NPR News Now covers President Trump’s midterm campaign in Alaska, a federal judge’s ruling blocking the White House from banning reporters, and a Cornell University protest supporting a sexual assault survivor. The episode also reports that Pope Leo has been diagnosed with lung cancer, an OpenAI engineer was charged with installing a hidden recording device, and Bank of America faces a billion-dollar fine for money laundering failures. Finally, the segment details WNBA Finals schedule changes in Atlanta due to venue conflicts.