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The largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S. is shrinking due to disputes over LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex marriage. About 20% of United Methodist congregations have left in recent years.

Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."

The Portland Clean Energy Fund has raised a billion dollars for climate change action via a retail tax on large corporations in the city. Other cities are starting to shape similar funds.

Monster trucks are one of the fastest growing segments in family entertainment. And unlike other American motorsports, the shows are geared to small children.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Yale historian and best-selling author Timothy Snyder about his new book, "On Freedom," and how we misunderstand the concept.

A judge is ordering Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps after finding the current maps illegally discriminate against Black voters.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff what he plans to ask Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche at his confirmation hearing.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges about her friend, Pulitzer Prize winning child psychiatrist Robert Coles, who died on June 4 at 97.

Teresa MacBain was pastor of a United Methodist church. In March, she made a confession: She is now an atheist. MacBain, NPR religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty and Jerry DeWitt, executive director of Recovering from Religion talk about how losing faith changes lives and communities.

New York Times congressional correspondent Annie Karni says if Republicans choose to retaliate, and not pass spending bills, it could cause a government shutdown this fall.