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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, of Howard University School of Law, about the opening the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy.

President Trump says a 25% tariff on cars and auto parts will bring more auto manufacturing jobs to the United States. Jim Ross, the mayor of Arlington, TX, a city with a large General Motors auto assembly plant, says it will likely do the opposite.

President Trump's newly announced 25% import tariffs on foreign cars will increase vehicle prices by thousands of dollars, experts say, but Tesla is likely to fare better than other carmakers.

Wildfires in Los Angeles destroyed the only mosque in the Altadena area. As the community prepares to celebrate the end of Ramadan, it's finding ways to give kids — and adults — a sense of normalcy.

The war between Russia and Ukraine is now largely being fought with drones. Ukraine is at the cutting edge of wartime drone innovation, producing over 2 million in 2024 -- but Russia is close behind.

With a recurrence of cancer, famed conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is ending his musical career. One of his final concerts is in Miami Beach, where he'll lead the orchestral academy he helped found.

The Tourist Development Tax puts the primary financial burden on visitors to Florida compared to the people who live here. We discuss the debate over the “bed tax” and where that money goes. A federal funding freeze threatens to disrupt the distribution of food to vulnerable communities and Central Florida families. We travel to Audubon Park to visit Orlando’s romance-only bookstore.

Meanwhile, Congress is considering moving federal food assistance programs such as SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, to the states

A newspaper on the rural Colorado-New Mexico state line says new tariffs on Canadian newsprint could be the straw that breaks their back financially. Many newspapers are barely hanging on.

Lawmakers from both parties teamed up to force a House vote on a measure allowing new parents to vote by proxy for 12 weeks, but House Speaker Mike Johnson opposes it on Constitutional grounds.