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NPR's Scott Simon asks Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., about Bacon's trip to Mexico to foster cooperation in ongoing trade talks.

The state health official who led Michigan's efforts to build work requirements into Medicaid says other states will soon be learning some very lessons about what is involved and how much it costs.

Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.

The U.S. job market slowed sharply this spring, as President Trump's tariffs took effect. Trump is calling for even higher import taxes in the coming week.

Illinois Democrats in Washington are condemning the President's efforts to deploy troops to Chicago.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify in Senate hearing, Trump's latest pick for Fed board faces confirmation hearing, judge rules Trump administration illegally froze Harvard funds.

Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who serves as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also on Wednesday requested Chairman Chuck Grassley immediately schedule a committee hearing on Trump’s Chicago plan.

Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz spurred protests that pushed President Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has since threatened to send the Guard to Chicago while promising a crime crackdown and immigration arrests.

Experts say Kim likely hopes to restore ties with China, North Korea's biggest trading partner and aid provider, as there have been questions about the bilateral relationship.

New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver is facing prosecution from the Trump administration after an altercation with immigration officers earlier this year.