Trump's big bond deadline
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Domenico Montanaro and law professor Kim Wehle about former President Trump having to come up with a bond totaling about half a billion dollars.
Politics & Government
California wants to protect indoor workers from heat. That goal is now in limbo
The state was on the cusp of making new rules to protect people who work in places like warehouses from dangerous heat. A last-minute shake-up leaves workers wondering if they'll be safe come summer.
Like a Phish concert but with more grievance, this is what it's like at a Trump rally
Many Americans won't experience a rally for former President Donald Trump in person, instead witnessing these events through viral clips. But for the faithful, a Trump rally is so much more than that.
Week in politics: Congress averts partial government shutdown, Blinken in Israel
A second package of budget bills passed Congress, just narrowly averting a partial government shutdown. Also, Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Israel.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is under fire from his party for passing the spending bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion budget package, but only with help from Democrats. Some GOP members object.
Ohio has been a bellwether and a battleground: What is it telling us now?
Ohio was the model bellwether state until 2020. In that year, Ohio gave a solid majority of its vote to then-incumbent President Donald Trump, but he still lost the White House to Joe Biden.
The Gambia is debating whether to repeal its ban on female genital mutilation
Like many countries in Africa, The Gambia has a law criminalizing the practice of female genital mutilation. Now, amid a religious backlash, it could become the first country to repeal its ban.
Mexico could strong-arm Biden over Texas' immigration law SB4
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Washington Post columnist Eduardo Porter about Texas' immigration law SB4, and Mexico's reaction to it.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
It's the second time in less than a year that House Republicans have pushed to remove their elected leader.
Blinken urges Netanyahu not to attack Rafah as cease-fire resolution fails at the U.N.
Blinken's sixth time in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel comes as talks continue in Doha, Qatar, and Russia and China veto U.S. Gaza cease-fire resolution.