The Supreme Court releases decisions on the last day of their term
The Supreme Court releases opinion on birthright citizenship and other cases. NPR's Steve Inskeep, Carrie Johnson, and Nina Totenberg analyze the decisions.
Rights groups are alarmed over domestic terrorist charges in 'Cop City' protests
The protests in Atlanta over whether to build a police training facility have gotten more violent. A protester was killed by police in January, and others have been charged with domestic terrorism.
4 more arrests are made a year after 53 migrants died in a sweltering tractor-trailer
Justice officials arrested four more people in Texas for the deaths of migrants last year after smugglers abandoned them in a tractor-trailer without a working air conditioner in San Antonio.
The Supreme Court rejects independent state legislature theory
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Richard Pildes, professor of constitutional law at New York University, about the Supreme Court's ruling to protect voting rights in federal elections.
Rural states likely to benefit the most from funds to improve broadband access
The White House this week unveiled $42 billion in broadband internet funding from the infrastructure act. It's a rare example of mostly conservative rural leaders embracing big government spending.
Watchdog: Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent
At least $200 billion in aid for small businesses may have gone to frauders, according to a new inspector general report. The Small Business Administration questions those numbers.
Anxiety grows across South Korea, as Japan prepares to release Fukushima wastewater
Japan's expected release of radioactive water from a damaged nuclear plant has alarmed South Korea, possibly jeopardizing a fragile rapprochement between the two neighbors and U.S. allies.
Extreme heat continues to grip much of the Southern U.S.
Millions of people are under heat advisories. Texas is experiencing some of the worst heat where high temperature records continue to be broken.
Biden makes a case for his economic leadership: low unemployment, growing economy
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Jared Bernstein, recently confirmed chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, about President Biden's "Bidenomics" pitch for the economy.
Phil Stringer's travel disaster turned into something special
After a delay of almost 18 hours, he was the only passenger on his American Airlines flight from Oklahoma to North Carolina. Everybody else had given up. He says he bonded with the crew.
Discovered wall painting in the ruins of Pompeii appears to depict pizza
It looked like the 2,000-year-old fresco had a pie painted in the middle of the plate. Archeologists, however, say it probably wasn't pizza, considering tomatoes and mozzarella weren't available yet.
Morning news brief
Record-breaking heat hits Texas. Five non-travel related cases of malaria have been reported in Texas and Florida. Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, watchdog says.