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Many states failed to pass a budget by a Friday, June 30 deadline. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with John Hicks, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers about the impact.

Kenya's Supreme Court has annulled Kenya's recent presidential election won by incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, and says the country must hold a new election in 60 days.

Did you know that a haiku doesn't have to conform to a 5-7-5 syllable count? NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with haiku master and former diplomat Abigail Friedman about where the misconception comes from.

Tom Bossert, President Trump's adviser on homeland security, announces he's leaving, one day after his new boss, John Bolton, took over as White House national security adviser.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with John McLaughlin, the former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and former acting director of the CIA, about the nomination of Gina Haspel to become the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

President Trump campaigned in Elkhart, Ind., on Thursday — the same day he announced the meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un and met the 3 Americans who had been detained in North Korea.

Two journalists who were covering the rainfall in North Carolina were killed, their newsroom reported. The National Hurricane Center warns the storm will bring heavy rains and flash flooding.

Vice President Pence cast the tie-breaking vote last night in the Senate to repeal a rule that made it easier for Americans to sue their banks and credit card companies for wrongdoing. Wiping out the rule affects tens of millions of Americans who will be sent to arbitration on disputes over a credit card, checking account or prepaid card. It also dismantles the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been working on this for years.

DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, is an Obama-era law that provides protection for kids who entered the country illegally as minors. It allows many of them to continue studying in American schools and universities. The program turns five years old this summer. But when summer ends in a few weeks, DACA faces another potential milestone. An important deadline is approaching: September 5. That’s the day the Trump administration could be slapped with a lawsuit if it doesn’t take action on DACA.

Amazon Echo's Alexa has helped people do all sorts of tasks. Although Alexa now has more than 15,000 so-called "skills," critics say that many of Amazon's skills are low-quality.