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We discuss the possible deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, a stalled job market, and what the renaming of the Department of Defense might signal.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced intense questioning during this week's Senate hearing as frustration, confusion, and anger grew among lawmakers and citizens regarding his controversial vaccine policies

The long-awaited sequel to the wildly popular indie video game is finally out, six years after fans learned one would come along.

President Trump is ramping up threats to send the National Guard into several major cities despite a federal judge ruling that his deployment of troops to Los Angeles was illegal.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss sports and issues pertaining to sports,

The congressional redistricting fights that President Trump sparked in Texas, California and other states have led some advocacy groups to reconsider their strategies against partisan gerrymandering.

In Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro is on trial, accused of attempting to overturn the 2022 election. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Gustavo Ribeiro of The Brazilian Report about what's at stake.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Bob Bragg, host of "Farm News and Views", about how cuts to public broadcasting are affecting rural radio stations.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Greg Ip, The Wall Street Journal's chief economics commentator, about the jobs report, tariffs facing legal challenges, and U.S. government investment in private companies.

John T. Woods has been told to "Play dead" many, many times. NPR's Scott Simon talks to the actor about a career littered with corpses.

Mick Herron's "Slow Horses" novels center on MI5 operatives who've bungled cases and are demoted to a spooks' purgatory. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Herron about his 9th in the series, "Clown Town."

Back in 2005, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal captured lust shading into love, and love decaying into heartbreak. The movie got a lot of things right — but not everything.