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This month’s State of the State podcast conversation from Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research focuses on the debt limit. Matt Grossmann, Charley Ballard, and Arnold Weinfeld welcome associate professor of economics Antonio Doblas Madrid to the discussion.

Michigan House lawmakers are forming a new task force to come up with legislation to address problems with Michigan’s power grid.

Laws passed in Florida and Texas will restrict the care available to transgender persons. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Joseph Knoll, a nurse-practitioner, about how the restrictions affect his patients.

A comedian in China is under investigation, and the company that booked him was hit with a steep fine — after he riffed on an army slogan that authorities did not find funny.

Zelenskyy's expected appearance on Sunday comes as Western allies harden their resolve in support of Ukraine. Russia's military aggression toward its neighbor is on top of the G-7 summit's agenda.

NPR's A Martinez talked to Democratic mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker after she won Tuesday's primary election in Philadelphia. She is expected to become the first woman to lead the city.

A look at how Nobel Prize winning American economist Robert Lucas changed the field of macroeconomics. He died this week at 85.

The author's high-emotional-stakes romances are about to reach a wider audience, with a five-book deal and an upcoming TV adaptation. Ryan says her "happily ever after" has been "hard-won."

Ukraine's president will attend the G-7 in person. Leaders from across the Middle East are meeting in Saudi Arabia. Disney says it's cancelling plans to build a $1 billion office campus in Florida.

Progressive Democratic lawmakers raised the alarm over comments Biden made earlier this week suggesting he's entertaining possible changes to federal safety net programs.