Lakshmi Singh

The rate-setting meeting was likely the last one that Jerome Powell will preside over as Fed chairman.

This morning, the Senate Banking Committee endorsed President Trump's nominee, Kevin Warsh, to take over as head of the central bank when Powell's term expires next month.

Former FBI Director James Comey made a brief court appearance today in the Washington, D.C.

area after he was indicted in North Carolina on charges that he made an online threat on President Trump's life.

The Justice Department is homing in on Comey's social media post last year involving seashells arranged in the numbers 8647.

As the DOJ describes it, 86 is slang for rejecting or eliminating, and 47 a reference to Trump as the 47th president.

Comey says he did not know the image could be interpreted as a call to violence.

British authorities are investigating an attack on the streets of London today as an act of terrorism.

NPR's Lauren Frayer reports local police say two Jewish men were stabbed.

the British monarchs on a state visit to the United States.

Today, King Charles III and Queen Camilla paid their respects at the National 9-11 Memorial in New York City.

They were accompanied by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was elected less than two months after the terrorist attacks, and chairs the board of the 9-11 Memorial and Museum.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is expected to testify on Capitol Hill next month about the role she played in how the Justice Department handled files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

She's slated to testify before the House Oversight Committee May 29th.

Members of the panel confirmed that development on X Today.

Climate Action is bringing together officials from dozens of countries for an international conference in Colombia.

NPR's Julia Simon reports they'll examine efforts by governments to move away from the use of fossil fuels.

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

The U.S.

Supreme Court has weakened the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination when congressional districts are redrawn.