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NPR Music critics and contributors take us from Bad Bunny's dizzying opus "Safaera" to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's gloriously raunchy "WAP."

Also: The U.S. seizes imported oil in an Iraqi dispute; Time Warner wants arbitration to settle a dispute over TV rights; and there's a new print font honoring late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

Weekend Edition guest host Don Gonyea speaks with Silvio Pietroluongo of Billboard Magazine about the recent changes to the formula for the "Hot 100" chart. Billboard now incorporates the number of views on YouTube to determine the top songs in the country.

Steve Inskeep talks to Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, about President Trump's proposed budget for 2020. NPR's Mara Liasson weighs in on the conversation.

Also: A Nigerian Catholic archbishop asks the world for its outrage over Boko Haram's mass slayings; Indonesian divers retrieve a crashed AirAsia jet's voice recorder; and how to watch Comet Lovejoy.

Also: Obama will visit a Native American reservation in the Dakotas; state lawmakers from around the country discuss a new constitutional convention; and N.J. Gov. Christie dances with Jimmy Fallon.

Also: Huge protests in Pakistan call on the Prime Minister to resign; landslides in Hiroshima kill many people; and North Korea insults Secretary of State John Kerry's "lantern jaw".

Also: The FBI will review the Missouri shooting death of a black teen; new Florida electoral maps will probably be challenged; and a U.S. woman reaches a plea deal in a terrorism support case.

Also: The latest from Ferguson, Missouri; two freight trains collide in Arkansas, killing two; and Cambridge University seeks a PhD researcher to study chocolate.

Also: Salvage crews are working to refloat a capsized cruise ship in Italy; more small earthquakes shake Oklahoma; and a stolen car caused a fatal bus crash in Indiana.