"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
President Trump is flying back to the U.S. after wrapping up his state visit to China. In Pierce Tamarke reports, he's hailing business deals for American companies and farmers, though few details have been released." As Trump's trip to China was winding down, he again offered praise for Chinese President Xi Jinping.
"This has been an incredible visit.
“I think a lot of wood has come up with, we've made some fantastic trade deals, great for both”
countries." In an earlier interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, Trump said China has agreed to order 200 Boeing airplanes and will be buying a lot of soybeans from American farmers. Though similar previous commitments have failed to materialize, Trump also said he and Xi discussed the war with Iran and agreed that the Strait of Hormuz needs to be reopened.
Tamarke and PR News Beijing The redistricting war President Trump kicked off last year seems to finally be coming to a close and Republicans have largely come out on top. But as in Pierce Miles Parks reports, states are already making plans for after this year's midterms.
This week, numerous state houses responded to a recent Supreme Court decision that
weakened protections in the Voting Rights Act.
Louisiana Republicans passed a new map that eliminated one of two districts currently held by black democratic lawmakers.
“In Mississippi and Georgia, however, lawmakers there said they don't plan to redistrict”
before the midterms, but they may try to eliminate democratic held districts ahead of 2028. In the bigger picture, experts worry that all this political maneuvering is fueling a cynicism in the American public. Karen Brinson-Ball used to oversee elections in North Carolina.
"Voters are just, are they going to show up? Are they just sickened by the whole situation?" She also noted midterms already lag presidential years in terms of turnout. Miles Parks and PR News Washington More Americans are living in households with at least three generations, that's according
to new data from realtor.com. And Pierce Steven Bassaha reports, living with more family members is helping homeowners with affordability. One of the biggest benefits of sharing a home is sharing childcare. Andrea Wilvertin and her then three-year-old son moved in with her parents in 2023.
"My parents for all intents of purposes like kind of acted as his second parents." Another benefit is sharing the mortgage. Hannah Jones is with realtor.com. Home prices continue to be out of reach for many households, so people are looking for more creative ways to afford buying a home.
About four million owner occupied homes had at least a parent, a kid, and a grandparent
under one roof in 2024. These multi-generational households are most common in states with the highest housing costs, like California. Steven Bassaha and PR News Wall Street lower by the closing bell, the Dowd on 537 points the NASDAQ down 410.
This is NPR News. Florida's attorney general has issued a subpoena to the NFL over the leaks use of the RUNI rule, that 2003 rule requires NFL teams to interview people of color or women for top jobs. NPR's Andrea Xu has more.
Florida attorney general James Othmeyer launched his battle against the RUNI rule back in March, posting a video to "X." Florida law is clear, hiring decisions cannot be based on race. That's discrimination. The NFL has maintained that the RUNI rule is not a hiring mandate, but rather a way for
the league to expand the pool of applicants and help teams find the best talent. Corporate policies modeled on the RUNI rule proliferated after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, such hiring practices were widely considered legal, but more recently companies have backed away from their DEI-related efforts. The Trump administration has warned that any consideration of race and sex in the hiring
process could be unlawful and reassure NPR News. The Texas Supreme Court today refused to declare that the Democratic lawmakers, who briefly left the state in 2025, to block a vote on new congressional maps, pushed by President Trump, had vacated their offices. Governor Greg Abbott and state Republicans wanted the Democrats punished for allegedly abandoning
those offices. Democrats say they were exercising their right to dissent. The state's high court says Abbott and other Republicans had already handled the matter through fines and noted the Democrats returned on their own in a few weeks. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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