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Publishing this week: new fiction from Susan Choi, essays from Evan Osnos and memoir from Molly Jong-Fast. Plus, Melissa Febos reflects on her year of abstinence.

Latest on the Colorado firebomb attack on people marching in support of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, Russia-Ukraine talks end without ceasefire, South Koreans head to polls to elect new president.

As part of our series on the world that America made after World War II, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Christopher Leonard about the rise of the U.S. defense industry post-1945.

The idea of a Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, appears to have jumped the Atlantic. British politician Nigel Farage, a friend of President Trump's, is now launching something similar.

Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice says presidential emergency powers, which President Trump has used to enact major policies, are the stuff of authoritarian regimes and should be curbed.

The State Department's Historical Advisory Committee puts out unbiased accounts of events around U.S. foreign policy. Trump fired its members. NPR speaks with its former chair, James Goldgeier.

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.

A new report tries to capture the true cost of incarceration to families of people behind bars. It found it costs them around $350 billion every year — almost four times the government's estimate for the cost of incarceration.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and motherhood.

A second round of ceasefire talks between Ukraine and Russia ended quickly and with no ceasefire, though the two countries agreed to exchange more prisoners of war. Hear the latest updates.