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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
Murder in a small town means 'We Are All Guilty Here,' writes novelist Karin Slaughter Karin Slaughter talks about her 25th book -- "We are All Guilty Here" - with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly. It's a small town murder mystery - that twists and turns until the end. Justine Kenin
The solar system's third interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, is zooming by at 130,000 mph NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS. Jonaki Mehta