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1. Tuesday is a big primary day. Here's what you need to know

   Six states are holding primaries May 19 that could help to decide the balance of power in Congress and in key state governments.

2. Is Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg ready to lead?

   NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Jack Schlossberg, Democratic candidate for New York's 12th Congressional District and the grandson of President John F. Kennedy.

3. This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began — and the U.S. response

   The sheer number of cases and deaths are a sign that the outbreak might have been smoldering before the virus was identified.

4. Jury dismisses all claims in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

   Musk had sought to oust Altman from his leadership position over claims that he and others breached their duty to OpenAI's original nonprofit mission and unjustly enriched themselves.

5. NPR trims jobs in newsroom overhaul as it confronts era without public funding

   NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure.

6. Son of radicals, Zayd Ayers Dohrn details a childhood underground and on the run

   Dohrn's parents, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, helped found the the Weather Underground. "I knew that the FBI was chasing us," he says. His memoir is Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young.

7. The Supreme Court avoids taking up a fight over Voting Rights Act enforcement for now

   After recently weakening the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court avoided for now taking up a legal question that may severely limit enforcement of the law's remaining protections for minority voters.

8. Trump drops IRS lawsuit, paving the way for a settlement

   The president sued the IRS and the Treasury Department in January, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns years ago.
   

9. Sen. Bill Cassidy loses primary. And, WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global emergency

   Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump, lost the Republican primary in Louisiana. And, the WHO has declared a global health emergency over a new Ebola outbreak.

10. Why catching insider trading is so tricky nowadays, and just how helpful is it for kids to sleep in?

    Millions of dollars have been made through eerily well-timed bets on prediction markets like Polymarket. We look at why they're so hard to police. And, a new study that supports kids sleeping in.