Chris Hughes, Assistant Water/Wastewater Operator for the towns of Cavendish and Proctorsville, VT, deals with the effects of a power outage at the drinking water facility. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
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Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes were among the stars who performed — and took home awards — at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards. Manny Carabel (2) and Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV hide caption
This screengrab taken from AFPTV on September 16, 2024, shows Ryan Routh speaking during an interview at a rally to urge foreign leaders and international organisations to help provide humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians and Ukrainian servicemen from Mariupol in central Kyiv on April 27, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Nicolas Garcia/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Trump and Chicago, Trump Assassination Attempt Trial, Russia Ukraine Drone Attacks
Stacey Gilbert and her son Ryan Gilbert are both teachers in New Orleans. Emily Kask for NPR hide caption
Hurricane Katrina brought a wave of young, new teachers to New Orleans
Ryan Routh, shown here in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 30, 2022, is accused of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach, Fla. golf course in 2024. Jury selection in the trial begins Monday. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Trial begins for man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump
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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates after defeating Jannik Sinner of Italy at the U.S. Open on Sunday in New York City. Sarah Stier/Getty Images hide caption
More than 90,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees have been recalled because of a software error that could lead to loss of drive power. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Demonstrators in Chicago protested on Saturday against the Trump plan to deploy the National Guard in the city. Mustafa Hussain for NPR hide caption
U.S. Postal Service trucks are parked at a post office in Los Angeles in 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hide caption
Harrison Bader #2 of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts after hitting a home run against the Miami Marlins during the fourth inning of the game at loanDepot park on Sept. 05, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Megan Briggs/Getty Images hide caption
The Hyundai Motor Group factory in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday. A day earlier, federal agents detained 475 people at the automaker's manufacturing complex. Parker Puls/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., presents Debra Willett, the granddaughter of Harlem Hellfighter Sgt. Leander Willett, with the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of all of the "Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I during a ceremony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Participants prepare for the Mexican Independence Day parade in the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago, I.L. on Sept. 6, 2025. Mustafa Hussain/NPR hide caption
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson testifies on Capitol Hill on May 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America hide caption
President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Trump wants to change education. What's that mean for kids?
Andrew Bailey as he took office as Missouri state attorney general in January, 2023. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
Headed to the FBI, Missouri's Andrew Bailey opposed abortion, backed Trump
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Missouri state attorney general named co-deputy director of FBI
Marchers at a Labor Day rally in Chicago protested President Trump's threatened National Guard deployment on Monday. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An agent said a monthslong investigation into the Hyundai plant resulted in "the largest single site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations." Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
A man is detained by immigration agents at a car wash on Aug. 15 in Montebello, Calif. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption
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Homes stand in a Los Angeles, Calif. neighborhood on July 5, 2022. NPR wants to know what questions you have about renting, homeownership and everything that comes with it. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption