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Climate Getting solar panels on your roof can be hard. That's where 'balcony solar' comes in What if you could set up some panels in your backyard or hang them off your balcony and start making a dent in your power bill? Organizations are trying to bring "balcony solar" to the U.S. Laura Klivans
Politics Washington state Sen. John Braun to seek Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's congressional seat Washington state Sen. John Braun announced his plans Tuesday to take on U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in what’s expected to be a highly contested 2026 midterm election. Ryan Haas/OPB
Politics Trump official tells census workers Congress has final say over the count, not Trump Days after the president's call for a "new" census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, NPR has exclusively learned. Hansi Lo Wang
Sheila Jordan, one of the great underappreciated voices in jazz, dies at age 96 She recorded a magical debut album on Blue Note and was later named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment of the Arts. Neda Ulaby
National Security How the Secret Service arranges a short notice trip like Trump's meeting in Alaska The president will meet with Putin on Friday in Alaska. A former secret service agent shares how the service plans last minute trips like this, especially one with major geopolitical implications. John Ketchum
Music This music project uses bluegrass to bring people on the autism spectrum together A new effort led by Hollywood composer John Frizzell seeks to connect people with autism to each other through bluegrass. Robert Garrova
Business Ford and the promise of cheaper EVs Ford announced they're putting billions into a Kentucky automotive plant to retool it to make EVs, starting with a midsize pickup that they say will be in the $30k price range. Camila Domonoske
Arts & Life Remembering the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest — a contest for bad writing For four decades, an English professor at San Jose State University has run a fiction contest for a single opening sentence to "the worst of all possible novels." He has decided to retire the contest. Deena Prichep
National Chair of D.C. Council responds to Trump's emergency declaration NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, Phil Mendelson, about President Trump's emergency declaration and National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. Patrick Jarenwattananon
Gaza's 'White Walkers' — the deadly task of simply getting flour For multiple days, more people are killed trying to get food in Gaza than in Israeli air strikes, medics say. Aya Batrawy