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When Malcolm Gladwell presented NPR's Throughline podcast with a Peabody Award, he praised it for its historical and moral clarity. On Throughline, we take you back in time to the origins of what's in the news, like presidential power, aging, and evangelicalism. Time travel with us every week on the Throughline podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The 2027 NFL Draft will be held on the National Mall. NPR's Franco Ordoni, as reports President Trump, says the event would bring tourism revenue to DC. Trump spoke from the Oval Office where he was flanked by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and

Josh Harris, the owner of the Washington Commander's football team. Trump said the event would showcase American football to the world. Every year hundreds of young football players have their dreams come true as the NFL teams across the land, and you just saw that last week. Select the best young players in America to join their ranks. The Trump administration estimates hundreds of thousands of fans will descend on the city to take part of the related events.

The announcement comes a week after the commanders and DC officials announced a plan to bring the football team back to the city with a new stadium near the US Capitol. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, The White House. The president says he wants to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison. NPR's Windsor Johnson reports a move is raising questions about whether the island penitentiary can be brought back in operation more than 60 years after it was shuttered. President Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz to house what he calls the worst criminals,

reviving the image of one of the nation's most notorious prisons. But can it happen? Experts say the costs would be staggering. There's currently no functioning infrastructure and mostly everything would have to be rebuilt. The island was closed in March of 1963 because it became too costly to maintain. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Alcatraz was nearly three times more expensive to operate than any other federal penitentiary. Additionally, the island is now a protected historical site managed by the National Park Commission and reopening the prison would likely require a congressional act. Windsor-Johnston, NPR News, Washington.

Hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy-bs' trial in New York City has begun. Over allegations he engaged in decades of abuse against women and others with help from business employees. NPR's Isabella Gomez-Admiento reports jurors are being selected to weigh the charges against Combs. He faces charges of sex trafficking. That means forcing or coercing someone to engage in commercial sex acts. Combs also faces charges for transporting people across state lines of sex trafficking. That means forcing or coercing someone to engage in commercial sex acts.

Combs also faces charges for transporting people across state lines to participate in commercial sex. And the third charge, racketeering conspiracy, is what ties all of this together. Prosecutors allege that Combs directed his employees to organize and conceal these sex crimes for over a decade. And Combs has pleaded not guilty to all of these charges. NPR's Isabella Gomez-Adminto reporting. U.S. stocks have ended the day low or the Dow closing down nearly 100 points to settle at 41,218.

The S&P was down 36 points. The Nasdaq was down 133 points. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. The first Monday in May will once again feature fashion royalty and star power on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. For this evening's fundraiser, many will grace the red carpet of the Met Gala in exquisitely tailored garments in celebration of the Costume Institute's exhibition Superfine Tailoring Black Style.

Two-time Academy Award-winning film costume designer Ruth E. Carter, known for her iconic work for Black Panther, Malcolm X, and Amistad, among others, spoke to NPR about the events not to Black dandyism. It's a celebration of how Harlem to Chicago to, to Texas, how we all worked on having style when sometimes we couldn't afford it.

And you think of Dafford Dan and all that he was doing in the nineties, you know, he made a way for dandyism to come into the urban style, street style. Ruth E. Carter speaking with NPR NEWS ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 POLITICS SURPRISES, TOP HONORS IN JOURNALISM AMONG THE LONG LIST OF NEWSROOMS HONORED TODAY. THE STAFF OF THE WASHINGTON POST WANTED FOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTING FOR COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THEN-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP'S LIFE LAST YEAR.

THE PRIZE FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING WENT TO REUTERS FOR ITS COVERAGE ON FENTANIL. assassination attempt on then presidential candidate Donald Trump's life last year. The prize for investigative reporting went to Reuters for its coverage on fentanyl. In audio reporting, the staff of The New Yorker won for its podcast In the Dark. US stocks ended the day lower with the Dow closing down nearly 100 points. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News in Washington.