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1. SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

   Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight.

2. Arts groups sue NEA for new 'gender ideology'-related grant restrictions

   The lawsuit pushes back against a recent executive order from President Donald Trump that asks funding applicants to agree not to promote "gender ideology" in their work.

3. Trump says Cabinet secretaries, not Elon Musk, are in charge of agency cuts

   The president's message to his Cabinet secretaries comes amid continuing questions over the role of billionaire adviser Elon Musk in the drastic reshaping of the federal government.

4. The European Union Decides to Rearm

   Leaders of the European Union have voted to approve a plan to dramatically increase defense spending. The move is a reaction to the U.S. reducing its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia's invasion. We go to Brussels to understand the ramifications.
   
   And we hear what the series of recent developments in the relationship between the U.S. and Ukraine could mean for peace talks...

5. When it comes to the economy, it's all about uncertainty

   Like a lot of economists, Mark Zandi, with Moody's Analytics, thinks President Trump's across-the-board tariffs are a bad idea. Saying, "Tariffs, broad-based tariffs, are a real problem for the economy."
   
   But Zandi says – it's not just the tariffs themselves that are the problem, it's the uncertainty created by Trump's rollout.
   
   Trump threatened 25% Tariffs on Canada and...

6. A Pentagon press secretary has history of pushing antisemitic, extremist theories

   Members of Congress and civil rights groups are condemning past comments from Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson, including some which critics called antisemitic.

7. California man charged after Lego larceny worth $25,000

   The heists occurred in several California counties, where the alleged thief would load his shopping cart with the expensive building toys and disappear into the parking lot in a matter of minutes.

8. 5 takeaways from the confirmation hearing for Trump's FDA nominee

   Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, faced questions from the Senate HELP Committee on the abortion pill, vaccines, FDA firings and chemicals in food.

9. Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a quarter since 2000

   Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.

10. Democracy-promoting organization sues the Trump administration over withheld funds

    President Ronald Reagan laid the rhetorical foundations for the National Endowment for Democracy in a 1982 speech to the British Parliament. Support for its creation in Congress was bipartisan.