The Latest Europe A look at the prospects for a ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin meeting NPR's Leila Fadel talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about the prospects of a ceasefire ahead of President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Leila Fadel Economy Stores that import musical instruments hit hard by Trump's tariffs Over the years, there's been a decline in the manufacture of musical instruments in the U.S. A large portion come from overseas. Now, tariffs are causing a big jump in costs for music stores. Julie Denesha Politics Trump's tariff revenue has skyrocketed. But how big is it, really? President Trump's new tariffs are pouring in. But it's still only a fraction of overall government revenues — and falls short of new spending in the recent Republican megabill. Danielle Kurtzleben Arts & Life Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable. Chloe Veltman Health What's the deal with claims that birth control is dangerous? Social media is full of videos saying hormonal contraception can hurt you and promoting natural alternatives. How did the treatments get such a bad reputation and do alternatives work? Katia Riddle Politics Factories are losing immigrant workers, stressing those who remain Trump campaigned on helping American workers through his immigration policies. Now that he's revoked work authorization for thousands of immigrants, those left behind are feeling taxed by their absence. Andrea Hsu World Israeli strike kills journalists in Gaza City, worsening the death toll for the media Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex. The Associated Press National Trump asserts control of Washington, D.C. police, deploys National Guard President Trump says National Guard soldiers will be deployed on the streets of Washington, D.C., and he asserted federal control over the city's Metropolitan Police Department. Brian Mann Music Honoring luthier Jean Horner Luthier Jean Horner taught himself to make fiddles in the 1950s. His instruments became know as the Stradivari's of the Appalachian Cumberlands. He died earlier this year at age 91. Lisa Coffman Health Chikungunya outbreak in China More than 8,000 have been infected, prompting the government to institute COVID-like restrictions Jonathan Lambert Prev 1061 of 1644 Next Sponsored
Europe A look at the prospects for a ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin meeting NPR's Leila Fadel talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about the prospects of a ceasefire ahead of President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Leila Fadel
Economy Stores that import musical instruments hit hard by Trump's tariffs Over the years, there's been a decline in the manufacture of musical instruments in the U.S. A large portion come from overseas. Now, tariffs are causing a big jump in costs for music stores. Julie Denesha
Politics Trump's tariff revenue has skyrocketed. But how big is it, really? President Trump's new tariffs are pouring in. But it's still only a fraction of overall government revenues — and falls short of new spending in the recent Republican megabill. Danielle Kurtzleben
Arts & Life Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable. Chloe Veltman
Health What's the deal with claims that birth control is dangerous? Social media is full of videos saying hormonal contraception can hurt you and promoting natural alternatives. How did the treatments get such a bad reputation and do alternatives work? Katia Riddle
Politics Factories are losing immigrant workers, stressing those who remain Trump campaigned on helping American workers through his immigration policies. Now that he's revoked work authorization for thousands of immigrants, those left behind are feeling taxed by their absence. Andrea Hsu
World Israeli strike kills journalists in Gaza City, worsening the death toll for the media Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex. The Associated Press
National Trump asserts control of Washington, D.C. police, deploys National Guard President Trump says National Guard soldiers will be deployed on the streets of Washington, D.C., and he asserted federal control over the city's Metropolitan Police Department. Brian Mann
Music Honoring luthier Jean Horner Luthier Jean Horner taught himself to make fiddles in the 1950s. His instruments became know as the Stradivari's of the Appalachian Cumberlands. He died earlier this year at age 91. Lisa Coffman
Health Chikungunya outbreak in China More than 8,000 have been infected, prompting the government to institute COVID-like restrictions Jonathan Lambert