NPR News Now covers the race for House Republican leadership, with Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan vying to replace Speaker Mike Johnson. The episode also examines the record average price of new cars and the rise in long-term auto loans. Additionally, it features a report on a deadly landslide in Gaza, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s response to impeachment articles, Anthropic’s IPO filing, and postal workers’ protests against proposed mail-in voting restrictions.