Former White House adviser Karen Hughes is appointed as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, where she will be charged with remaking the United States' image abroad.
Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR News programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
The Boring Company has officially began drilling a tunnel between downtown and the airport. City officials and residents remain unclear about the potential impact to Nashville’s underground environment, the company’s plans for extreme weather, and the supposed public benefit of the tunnel.
Lexington civic education nonprofit CivicLex began their month-long civic assembly at the beginning of this month, bringing in residents from different walks of life to discuss city issues. The organization, along with some city officials, hope it can be a model for the future of city politics.
The price of crude oil briefly neared $120 a barrel Monday as Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei the supreme leader and then launched new attacks at Israel and Gulf states.