Is the American Dream a scam?
Alligator Tears, a new memoir by Edgar Gomez, tackles that question.
Who are the people who are benefiting the most from this idea that we need to keep working,
that we need to keep our heads low, that we need to keep going out and risking our lives?
You can hear more about that on Code Switch from NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are set to address hundreds of U.S. military officials at a Marine Corps base in Virginia today.
NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the White House hasn't said why the meeting was called,
but it includes top commanders from more than a dozen countries, many in conflict zones.
The logistics of getting them all to Virginia, the expense, The security,
any soldier knows that you spread out so that the whole squad can't get taken out by one single mortar.
So having everyone and the president in one place like this is a security nightmare.
And it's just not been US military style where all these generals were summoned before a president or the secretary of defense for this sort of display.
Generals, well, they swear on oath to the Constitution, not to the president.
That's NPR's Quill Lawrence reporting.
Federal agencies will run out of money at midnight tonight.
NPR's Deidre Walsh reports President Trump hosted a meeting with top Democratic and Republican leaders yesterday,
but both sides say big differences remain.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says a funding deal has to address expiring health care subsidies.
And the reality is that in a matter of days notices are going to go out to tens of millions of Americans making clear that their health care is about to become dramatically more expensive.