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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alex Mayyasi, the author of Planet Money's new book, "Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life."

Congress returns this week with added pressure to find a deal to end the partial DHS shutdown. It also needs to find a way to end the impasse over FISA surveillance legislation.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks co-host Michel Martin about her experience as shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

A 31-year-old suspect from California is at the center of the investigation into the shooting at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

Cole Allen, the suspect in the shooting at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, is described as "very smart" by students he mentored in Southern California.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with A.T. Smith, former deputy director of the Secret Service, about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

King Charles III travels to the U.S. for a landmark state visit amid rising transatlantic tensions over the Iran war and lingering controversy tied to the Epstein scandal.

Does King Charles' visit with the president have potential to soothe tensions between the U.K. and the U.S.? NPR asks longtime diplomat Philip Reeker.

Iran's foreign minister visits Moscow Monday after stops in Pakistan and Oman and calls with regional partners, but there are no signs of direct talks with Washington as diplomacy stalls.

On this day in 1764: The Provincial Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons in New York issued a charter to Michigan's first Masonic lodge in Detroit. The lodge, known as Zion Lodge, faced suspensions but always returned. On this day in 1833: The steamboat Michigan, the first steamer built in Detroit, was launched. It traveled 2,000 miles in its first season, visiting various ports on Lake Michigan.