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Chapter 1: What is the NPR Politics Podcast about?
A lot happens in Washington every day from the White House to Capitol Hill and everywhere in between. That's where we come in. On the NPR Politics Podcast, we keep you up to date on what happens inside Washington and what it means for you and your community. The NPR Politics Podcast. Listen wherever you listen.
Chapter 2: Why did stocks fall sharply today?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Stocks fell sharply today as investors prepare for a rocky economic ride. NPR's Scott Horsley reports all of the major stock indices extended their big losses from last week as the Trump administration prepares to slap 25 percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of the new tariffs?
The import taxes are set to take effect on Wednesday, just as the Labor Department reports on inflation. The tariffs could put more upward pressure on prices. In an interview with Fox News that aired over the weekend, President Trump was asked about the threat of a recession this year. He refused to rule it out.
One of the day's big losers on Wall Street was Elon Musk's electric car company, Tesla. Musk has been leading the administration's aggressive cost-cutting efforts, which have already cost tens of thousands of federal employees their jobs. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
The Dow's closed down more than 2 percent, S&P 500 off 2.7 percent, and the Nasdaq has closed down 4 percent. NASA has laid off its chief scientist. NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports her position was deemed redundant as part of larger staffing cuts at the agency.
Chapter 4: Who is affected by the NASA layoffs?
Dr. Kate Calvin had served as NASA's chief scientist since 2022. Her job was to advise senior leadership on the space agency's many scientific missions. She also served as the agency's senior advisor on climate change and was a leading government climate scientist. Calvin was one of 23 employees at NASA who lost their jobs, according to a statement from the agency.
Others worked in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The space agency says it plans more layoffs in the near future to comply with an executive order from President Trump. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News, Washington.
Chapter 5: Why is Black Lives Matter Plaza being dismantled?
Near the White House, the deconstruction of the area known as Black Lives Matter Plaza is underway. Nearly five years ago, a crew painted Black Lives Matter in a massive yellow lettering that spanned two city blocks in clear view of the White House.
It was a tribute to the impact of George Floyd, a black man whose death at the hands of law enforcement resulted in racial justice protests around the globe. Under pressure from the Trump White House and some congressional Republicans, D.C. began dismantling the plaza this morning.
Chapter 6: What is the latest development in the Menendez brothers' case?
The new district attorney for Los Angeles, Nathan Hockman, says he will not support the resentencing of Lyle and Eric Menendez. The siblings gained notoriety after they murdered their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. They've waged a decades-long battle to be released from prison, claiming sexual abuse. But the DA says the brothers have repeatedly lied.
Hockman noted, though, that California Governor Gavin Newsom has the final say.
He has unilateral constitutional power to commute the Menendez's sentences if he chooses and release them today.
The Menendez brothers, who are now in their 50s, are serving a life sentence. The Dow's closed down nearly 900 points or more than 2 percent. It's NPR News. A powerful tornado tore through portions of central Florida this morning.
Local media report the twister touched down along the busy I-4 corridor in Lake Mary in Longwood and caused significant damage, partially collapsing a home and flipping over vehicles. The mortgage lender Rocket Companies plans to take over Redfin in an all-stock deal. The Associated Press reports it's valued at $1.75 billion.
The deal gives one of the country's largest mortgage lenders an in-house network of more than 2,000 real estate agents across Florida. more than half the country, as well as Redfin's popular home and rental housing listings platform. To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of composer Johann Strauss II and his most famous composition, the Blue Danube will be beamed into space.
A collaboration between the European Space Agency and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the live performance will be transmitted into the cosmos in May. Jeff Lunden with details.
Stanley Kubrick's film 2001 A Space Odyssey made the Blue Danube Waltz synonymous with space. Now it's becoming a reality. When the Vienna Symphony plays the Johann Strauss Waltz live on the evening of May 31st, it will be transmitted by electromagnetic wave at the speed of light from a deep space antenna in Cebrero, Spain.
According to the European Space Agency, the sound will reach NASA's Voyager 1 in deep space 23 hours later. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London.
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