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Tension at the Fed: President Trump toured a building construction zone at the Federal Reserve this week. There, he and Fed Chair Jerome Powell sparred in front of cameras over the project’s price tag. It made for an extraordinary moment, as NPR’s Rafael Nam reports. Leading up to the Fed visit, Trump has been relentlessly attacking Powell while pushing for the Fed chair to lower interest rates.
USDA research instructions: A memo sent to USDA employees and research institutions in July applies more scrutiny to research done with noncitizens. The agency said the changes are about protecting U.S. food supply and research from foreign adversaries, like China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. Those in the agriculture research field are concerned about how this will impact their work.
State Departments firings: The State Department fired top South China Sea experts and closed the doors of an office focused on Indo-Pacific security earlier this month. The decision comes as Trump administration officials and both Democratic and Republican lawmakers say the security and free navigation of the South China Sea remain a priority.
Two military bases to hold detained immigrants: The Department of Homeland Security is planning to use military bases in Indiana and New Jersey to hold detained immigrants without legal status. ICE is also looking increase the number of immigrants detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Eyes on AI: President Trump wants America to be the leader in the artificial intelligence industry. He signed three executive orders on Wednesday to speed up permits for data centers, finance exports of technology and end the promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion measures through AI models used by the government.
-- Saige Miller, NPR Politics producer |
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Going Deeper: Federal Student Loan Overhaul |
When President Trump signed the massive “One Big Beautiful Bill,” he greenlit a big overhaul to the federal student loan system.
The changes will impact both new borrowers and the nearly 43 million Americans that carry federal student loan debt.
It ends Biden’s generous SAVE Act – which 7.7 million borrowers are currently enrolled in. It also makes it harder for lower- and middle-income borrowers to attend pricier graduate programs. And the path to loan forgiveness is about to look much different for incoming college students.
Dive into the details with NPR’s Cory Turner.
And in an education related development, the Education Department says it will release more than $5 billion in federal grant funding to states. The largest pot of grant money is roughly $2.2 billion for professional development for educators, writes NPR's Sequoia Carrillo.
-- Saige Miller, NPR Politics producer |
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The Shot: A Frank Lloyd Wright Client Talks To NPR |
Roland Reisley, who recently turned 101, moved into his New York home designed by the late famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright 73 years ago – and loves showing it off.
"I am the last original client of Frank Lloyd Wright, still living in the home he designed for me," Reisley told NPR.
Reisley has opened his doors to visitors and has perfected a tour that NPR’s Vanessa Romo says begins at the front door:
"The entries to his buildings always have a relatively low ceiling, without exception," he said, walking through the dark entryway of the 3,200 square foot house. "It provides a bit of compression so when you move through the house, and you emerge into the living spaces, the compression is relieved and you have the expansion and a much greater sense of the space that you move into."
In her story, Reisley speaks of his home with the poetry and beauty with which it was designed. Tap here to catch a glimpse of the glory.
-- Saige Miller, NPR Politics producer |
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