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The Trump administration seeks to eliminate or privatize the Energy Star program The Energy Star program has saved Americans more than a half-trillion dollars in energy costs and has reduced climate pollution. Now the Trump administration wants to eliminate or privatize it. Jeff Brady
Environment After a freeze, Trump administration reluctantly agrees to fund EV chargers Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he doesn't agree with federal subsidies for high-speed EV chargers, but that his department "will respect Congress' will" and release the funds. Camila Domonoske
Politics The latest from Trump and Putin's meeting in Anchorage President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting at a military base outside Anchorage, Alaska. We've got the latest. Tamara Keith
What Trump's executive order on 401(k)s means for you Last week, President Trump signed an executive order that would make it easier to include "alternative assets" like crypto, private equity, and real estate in retirement accounts. Is that a good idea? Laurel Wamsley
Politics Washington interpreters demand state address more than $280K in missed payments Language interpreters for Washington state’s labor agency sued last year alleging they were owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in missed payments. More than a year later, they say the issue still hasn’t been resolved. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Health Children in a mental health crisis can spend days languishing in the ER A new study finds that nearly 1 in 10 kids on Medicaid visiting an emergency department for mental health care remain stuck there for days waiting for follow up psychiatric care. Rhitu Chatterjee
Science Embryos small but mighty, first live videos show Scientists have recorded a human embryo implanting in a womb in real time. The implications of how it happens could lead to more and better treatments for infertility. Rob Stein
Politics CFPB staff layoffs can proceed, appeals court rules The Trump administration sent reduction-in-force notices to more than 1,400 staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April. Laurel Wamsley
National Tensions grow as Trump and Washington, D.C. officials fight over police authority Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control. Brian Mann
Economy Who made Inca knot records? The Inca society kept records by encoding information into a system of knotted strings. A new analysis of hair woven into these strings suggests that this record-keeping wasn't just an activity by rich elites, but that commoners could do it as well.