
Pope Leo’s First Encyclical Warns Against AI’s Illusions of Human Connection
Pope Leo's first encyclical raises concerns about artificial intelligence and the false sense of human connection AI bots can create, NPR reported May 30.

Pope Leo's first encyclical raises concerns about artificial intelligence and the false sense of human connection AI bots can create, NPR reported May 30.

Ken Paxton attacked Democratic nominee James Talarico as 'too low-T for Texas' days after winning the GOP Senate runoff, making masculinity a central theme.

Some members of Congress are speaking out against closed single-party primaries, saying the system rewards party loyalty over voter choice.
A federal judge refused to block Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting. Israel and Lebanon officials also met Thursday as U.S.-Iran talks continued.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Donald Trump's name must come off the Kennedy Center, saying it was named for John F. Kennedy. Renovations also blocked.
Financial historian Brendan Greeley spoke with NPR about President Trump's effort to appear on a proposed new $250 bill.
President Trump is pushing to appear on a new $250 bill. Financial historian Brendan Greeley discussed the proposal with NPR on May 29, 2026.

Louisiana's Republican legislature moved to dismantle one of two majority-Black congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the existing map.
The Corporate Transparency Act, designed to expose shell company ownership, lost its bipartisan backing. NPR reports on why the Trump administration wants to kill it.

Pam Bondi, ousted as attorney general in April, will testify Friday in a closed-door congressional hearing about the handling of the Epstein files.