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Japan's Takaichi to pursue conservative agenda after election landslide

Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she says could "split public opinion."

This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice, April 29, 2026, shows Cole Tomas Allen, left, inside his hotel room, on Saturday, April 25, 2026 in Washington, using his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror. An enhanced version of the image is right.

Prosecutors release video of armed man storming correspondents' dinner

Federal prosecutors released a video Thursday showing the moment authorities say a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and attempt to kill President Donald Trump.

Former Congresswoman Katie Porter, candidate for governor of California, speaks during the afternoon general session at the California Democratic convention at Moscone West in San Francisco on Feb. 21, 2026.

For California Democrats, single-payer health care is back. Voters have heard it before

The progressive goal of single-payer health care has become a staple of Democratic platforms, even if it faces as many hurdles as ever.

People console each other as they gather at the scene of a mass shooting in Shreveport, La., on Sunday.

8 children killed in a shooting in Louisiana, police say

The suspect was the father of seven of the children killed, police said. The victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14 years old, according to police in Shreveport, La. A total of 10 people were shot.

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump, left, during a working session at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

G7 allies scramble to put Ukraine back atop Trump's agenda as war drags on

U.S. allies at the Group of Seven summit are pushing the war in Ukraine back on President Donald Trump's agenda. The Iran conflict has recently overshadowed the war in Ukraine.

Unions are trying to push the governor, who has hesitated to regulate AI, to take a stronger stand against the technology. Flanked by labor advocates, former Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, president of the California Federation of Labor Unions AFL-CIO, addresses the media during a press conference on the impact of AI on labor in Sacramento on Feb. 4, 2026.

Union leaders have a message for Newsom: Regulate AI if you want to be president

The California Labor Federation wants a variety of statewide regulations to protect workers, including limitations on how managers can use predictive AI, advance notice of AI-related job cuts, and curbs on workplace surveillance.

Journalist Don Lemon, talks to the media after a hearing at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

'Journalism is not a crime:' Local free speech expert on arrest of journalists

Independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested weeks after covering an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota. They were released Friday. We dig into what this means for press freedom and the First Amendment today.

A tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2026. Workers removed President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the building.

Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from the building

Workers finished removing President Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building.

'KPop Demon Hunters' HUNTR/X conquer the charts and claim their destiny

The fictional band HUNTR/X from the hit Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters went from a group no one had ever heard of to one of the biggest pop acts of 2025. Now they have five Grammy nominations.

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR colleagues are enjoying.

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