Why the video game industry needs a 1UP Bloomberg's Jason Schreier joins Libby Denkmann to talk about the state of the video game industry, and the looming releases of both GTA VI and the Switch 2. Jason Burrows
India launches missile attacks on Pakistan India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals. NPR Staff
States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts A federal judge Tuesday wrote that President Trump's executive order dismantling the IMLS "disregards the fundamental constitutional role of each of the branches of our federal government." Andrew Limbong
Senate confirms Trump's pick to run Social Security amid upheaval at the agency Tech CEO Frank Bisignano will be leading the federal agency that runs programs providing retirement, survivor and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income for the very poor. Ashley Lopez
Supreme Court upholds Trump's ban on transgender military members while appeals continue The justices blocked a lower court order that temporarily halted the ban's enforcement. Christina Gatti
Syrian Druze recall what they believe to be past lives — even vivid details In Syria's large Druze minority, a belief in reincarnation binds the community together. Jane Arraf
U.S. intelligence memo says Venezuelan government does not control Tren de Aragua gang The memo weakens President Trump's argument for invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants. Jasmine Garsd
The conclave to choose a new pope is about to begin As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave. Daniel Burke
Feeding the hungry will be harder than ever for the world's largest food aid agency The World Food Programme, a U.N. agency and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is facing cuts in its budget that experts are describing as "unprecedented." Gabriel Spitzer
How the Pope's home church is preparing for conclave Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.
