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  • Top Stories: Trump Taunts North Korean Leader; Key Vacancies At Justice Dept.
    Also: The head of the Mormon Church, Thomas Monson, dies; two Democrats will be sworn in today as U-S Senators; and the Powerball jackpot is worth $440 million.
  • NPR's Claire O'Neill and Wes Lindamood.
    Photo Focused: NPR Interactive Documentary Wins Top Multimedia Honors
    Claire O'Neill, multimedia producer and editor of The Picture Show, and Wes Lindamood, from NPR's user experience team, earn high awards for NPR's Multimedia team with "Lost And Found" interactive.
  • U.S. and Russia's top diplomats meet at G-20 summit
    The brief talks marked the first face-to-face meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
  • Top White House security advisor Jon Finer weighs in on ground assault in Gaza
    NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jon Finer, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to the president, on how the United States feels about Israel's ground assault in Gaza.
  • Catalan members of the Spanish parliament speak to the press outside Estremera prison, outside of Madrid, on Monday. A judge from Spain's Supreme Court granted bail to six imprisoned former members of the Catalan government, while two other politicians and two activists will remain in jail.
    4 Separatist Catalan Leaders To Remain In Jail, 6 Others Out On Bail
    Spanish authorities took the politicians into custody after Catalonia, a formerly semiautonomous region, declared independence from Spain. Catalan's former president remains in exile in Belgium.
  • Starting July 23, the Census Bureau says door knockers will make in-person visits to households that have not yet filled out a 2020 census form in parts of Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.
    Census Bureau Expands Early Door Knocking For Count To 6 More States
    Despite the pandemic, Census Bureau officials say they've determined it's safe enough for visits to unresponsive homes in parts of Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.
  • Burkini bans in France have sparked international outrage. In London, people recently held a "Wear what you want beach party" outside France's embassy.
    Top French Court Suspends Riviera Town's Burkini Ban
    France's Council of State said the town of Villeneuve-Loubet breached several "fundamental freedoms" by forbidding the swimwear on its beaches. Some 30 towns have instituted such bans this summer.
  • There's an alligator sitting on top of a New York City manhole in Union Square Park
    The alligator is made of bronze. The sculpture, by Swedish Artist Alexander Klingspor, is an homage to the legend that alligators roam the city's sewers.
  • Major credit card companies say they are phasing out signature requirements starting in April.
    No Need To Sign On Dotted Line: Credit Cards Are Phasing Out Signatures
    Mastercard, Discover, American Express and Visa have all announced that they are limiting policies requiring you to make your mark. They say advances in technology make fraud less likely.
  • Morning news brief
    Poll finds most disapprove of how Trump is handling economy, NPR analysis shows Trump has taken action against more than 100 people and institutions, Columbia University student speaks from detention. Editor's note: After this segment aired, Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, responded to our request for comment. She said: "It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America. When you advocate for violence, glorify and support terrorists that relish the of killing Americans, and harass Jews, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country." McLaughlin did not respond to NPR's request that the government provide evidence for its allegations that Mahdawi's actions amounted to antisemitism and led to violence. Mahdawi and his lawyers say those allegations are false.
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