Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon discusses Trump's budget bill NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., about President Trump's budget bill, which is now in the Senate. Steve Inskeep
Can bringing back manufacturing help the heartland catch up with 'superstar' cities? In recent decades, America has seen economic opportunities concentrated in superstar cities. Manufacturing boosters hope reshoring factories could help change that. We look at the theory and evidence. Greg Rosalsky
The fate of the EV tax credits depends on the GOP's megabill The House version of the tax bill would revoke credits for EVs starting at the end of this year. If the plan survives, it would dramatically shape automaker investments and EV sales. Camila Domonoske
Trump is pushing Senate GOP to get his megabill across the finish line President Trump is gearing up for what a senior White House official said will be an "all-out advocacy effort" to push Republican senators to advance the bill their House colleagues passed last month. Tamara Keith
The fallout in a Virginia county after Trump pardoned a former sheriff Many in Virginia's Culpeper County are unhappy with the president's pardon of a sheriff convicted of bribery. Trump called him a victim "persecuted by the Radical left monsters and left for dead." Frank Langfitt
Former DOGE engineer shares his experience working for the cost-cutting unit NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience. Lauren Hodges
Critics say Trump's planned military parade will send the wrong message NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with historian Joshua Zeitz, contributing editor at Politico Magazine, about where military parades fit into the American civic tradition, and why he sees June's parade as a sharp break with that tradition. Jeanette Woods
Homeland Security pulls down list of 'sanctuary' cities and counties after backlash The list included dozens of cities and counties that DHS said was in noncompliance with federal statutes and had come under intense criticism from some mayors and law enforcement. Ximena Bustillo
Trump's foreign policy plans: deals or diplomacy? When President Trump talks about his foreign policy, he often frames it as a business deal.
The GOP megabill is moving to the Senate, where big changes could be in store GOP leaders hope to have the sweeping bill to President Trump's desk by July 4, but some Senate Republicans are speaking out about what the bill would mean for the debt and Medicaid. Luke Garrett