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The Biden administration has taken pains to avoid the word "bailout" in describing the effort to rescue Silicon Valley Bank depositors. Yet banking experts say it sure does look like a bailout.

Much of America's nuclear arsenal is decades out of date. A huge and urgent push to rebuild it has started, but there aren't enough workers with the skills and mechanical aptitude to do this work.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talk to Washington Post reporter Michelle Boorstein about the Catholic organization that bought mobile phone data to "out" priests who use gay dating apps.

One in 10 women or people with uteruses experience endometriosis during their reproductive years.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with singer-songwriter Kali Uchis about her soulful new album 'Red Moon in Venus' and the inspiration behind it.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Barry Ritholtz, chairman of Ritholtz Wealth Management, about the state of an economy that's adding jobs but also seeing layoffs.

Brazil's former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges. Lula, as he's popularly known, was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison but remains free pending appeal. Lula denies wrongdoing and claims the charges are politically motivated.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rare explicit criticism of the U.S. was followed on Tuesday by a barrage of scorn and criticism aimed squarely at Washington from China's new foreign minister.

For years, the trial of the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terror attacks was described as "delayed." Now the trial seems improbable, and settlement talks are also in limbo.

Federal Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate committee Tuesday morning. He'll likely be asked about the Fed's effort to curb inflation and how much higher interest rates are likely to go.