Summer Books

Published July 14, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT

Weekend Edition Sunday talks with several notables from various professions about their reading habits, their favorite books, and what they are reading this summer. This week: Librarian of Congress James Billington.

National & International News

Morning new brief

A Martínez

The latest on the deadly floods in Texas, foreign policy dominates President Trump's week, Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now.
A look at the use of masks by federal agents during immigration arrests

Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel examines the use of masks by federal agents while carrying out immigration arrests
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume mass federal layoffs for now

Andrea Hsu

The Trump administration can move ahead, for now, with plans to lay off hundreds of thousands of federal workers following a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Tuesday.