I kind of miss being back in school.

I mean, you get assigned to read great books, and then you have time to talk about them.

It seems like a dream.

If you're in the same boat, NPR's Book of the Day has a whole week of interviews with authors big on high school syllabi.

Tony Morrison, Sandra Cisneros, Jason Reynolds, and more.

So listen to NPR's Book of the Day podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get your

podcasts.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump is rapidly reshaping the

Department of Justice. In recent months, he and his allies have ousted career prosecutors and

other high-level employees, but the indictment of former FBI

director James Comey marks a turning point. As NPR's Mara Liason explains, Trump is ignoring the norms

that governed previous presidents. It's really hard to figure out how to stop him. I mean,

this is a president who believes, as he says, Article 2 gives me the right to do whatever I want.

Article 2 is the article that set up the executive branch. This is his concept of the presidency.

Some people think it's an authoritarian concept, but other than refusing to do what he tells

you, quitting or allowing him to fire you. There's not that much that individual people

in the Justice Department can do unless Congress is going to assert itself. NPR's Mara Liason reporting,

the Supreme Court ruled President Trump can continue to freeze nearly $4 billion in foreign aid,

handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power. The administration sought an

emergency appeal after a lower court ruled that Trump's action was likely illegal and that only

Congress could withhold funding. President Trump says he will impose a 100% tariff on brand name

pharmaceutical imports next week. That's unless foreign companies are building factories to make the medicines in the U.S.

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