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The trade war escalated between the U.S. and Canada, and the Trump administration tried to cut off Iran economically. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Wendy Cutler of the Asia Society Policy Institute.

People have been avoiding lettuce this summer. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel, who says we really should just skip the lettuce, permanently.

President Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America to provoke Canadian leaders. Meanwhile, the new Fed chair says inflation continues to be a problem.

The Dollywood theme park in Tennessee is a tribute to the late singer and will go on without her.

NPR's Scott Simon talks about how cities must change to survive deadly heat waves with Georgia Tech researcher Brian Stone.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anthony Field, of the hit musical group The Wiggles, about making a career out of entertaining toddlers.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Lithuanian film director Andrius Blazevicius about his new film, "How to Divorce During the War."

Six months into the war, NPR's Scott Simon speaks to PBS News special correspondent Reza Sayah about life inside Iran, just as President Trump promised even tougher sanctions this week.

A soldier becomes the right hand man of the ambitious heir to Julias Caesar in Robert Harris' new novel, "Agrippa." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Harris about returning to ancient Rome.

According to the report, the state canceled over 300 noncitizen registrations during the observation period. That’s part of a broader set of nearly 1 million defunct registrations that got pulled.