Join Shumita Basu every weekday morning as she guides you through some of the most fascinating stories in the news — and how the world’s best journalists are covering them.
As U.S. and China face extreme heat, climate talks restart
8 mins; July 17, 2023
Making sense of a week of dangerous extreme weather
9 mins; July 14, 2023
Sneak Peek: Tom Hanks on what it takes to make a movie
2 mins; July 13, 2023
Why actors are preparing to join writers in Hollywood strike
10 mins; July 13, 2023
Vermont, hit by catastrophic flooding, braces for more
9 mins; July 12, 2023
Why a GOP senator is blocking the U.S. military
9 mins; July 11, 2023
What your burger has to do with climate change
8 mins; July 10, 2023
The promise, and risk, of a new Alzheimer’s drug
9 mins; July 07, 2023
Sneak Peek: Playing Dwight on ‘The Office’ didn’t make Rainn Wilson happy. Here’s how he’s seeking real joy.
2 mins; July 06, 2023
Cancer drugs keep running out. Here’s why.
9 mins; July 06, 2023
Why the U.S. military is facing a recruitment crisis
8 mins; July 05, 2023
Workplace impact of SCOTUS’s affirmative-action ruling
11 mins; June 30, 2023
Supreme Court rules against affirmative action
12 mins; June 29, 2023
The human stories from the deadly migrant shipwreck
8 mins; June 28, 2023
Taped evidence in Trump secret-documents case goes public
9 mins; June 27, 2023
Where Putin’s power stands after a weekend of revolt
10 mins; June 26, 2023
Lessons from a state that already banned affirmative action
11 mins; June 23, 2023
Sneak Peek: Enduring advice for this year’s graduating class (and nongraduates too).
2 mins; June 22, 2023
Justice Alito under fire for gifts from GOP billionaire
9 mins; June 22, 2023
New hope as the Titanic-sub search hits a critical phase
9 mins; June 21, 2023
The search for a missing tourist vessel near Titanic wreck
8 mins; June 20, 2023
Failures to stop a deadly threat to cars from 18-wheelers
9 mins; June 16, 2023
Sneak Peek: Writer Samantha Irby makes the case for enjoying frivolous things
2 mins; June 15, 2023
Migrants want help after 20 months stuck on an island “hell”
10 mins; June 15, 2023
Olympian’s death highlights health risks for Black women
8 mins; June 14, 2023
Trump is in court today. What to know about the charges.
9 mins; June 13, 2023
How kids survived 40 days in the Amazon after a plane crash
8 mins; June 12, 2023
What we know about Trump’s historic federal criminal charges
11 mins; June 09, 2023
Sneak Peek: His father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He went looking for answers.
3 mins; June 08, 2023
How to protect yourself from wildfire smoke
11 mins; June 08, 2023
Understanding the crowded GOP presidential primary
8 mins; June 07, 2023
The latest plot twist in Hollywood’s labor drama
9 mins; June 06, 2023
The hidden mental-health crisis in America’s jails
8 mins; June 05, 2023
How structural racism affects the health of Black Americans
11 mins; June 02, 2023
Sneak Peek: What you should know before buying an EV
2 mins; June 01, 2023
Florida’s new immigration law is creating fear and frustration
11 mins; June 01, 2023
The Supreme Court case that may upend Native American rights
9 mins; May 31, 2023
What to know about the proposed debt-ceiling deal
10 mins; May 30, 2023
Homeless shelters aren’t ready for a wave of aging Americans
9 mins; May 26, 2023
How only 11 people have driven the majority of book bans
9 mins; May 25, 2023
A grieving Uvalde mother fights to change gun laws
10 mins; May 24, 2023
The short life of Baby Milo
9 mins; May 23, 2023
How AI is making a mess on college campuses
8 mins; May 22, 2023
GOP sets sights on ballot measures as abortion fight spreads
9 mins; May 19, 2023
Sneak Peek: How unreported gifts and luxury travel are harming the Supreme Court’s legitimacy
2 mins; May 18, 2023
The mental-health crisis keeping kids out of school
8 mins; May 18, 2023
Ukraine’s challenges as it prepares a major offensive
9 mins; May 17, 2023
Does Congress understand AI enough to regulate it?
8 mins; May 16, 2023
Inside Texas’s controversial arrests of migrants
9 mins; May 15, 2023
Probing the killing of a Palestinian American journalist
10 mins; May 12, 2023
Sneak Peek: The secrets our government keeps from us — and why
2 mins; May 11, 2023
How the Santos indictment could shake up Congress
9 mins; May 11, 2023
How E. Jean Carroll won her sexual-abuse case against Trump
8 mins; May 10, 2023
What to know as jurors consider the Trump civil case
9 mins; May 09, 2023
Texas GOP resists new gun regulations after deadly shootings
9 mins; May 08, 2023
What to know about the latest Clarence Thomas revelations
9 mins; May 05, 2023
Sneak Peek: What makes a murderer? These investigators might have the answer.
2 mins; May 04, 2023
How blocked train crossings are putting our kids in danger
9 mins; May 04, 2023
Worried that a recession’s coming? Listen to this.
10 mins; May 03, 2023
Why Hollywood writers are striking — and what happens next
11 mins; May 02, 2023
Why are Americans shooting strangers and neighbors?
9 mins; May 01, 2023
Sick workers seek justice after cleaning up BP’s oil spill
11 mins; April 28, 2023
Sneak Peek: What a top couples therapist wishes more people knew
3 mins; April 27, 2023
How a writers strike would mess up your favorite shows
11 mins; April 27, 2023
You can test for Alzheimer’s risk. The result may scare you.
11 mins; April 26, 2023
Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. Here’s what we know.
9 mins; April 25, 2023
Why experts expect Ukraine to launch a big offensive
9 mins; April 24, 2023
New twists in the unusual fight between DeSantis and Disney
12 mins; April 21, 2023
Sneak Peek: Why Sienna Miller and Scott Z. Burns made a climate-catastrophe show
2 mins; April 20, 2023
Rent? Buy? New data shows the market’s weird for all of us.
8 mins; April 20, 2023
Election lies cost Fox News $787.5 million. Now what?
10 mins; April 19, 2023
The felony charges in the shooting of a Black Missouri teen
11 mins; April 18, 2023
Deadly new conflict just broke out in Sudan. Here’s why.
9 mins; April 17, 2023
How a landmark trial against Fox News could change libel law
10 mins; April 14, 2023
Inside the EPA’s most ambitious car-pollution plan ever
10 mins; April 13, 2023
What to know about the apparent U.S. intelligence leak
10 mins; April 12, 2023
How soldiers accused of violent crimes avoid trial
11 mins; April 11, 2023
Who is responsible when artificial intelligence lies?
10 mins; April 10, 2023
Justice Thomas under fire for gifts from GOP billionaire
10 mins; April 07, 2023
Sneak Peek: Why we don’t take postpartum mental health seriously enough — and what that means for new parents
3 mins; April 06, 2023
Rising oil prices will affect you, even if you don’t drive
9 mins; April 06, 2023
Trump’s facing criminal charges. So have many world leaders.
9 mins; April 05, 2023
What to know before Trump appears in court
8 mins; April 04, 2023
What the Trump indictment could mean for 2024
9 mins; April 03, 2023
What happens next in the Trump indictment
9 mins; March 31, 2023
Sneak Peek: Why there’s so much poverty in America — and what you can do about it
2 mins; March 30, 2023
Why more donated livers are going to waste
9 mins; March 30, 2023
What the AR-15 does to human bodies
9 mins; March 29, 2023
What’s unique about America’s mass-shooting problem
8 mins; March 28, 2023
Israel reaches a critical moment amid mass protests
10 mins; March 27, 2023
How TikTok’s CEO answered tough questions on data security
10 mins; March 24, 2023
Why SCOTUS is considering a case about dog-toy poop jokes
9 mins; March 23, 2023
They make $25,000 a year in L.A. Now they’re striking.
9 mins; March 22, 2023
The strongest evidence yet that COVID started with an animal
10 mins; March 21, 2023
What happens next if Trump is indicted
10 mins; March 20, 2023
Why we don’t really know how many guns are in America
11 mins; March 17, 2023
Why we don’t really know how many guns are in America
11 mins; March 17, 2023
Sneak Peek: Havana syndrome looks very real on brain scans. Why is it still a mystery to the U.S. government?
3 mins; March 16, 2023
The abortion-pill case in a Texas court, explained
9 mins; March 16, 2023
How the U.S. military isn’t ready for Russia and China
