Some in the U.S. farm industry are alarmed by Trump’s embrace of RFK Jr. and tariffs President-elect Trump won landslide support in much of farm country, but his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his plan for a tariff fight with China alarms many farmers and agriculture experts. Read more on NPR

The USPS will honor Betty White with her own stamp in 2025 Having received hundreds to thousands of fan mail each week, it’s only fitting to honor White with a postage stamp. Read more on NPR

Local news is in crisis. This paper has a $150 million plan Nearly two years ago, the owners of Atlanta’s leading newspaper hired former CNN executive Andrew Morse to reverse its steep decline. He’s laid out a grand vision. Read more on NPR

Trump picks loyalists for top jobs, testing loyalty of Senate GOP Nominees for several key Cabinet posts in the new administration of President-elect Trump caught officials in Washington off guard and ignited a firestorm of criticism — not all of it from Democrats. Read more on NPR

Erykah Badu likes chasing unreachable goals. Here’s why Erykah Badu opens up on Wild Card about wanting to live in a space shuttle, how music is the undertone to her life, and whether there’s more to reality than we can see or touch. Read more on NPR

Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Zelenskyy says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia launched 120 missiles and 90 drones in a large-scale attack across Ukraine, targeting its energy infrastructure. Read more on NPR

Scientists find a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten in the Siberian permafrost The kitten, which was found in Russia’s northeastern Sakha Republic, still had fur and whiskers when it was discovered. Read more on NPR

Biden and Xi take a first step to limit AI and nuclear decisions at their last meeting The leaders agreed that humans should control decisions to use nuclear weapons — not AI. And they talked about the importance of stability during the transition to a new U.S. administration. Read more on NPR

Trump announces oil executive Chris Wright as his pick for energy secretary Trump announced Chris Wright, the CEO of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy, as his pick for energy secretary. Read more on NPR

A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California The word “squaw” was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities. Read more on NPR