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Chapter 1: What bathroom solutions are explored?
We've all been there, running around a city, looking for a bathroom, but unable to find one. Hello! Do you have a restroom we could use? A very simple free market solution is that we could just pay to use a bathroom, but we can't. On the Planet Money podcast, the story of how we once had thousands of paid toilets and why they got banned. From Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.
Chapter 2: What aid is being provided to Gaza?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. A U.S.-backed private foundation has begun distributing aid to civilians in Gaza. As NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports, the U.N. is describing harrowing scenes. at food distribution sites.
Videos showing desperate Palestinians scrambling to get food at new distribution sites are hard to watch, says UN spokesman Stéphane de Charique.
Chapter 3: What are the challenges in distributing humanitarian aid?
For us, humanitarian aid needs to be distributed in a way that is safe under principles of independence, impartiality, in the way we've always done it.
The way this new group is trying to deliver aid does not meet those standards, he says, and that's why the UN is not taking part. U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce says Hamas tried to stop the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation from delivering aid, but she says the food is starting to flow for the first time in months. Israel had been blocking all aid.
Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
Chapter 4: What is the U.S. position on migrant deportations?
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to quickly deport migrants to countries not their own. The administration wants the justices to overturn the lower court order, blocking deportations without sufficient notice or giving deportees the chance to argue their cases in court.
Chapter 5: How has consumer confidence changed recently?
Consumer confidence appears to be on the rise after the Trump administration suspended some of its most punishing tariffs. NPR's Scott Horsley has details.
A new survey from the Nonprofit Conference Board shows a 14% jump in the group's confidence index. Survey respondents are feeling better about both the current economic situation and prospects for the future. About half the survey responses came in after the U.S. and China agreed to a temporary truce in their trade war.
That also gave a boost to the stock market, which contributed to the stronger confidence numbers. People are still jittery that the president's tariffs will lead to higher prices, although some spoke favorably about cheaper gasoline. Survey respondents are also nervous about the job market, despite the low unemployment rate. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Abortion providers in Missouri say a recent state Supreme Court ruling amounts to a new ban on the procedure. St. Louis Public Radio's Rachel Lippman explains.
Missouri voters in November narrowly enshrined the right to abortion in the state's constitution. A judge then struck down the restrictions still on the books, allowing the procedure to resume ahead of a trial next year. State Attorney General Andrew Bailey argued the judge had thrown out important safety regulations.
The high court agreed the judge had not used the proper legal standard in issuing her injunctions. The ruling effectively reinstates, for now, a near-total ban on abortion. Bailey called the decision a win for common sense. Officials with Planned Parenthood called it devastating. The judge could reissue the injunctions using different legal reasoning. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Lipman in St. Louis.
You're listening to NPR. In a letter to government agencies, the General Services Administration is calling for a review of federal contracts with Harvard and suggests that they find an alternative vendor. GSA is also giving the agencies until June 6th to send a list of the contracts that have already been canceled.
The move comes as Harvard sues the Trump administration for freezing federal funding to the school. A high-ranking former employee took the witness stand at the federal racketeering trial of Sean Combs Tuesday. Capricorn Clark testifies she was repeatedly threatened and alleged that the defendant once kidnapped her at gunpoint. NPR's Anastasia Siokos was in the courtroom Tuesday.
And a warning here that this report mentions physical violence.
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