endangering a lot of Catholics" with his stance on the Iran war. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night after leaving the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, the first U.S.-born pontiff said: "The mission of the church is to preach the gospel, to preach peace." Leo, who is to meet the U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, in the Vatican on Thursday in an effort to ease tensions sparked by previous Trump broadsides, made a plea for honesty in political debate. "If anyone wants to criticise me for proclaiming the gospel, let them do so with the truth: the church has spoken out against all nuclear weapons for years, there is no doubt about that," the pope said. "I simply hope to be listened to because of the value of God's word."
Why Wynton Marsalis Thinks Jazz Is the Perfect Metaphor for DemocracyPBS News Hour
JEFFREY BROWN
ReportingRenowned trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis has launched a new project, a kind of call and response for these times. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met Marsalis at the Jazz at Lincoln Center, for our series Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy, part of our CANVAS coverage.
Thousands of Immigrant Truckers Lose Commercial Licenses in Trump Administration CrackdownPBS News Hour
LISA DESJARDINS
ReportingIn March, around 200,000 immigrants began losing their commercial driver's licenses, which are required to operate large vehicles like semi-trucks, buses and tractor-trailers. It's part of a series of moves by the Trump administration to limit who can drive those vehicles after some high-profile truck crashes involving foreign-born drivers. Lisa Desjardins reports.
New Wave of Southern States Scramble to Redraw Congressional Maps Ahead of MidtermsPBS News Hour
LISA DESJARDINS
ReportingThe Supreme Court ruling against drawing congressional maps to protect Black or other minority voters has sparked a new wave in the ongoing redistricting war. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz to discuss where things stand and what it means.
Gasoline Costs 50 Pct. More in the U.S. Than It Did Before the Iran WarThe Associated Press
CATHY BUSSEWITZ
ReportingThe price of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.48 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA, hitting the wallets of drivers after rising 50 percent since the war with Iran began. The main reason drivers are paying more at the pump is because of the global energy crisis caused by the Iran war. The price of crude oil, which is the main ingredient in gasoline, has been climbing for most of the past two months because the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of the world's crude oil normally passes, has effectively been shut and oil tankers have been stranded there unable to deliver crude.
The Trump Administration Is Finding New Ways to Withhold Federal Funding for ScienceAll Things Considered
KATIA RIDDLE
ReportingBillions in funding were cut under President Trump were restored in 2026. Now, watchdogs say the administration is finding other ways to withhold money -- and scientists are feeling the consequences.
'Transformation' of the U.S. Forest Service Looks Like Dismantling to CriticsAll Things Considered
RACHEL COHEN
ReportingIn the month since the Trump administration announced a major reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service, critics have called it a stealth dismantling. The plan includes moving its headquarters.
Trump Administration Investigates Smith College for Admitting Transgender WomenThe Guardian
RACHEL LEINGANG
ReportingThe U.S. education department is investigating one of the country's largest women's colleges over its admittance of transgender women in another escalation of the Trump administration's attacks on trans people. The department's office of civil rights announced the investigation on Monday in a press release, saying the Massachusetts college could be violating federal law by "allowing biological males into women's intimate spaces," including dorms, bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams. Title IX, the federal law that seeks to prevent sex-based discrimination in education and extracurriculars, includes an exemption for all-male or all-female colleges. But, the department said, that applies only to "biological sex difference, not subjective gender identity." Admitting transgender students would mean the college no longer qualifies as single sex.
Trump Ballroom Project Security Funding Included in $72B GOP Enforcement BillPolitico
JORDAIN CARNEY
ReportingSenate Republicans want to fund Secret Service security upgrades related to President Trump's ballroom project as part of a nearly $72 billion package that would shovel cash to immigration enforcement agencies. The proposal Senate Judiciary Republicans unveiled late Monday night -- a piece of the forthcoming party-line bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol -- would direct $1 billion to the Secret Service for "security adjustments and upgrades," including at the White House. This is on top of the almost $3.3 billion the agency received already under the fiscal 2026 DHS funding bill signed into law Thursday. The White House touted the security funding's inclusion Tuesday, which it views as Congress approving a project that is currently mired in litigation. A federal judge ruled last month legislators had not properly authorized the project.
Middle East Analyst on the Latest Persian Gulf AttacksNPR Morning Edition
LEILA FADEL
ReportingNPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the latest attacks in the Persian Gulf.
Former Federal Workers Speak Out About Being Fired and Why They're Now Running for OfficePBS News Hour
DOUG ADAMS
ReportingMore than three dozen former federal workers who quit or lost their jobs last year, in the wake of cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, are now running for political office. Most, but not all, are Democrats who say the assault on public service led them to seek change by standing for office. We spoke with three candidates running for Congress in the upcoming midterms.
What the Supreme Court Ruling Means for Abortion Access and What Comes NextPBS News Hour
AMNA NAWAZ
ReportingThe Supreme Court on Monday temporarily allowed continued nationwide access to abortion medication that's often distributed by mail. The court issued a one-week stay on a lower court's ruling that would have led to sweeping changes in how Mifepristone, one of the two drugs commonly used, can be prescribed. Mary Ziegler of the University of California, Davis School of Law joins Amna Nawaz for more.
Why the Trump Administration Is Paying Billions to Abandon Wind FarmsPBS News Hour
LIZ LANDERS
ReportingLawmakers from both parties are raising concerns about the Trump administration's spending decisions. In the latest example, the administration said it will pay nearly $1 billion to energy companies to abandon plans to build two wind farms off the U.S. coast. Liz Landers joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.
The State Department Has Had a Surge in New RetirementsAll Things Considered
MICHELE KELEMEN
ReportingUsually, two thirds of U.S. ambassadors come from the career foreign service. But the Trump administration has named mostly political ambassadors, leaving senior career diplomats with few prospects.
Trump Administration Claims Food Aid Fraud but Critics Say 'There's No Evidence'The Guardian
MICHAEL SAINATO
ReportingThe Trump administration's attack on the 87-year-old food aid program that supports tens of millions of low-income Americans escalated last week as the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, claimed that 14,000 Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (Snap) recipients included owners of luxury vehicles such as Ferraris, Bentleys and Teslas. The report cites its conclusions stem from 2023 data obtained by an unnamed contractor from an anonymous state. It does not provide any information on the alleged Snap recipients or how their identities were matched to car registrations. Congresswoman Jahana Hayes, ranking member of the nutrition, foreign agriculture and horticulture subcommittee, said she was highly skeptical of the data. "First of all, if it were true, it would have been cited with the state and what happened," said Hayes. "I just don't buy the Secretary saying that they have all this information as a gotcha moment, while not also simultaneously saying we plan to hold these people accountable for defrauding the system and taking food away from the people who really need it." Hayes said claims of fraud and abuse have often been made without evidence and that cases of provable fraud should be prosecuted, not be used to cut and attack Snap at the expense of people who need and rely on it.
Supreme Court Restores Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone Through Telehealth, Mail and PharmaciesThe Associated Press
MARK SHERMAN
GEOFF MULVIHILL
ReportingThe Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Those rules had been in effect for several years until a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions last week.Alito's order will remain in effect for another week while both sides respond and the court more fully considers the issue.
Trump Administration Falls Behind on Wildfire Prevention With Risky Fire Season AheadNPR Morning Edition
LAUREN SOMMER
ReportingWith wildfires already burning and drought persisting across much of the U.S., fire experts are bracing for what could be an extreme fire season. The U.S. Forest Service is going into it having done far less work than in recent years to manage the dry, flammable vegetation that can fuel catastrophic fires.The Forest Service said in a statement that the drop in prevention work is mostly due to staff being occupied with firefighting and because environmental conditions were not right for doing prescribed burns in the Southeast. The agency lost 16 percent of its workforce as of last summer, with 5,860 personnel leaving in the first six months of 2025 as part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the size of government. Senate Democrats have raised concerns that such cuts have hampered the agency's ability to prepare for wildfires.
Eric Holder on SCOTUS Decision That Could Reduce Black Congressional RepresentationNPR Morning Edition
MICHEL MARTIN
ReportingNPR's Michel Martin talks to Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, about a Supreme Court decision that paves the way for a drop in Black representation in Congress.
Louisiana Lawmakers Working to Pass Map That Could Eliminate Majority Black DistrictsNPR Morning Edition
LEILA FADEL
ReportingPrimary elections have started in Louisiana, but votes cast in congressional races may not count as the Republican legislature is redrawing district lines to get one more Republican seat.
How Redistricting and the Supreme Court Have Cut Voters Out of U.S. House RacesReuters
JOSEPH AX
ReportingThe number of competitive U.S. House of Representatives districts in this fall's midterm elections was already near historic lows before the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Wednesday opened the door to even more aggressive efforts to draw district lines for political gain. The court's ruling, which arrived amid what was already an unprecedented national fight over congressional redistricting, may usher in a new era of nakedly partisan gerrymandering that results in still fewer competitive elections, leaving voters with less power than ever, experts said. The lack of competitive races means that control of the U.S. House of Representatives will likely be determined in November's midterm election by fewer than 10 percent of Americans, with the winners in the vast majority of districts all but assured before a single ballot is cast, a Reuters analysis found. Only 32 of the House's 435 seats are currently considered competitive, according to the analysis.
In Louisiana Case, the Supreme Court Weakens a Central Part of the Voting Rights ActNPR Weekend Edition
CARRIE JOHNSON
AYESHA RASCOE
ReportingThe Supreme Court has weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which was designed to outlaw discriminatory voting practices to make the voting playing field equal for Black people.
Civil Rights Groups in the South Respond to Supreme Court's Blow to Voting RightsNPR Weekend Edition
DEBBIE ELLIOTT
AYESHA RASCOE
ReportingWe gauge reaction in the Deep South to the Supreme Court ruling that could upend Black representation in Congress.
Drugmaker Files Emergency Appeal to Restore Abortion Pill AccessPolitico
ALICE M. OLLSTEIN
ReportingThe pharmaceutical company Danco that makes the abortion drug mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to hit pause on Friday's lower court ruling that cut off telemedicine access to the pills nationwide, including in states where abortion is legal. The emergency appeal asks the high court to temporarily restore a federal policy that allows the pills to be prescribed online and delivered by mail, arguing that failing to do so would cause "immediate chaos" and leave patients around the country in limbo.
Federal Debt Exceeds $39 Trillion for the 1st Time. Why Is This Milestone Significant?NPR Weekend Edition
SCOTT HORSLEY
SCOTT SIMON
ReportingThe federal debt passed an uncomfortable milestone this year, outgrowing the entire U.S. economy. That poses risks, but policymakers show little sign of addressing it.
Week in Politics Hegseth's Congressional Testimony; SCOTUS and Voting RightsNPR Weekend Edition
SCOTT SIMON
RON ELVING
ReportingWe look at Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's two-day Congressional testimony and what the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act means for future elections.
'Deplorable': ICE Hires Firm Accused of 'Torture' to Track Down Undocumented ChildrenThe Guardian
JOSÉ OLIVARES
ReportingU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a contract to a private security company that has faced accusations of "torture" and "enforced disappearance" to assist in tracking down undocumented immigrant children who arrived in the U.S. alone, a contracting document shows. ICE has stepped up its work so much in pursuing these minors in the U.S. that it has contracted out some of its mission to a third party to put "boots on the ground" and locate immigrant children previously released from U.S. government custody. The agency characterizes the work of tracing immigrant children who reached the U.S. without authorization and were released into communities while they go through immigration court proceedings as "safety and wellness checks." ICE says it wants to confirm the children's location, school enrollment and overall wellness, including checking for signs of abuse or trafficking, according to the contracting document. But an internal ICE document reviewed by the Guardian last year shows ICE actually runs the operations with the aim of deporting the children or pursuing criminal cases against them -- or their adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the U.S. A critic at the time called ICE's efforts "backdoor family separation."
Louisiana Republicans Eliminate Elected Position Days Before an Exoneree Was Set to Take OfficeThe Associated Press
SARA CLINE
JACK BROOK
ReportingRepublican Gov. Jeff Landry quietly signed legislation abolishing the longstanding Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court position into law Thursday, according to Louisiana Secretary of State spokesperson Trey Williams. Calvin Duncan, who spent nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, easily won election to the criminal court clerk position in November, beating the incumbent and earning more than two-thirds of the vote. He had been set to take office next Monday and has asked a federal judge to allow him to take office as scheduled. "It's a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction," Duncan said. "They will do what they do and I will do whatever I have to do to vindicate the voters of New Orleans and make sure that what happened to me never happens to anybody else." Duncan, a Democrat whose murder conviction was vacated in 2021 after evidence emerged that police officers had lied in court, has vowed to help fix the system that once failed him.
New Video of Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Raises Questions About Presidential SecurityPBS News Hour
GEOFF BENNETT
ReportingThe Justice Department has released video showing the moment an armed man stormed past security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The incident is raising serious questions about security surrounding the president at high-profile public events. Geoff Bennett speaks with Juliette Kayyem of the Homeland Security Project at the Harvard Kennedy School to learn more.
Judge Protects Yemeni Refugees, Slams Trump Administration's Push to End Special StatusThe Associated Press
JAKE OFFENHARTZ
MICHAEL R. SISAK
ReportingA federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from forcing about 3,000 Yemeni refugees to leave the U.S., ruling that Temporary Protected Status repeatedly granted to them and due to expire Monday should be extended again. Judge Dale E. Ho in Manhattan extended the status temporarily while a lawsuit seeking to preserve the protections plays out. In an emergency order, he wrote that people granted the status are ordinary, law-abiding people who the U.S. government had determined could face threats to their safety if they were returned to a country facing an ongoing armed conflict. Amid its immigration crackdown, the Trump administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status for people from nine countries, including Haiti, Venezuela and Ethiopia. Before Ho's ruling, protections for Yemeni refugees were set to end on Monday, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. In his ruling, Ho criticized former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying Congress had established a process for Temporary Protected Status to be altered or rescinded, but she had not followed it. He was particularly critical of a social media message she sent out in early December in which she said she had just met with President Trump and was recommending a full travel ban "on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches and entitlement junkies." Ho pointed out, "TPS holders from Yemen are not 'killers, leeches and entitlement junkies.'"
Court Restricts Abortion Access Across the U.S. by Blocking the Mailing of MifepristoneThe Associated Press
GEOFF MULVIHILL
H. SCHOENBAUM
ReportingA federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions. Friday's unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in person and at clinics, overruling regulations set by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The ruling, which is likely to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, is the biggest jolt to abortion policy in the U.S. since the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade and allowed states to enforce abortion bans. In the ruling, Judge Kyle Duncan, who was appointed by President Trump, agreed with the state of Louisiana's contention that allowing the drug to be mailed there makes moot the state's ban on abortion at all stages of pregnancy.
U.S. to Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany in Next 6-12 Months, Fulfilling Trump's ThreatThe Associated Press
BEN FINLEY
AAMER MADHANI
ReportingThe United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months, the Pentagon said Friday, fulfilling President Trump's threat as he clashes with the German leader over the U.S. war with Iran. Trump had threatened to withdraw some troops from the NATO ally earlier this week after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the U.S. was being "humiliated" by the Iranian leadership and criticized Washington's lack of strategy in the war. Germany hosts several U.S. military facilities, including the headquarters of its European and Africa commands, Ramstein Air Base and a medical center in Landstuhl, where casualties from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were treated. U.S. nuclear missiles are also stationed in the country.
Since Congress Let Obamacare Subsidies Expire, Millions Are Dropping CoverageThe New York Times
REED ABELSON
M. SANGER-KATZ
ReportingMillions of Americans appear to be dropping Obamacare coverage in the months since Congress failed to extend the generous subsidies that had become a defining feature of the Affordable Care Act. Initial sign-ups had already fallen by about 1.2 million people. But insurance companies, state officials and industry analysts are reporting that many more have lost Obamacare coverage now that people are facing long-term higher costs. The federal government has yet to report current enrollment data.
Push for State-Level Voting Rights Acts Renewed After Supreme Court RulingThe Guardian
RACHEL LEINGANG
ReportingNine blue and purple states now have a version of a state voting rights act, a statute that works to protect voters in the state in the absence of federal protections. Eleven other states, including several in the south, have seen bills introduced to create their own versions. Most of the state-level statutes have similar provisions, including some kind of prohibition on voter suppression, vote dilution and voter intimidation and a requirement for pre-clearance of voting changes.
CEO Pay Soared in 2025, 20 Times Faster Than Workers' PayThe Guardian
MICHAEL SAINATO
ReportingCEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pay around the world in 2025, according to a new analysis from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the world's largest trade union federation. When adjusted for inflation, global worker pay declined 12 percent between 2019 and 2025, the equivalent of 108 days of free work during that time period. In comparison, CEO compensation increased by 54 percent between 2019 and 2025. The average CEO received $8.4m in total compensation in 2025 compared to $7.6m in 2024. The analysis also found billionaires were paid $2,500 a second in dividends in 2025, according to the investment portfolios of more than 1,000 billionaires. For every two hours in the 2025, the average billionaire received more in dividends than the average worker earned in annual pay.
Thousands in U.S. to Join 'No School, No Work, No Shopping' May Day Protest in Economic BlackoutThe Guardian
LEX MCMENAMIN
ReportingThousands are set to join an economic blackout for International Workers' Day on Friday, as part of 3,500 "May Day Strong" events across the country. Organizers are calling for "no school, no work, no shopping" with walkouts, marches, block parties and other gatherings planned into the evening.
Long DACA Renewal Wait Times Leave Some 'Dreamers' Without Status, a Job and Fearing DetainmentThe Associated Press
HALLIE GOLDEN
ReportingRenewal wait times for the Obama-era program that allows people who were brought to the U.S. as children to temporarily remain in the country and work have increased to levels not seen since 2016 when there were significant technical issues. Some of the program's more than 500,000 beneficiaries, often referred to as "Dreamers," have waited months for an answer only to see their deadline pass without a decision. Now they're stuck in a type of limbo in which their work authorization disappears, oftentimes along with their driver's license and their ability to stay in the U.S. is at risk.
Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Trump's New Pick for the RoleNPR Morning Edition
STEVE INSKEEP
ReportingNPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams about President Trump's latest nominee for the role, Dr. Nicole Saphier.
'There's No Crime Here': Legal Experts Weigh in on DOJ's Indictment of James ComeyNPR Morning Edition
CARRIE JOHNSON
ReportingLegal experts say the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey lacks evidence of a true criminal threat. The case will never see a jury, says one.
Stalemate With Iran Puts Trump's Second Term to the TestNPR Morning Edition
FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
MICHEL MARTIN
ReportingPresident Trump's stalemate in Iran spells trouble for the rest of his second term. And the rest of the world, as well.
'It's Desperate': A Look at the Conditions Sailors Stuck in the Strait of Hormuz FaceNPR Morning Edition
MICHEL MARTIN
ReportingNPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jacqueline Smith of the International Transport Workers' Federation about conditions for sailors stranded on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.