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1. A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage

   For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds.

2. Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction markets

   The suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry.

3. EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

   There is public concern about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation.

4. Attorney General Pam Bondi out at DOJ

   Bondi's departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files. President Trump says Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will be acting attorney general.

5. Ziggy Stardust and Hacky Sack: What life was like the last time we went to the moon

   The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.

6. 'Stay Alive,' about daily life in Nazi Berlin, shows how easy it is to just go along

   Historian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present.

7. Trump makes case for Iran war. And, SCOTUS leans toward upholding birthright citizenship

   President Trump addressed the nation last night, making his case for war with Iran. And, the Supreme Court majority seemed inclined to rule against the Trump administration on birthright citizenship.

8. Hegseth ousts the Army chief of staff as the Iran war rages through Week 5

   U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down and retire, a U.S. official confirmed to NPR.

9. As hoops betting spikes, it's New Hampshire and other states vs. prediction markets

   In New Hampshire and states with legalized sports gambling, wagering helps fund government services. But now competitors like Kalshi and Polymarket are getting a cut of the action.

10. Have Trump's tariffs worked? This is where things stand a year after 'Liberation Day'

    It has been a year since President Trump announced double-digit tariffs on imports from around the world. So far, those levies have not produced the economic boom the president promised.