China’s president Xi Jinping to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow The long-anticipated visit was announced simultaneously in Moscow and Beijing. Moscow said Xi is coming at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, though it made no mention of the war in Ukraine. Read more on NPR

‘Poverty, By America’ shows how the rest of us benefit by keeping others poor The Pulitzer winner of Evicted examines why the U.S. has more poverty than other rich nations. He finds it actually spends big on social programs, but gives the most to those who need it the least. Read more on NPR

Michigan Democrats are getting their way for the first time in nearly 40 years For the first time in decades, Democrats run the show in Michigan, passing legislative priorities they’ve been after for years: repealing a 1931 abortion law, repealing right-to-work and more. Read more on NPR

Volcanic activity on Venus spotted in radar images, scientists say Data from an old NASA spacecraft reveals a volcano erupted on the surface of Venus in 1991, a new study in Science says. Read more on NPR

Biden has big ideas for fixing child care. For now a small workaround will have to do The administration is turning to semiconductors in the hopes of expanding affordable child care. Read more on NPR

‘Back to one meal a day’: SNAP benefits drop as food prices climb A lot of people don’t think twice about buying milk, says Teresa Calderez. “But there are lots of us out here who can’t buy a gallon of milk when we need it.” Read more on NPR

New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation’s Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said Friday. Read more on NPR

Trains derail in Arizona and Washington, with oil spilled on Puget Sound tribal land The derailment in Washington state occurred on a berm along Padilla Bay, on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes. Most of 5,000 gallons of spilled diesel fuel leaked on the land. Read more on NPR