Letitia James' lawyer discusses DOJ investigation into New York attorney general The Justice Department launched a grand jury investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James. NPR speaks to James' lawyer, Abbe Lowell, who calls it a "dangerous escalation." A Martínez
With midterms more than a year away, a record number of lawmakers are eyeing the exits A record number of congressional lawmakers have announced they don't plan to run for their current seats in 2026, including three sitting senators leaving Washington to run for governor. Stephen Fowler
High prices and health care costs may turn Latino voters away from Republicans in 2026 Latino voters helped deliver the White House to President Trump in the last election. Many of them already say they won't vote for Republicans next year, but they aren't yet turning to Democrats. Ashley Lopez
Inside one of the most understaffed immigration courts in the country The Chelmsford, Mass., court has hemorrhaged judges, a consequence of the Trump administration's seemingly contradictory efforts to downsize the federal government and increase immigration arrests. Ximena Bustillo
Is Kari Lake a CEO? Her agency said so. The law suggests not Kari Lake has sought to dismantle Voice of America and its federal parent, the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The agency has recently called her its acting CEO. But the law suggests she's not eligible for the job. David Folkenflik
Washington state Sen. John Braun to seek Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's congressional seat Washington state Sen. John Braun announced his plans Tuesday to take on U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in what’s expected to be a highly contested 2026 midterm election. Ryan Haas/OPB
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
Trump and Putin prepare to meet. Do they both want the same thing? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Trump national security advisor Ambassador John Bolton about the President's upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mary Louise Kelly
D.C. has been under tighter federal control before. Here's what it looked like Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control. Rachel Treisman
Trump taps conservative economist to lead statistics agency President Trump plans to tap an economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He fired the previous leader after a disappointing jobs report. Scott Horsley
