Weekend Edition

Activists in Iran say the government there is cracking down in an effort to undo infiltration by Israeli intelligence.

The Kremlin is using the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum to showcase remaining allies and address questions of recession.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, about how U.S. strikes on Iran could impact nuclear proliferation globally.

After six weeks of testimony, prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered their closing arguments in the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean Combs last week. While the jury deliberates his judicial fate, one verdict we don't have to wait for is the one coming from the court of public opinion. NPR Music's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and Rodney Carmichael explain why discussion of the trial within an ecosystem of podcast and YouTube hosts have made it loud and clear that we're in a post-MeToo era.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to R.T. Thorne about "40 Acres," his post-apocalyptic directorial debut.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Cato Institute immigration expert David Bier how much the Trump administration's mass deportation program could cost.

The huge tax and spending bill currently before the Senate is likely to pass into law. It may prove controversial enough to be a drag on Republican candidates.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to C.J. Chenier and Joel Savoy about the new album celebrating Clifton Chenier, "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco."

In 2021, an Afghan man who helped the U.S. military narrowly escaped Afghanistan with his family, but was forced to leave several children behind. He struggled to reunite his family in the U.S.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks SEAD Consulting's Erin Williams, whose company tests seafood, how often U.S. restaurants use farmed and imported shrimp rather than local and wild-caught shrimp.