Trump fires chief of the federal consumer watchdog agency Rohit Chopra had led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since 2021. Consumer groups praised his leadership, while Republicans have frequently attacked the agency. Read more on NPR

Democrats will choose new party leadership today Without control of the White House or Congress, the new DNC chair will lead the campaign arm of a Democratic Party that is still figuring out how to move on from rejection at the ballot box. Read more on NPR

Three things to know about Rubio’s first international trip Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the canal. Read more on NPR

As Trump vows to embrace fossil fuels, U.S. climate policy won’t change quickly President Trump’s first weeks in office included executive orders that aim to stop or roll back former President Biden’s ambitious climate agenda and redirect the country’s attention to fossil fuels. Read more on NPR

Prices were a key issue in 2024, but Trump makes clear they’re not his top priority While prices and the economy were top issues during the campaign, President Trump is making clear that other issues — most notably immigration — are his main focus at the start of his second term. Read more on NPR

Opinion: Remembering Marianne Faithfull NPR’s Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78. Read more on NPR

Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right – for fruit fly maggots It turns out, a maggot’s preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and what neurons are responsible. Read more on NPR

An earnest defense of America’s silliest holiday: Groundhog Day Let’s celebrate Groundhog Day, in all its bizarre, quirky strangeness. Let it remind us that we have not subdued nature, but merely made ourselves more comfortable in its domain. Read more on NPR

Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81 Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country’s military, has died at 81. Read more on NPR

Dear Life Kit: My husband is more emotional with his work wife than he is with me An NPR listener wonders whether her husband’s relationship with a female colleague is too close for comfort. He says she’s being competitive for no reason, and that he sees the woman as a ‘sister.’ Read more on NPR