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Not long ago, Manon Martin was an accountant in Seattle, balancing books and analyzing financial data. But those days are over for Martin, who decided to exchange that career for a new one -- in belly dancing.

What did the Department of Government Efficiency actually accomplish under Elon Musk? And what might change now that Musk is out? One former DOGE worker is going public and sharing what he learned.

A new analysis by the Sunlight Foundation examines corporations that expend the most money in Washington on campaign contributions and lobbying. Defense contractors and finance giants lead the pack.

In the Robert Zemeckis film starring Denzel Washington, a pilot with a secret substance-abuse problem successfully crash-lands an airplane while high on drugs and alcohol. He must then ask himself some tough questions about whether his act of heroism is undermined by his addiction.

2: An inside account of the world of high-fashion. NINA BLANCHARD is founder of Nina Blanchard Agency which is considered one of nation's most prestigious modeling agencies. Blanchard herself discovered supermodel Cheryl Tiegs. She's been called "The Beauty Broker." She has written a novel based on the fashion world The Look, (Dutton 1995) Blanchard talks about what it takes to be a model, the pressures they're under and why she herself finally had enough.

NPR's Noah Adams speaks with Paul Hendrickson, a feature writer for The Washington Post and author of the book The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War. Robert McNamara was a believer in control accounting... a mathematical way to analyze and evaluate systems...and was plucked from success at the Ford Motor Company to become President John Kennedy's Secretary of Defense. His unique approach to management guided the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Joan Donovan of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government about Elon Musk's decision to suspend and then reinstate the Twitter accounts of several high-profile journalists.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with criminologist and former attorney Philip Stinson about police accountability in the wake of Botham Jean's killing in his Dallas home by an off-duty officer.

George Floyd's death was viewed as a reckoning for many police departments and communities grappling with civil rights abuses. But those fighting for change say results have proved to be difficult.

The resignations came just days after a senior cleric with ties to the institution was arrested after being caught with about $26 million in cash he was trying to bring into Italy from Switzerland. Pope Francis recently set up a special commission of inquiry to resolve the bank's problems.