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NPR (Greg Rosalsky) - Meet 'Project 2029' — and its war on the annoyance economy

Remember Project 2025? Democrats are building their own governing blueprint, and one proposal takes aim at the "annoyance economy": robocalls, endless hold times, hidden fees and other everyday frustrations.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Safia Samee Ali) - Charlie Kirk murder suspect in court after 'sniper pad' testimony

Day one featured law enforcement witnesses, including an officer who said he found a "sniper pad."

NYTIMES (Mihir Zaveri) - The New York City Plumber Who Made Over $465,000 in a Year

A public housing employee made more than $465,000 in a year with overtime, while apparently running two private plumbing businesses at the same time. The city is investigating.

NYTIMES (Chris Buckley) - Why China Fired a Long-Range Missile Into the Pacific

Beijing had long tested nuclear missiles only within its borders. A rare launch over an ocean shows it is determined to narrow the gap with the United States.

NYTIMES (Judson Jones) - Inside the United States’ Billion-Dollar Blind Spot: Hail

Scientists have never quite understood how hail works. Meet the storm chasers trying to change that.

NYTIMES (Azam Ahmed and Meridith Kohut) - Estonia Won the War on Fentanyl. What Came Next Was Even Worse.

By 2018, fentanyl overdoses in Estonia had plummeted. But powerful new drugs are appearing fast, with the authorities racing to respond.