Calif. voters; Climate pollution; Policing; Ukraine : NPR

Key Points:

• Los Angeles County election officials have deemed the Justice Department's list of 20,000 "likely" noncitizens registered to vote as unreliable, citing preliminary analysis and concerns over feasibility and legality of segregating ballots close to the election.
• A United Nations report highlights insufficient global efforts to reduce emissions, noting the U.S. as the only major economy with increased planet-warming pollution last year, tied with Russia for highest per capita emissions among G20 countries.
• Arrests for low-level crimes and immigration violations rose significantly from 2024 to 2025 in the U.S., despite historic lows in violent crime, reflecting a resurgence of tough-on-crime policies during President Trump's second term.
• President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff is engaging with Kremlin officials and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to explore peace solutions for the Russia-Ukraine war, amid skepticism from Ukrainians about U.S. intentions and concerns over proposed sanction lifts on Russia.
• NPR has launched "Machine Gods," a biweekly AI-focused podcast hosted by tech journalists Casey Newton and Kevin Roose, aimed at providing balanced, in-depth coverage of AI's impacts and challenges without hype or alarmism.