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In the Mar-a-Lago documents case, prosecutors are in court today asking a federal judge to scrutinize one of the defense attorneys and determine whether the lawyer has a conflict of interest.

Cher's song "Believe" was released on Oct. 19, 1998, and it became the first hit song to use Auto-Tune as an instrument — something that's still all over pop music 25 years later.

It's been a year since an earthquake caused such devastation in the mountains of Pakistan. But the nightmare continues for Ira Riaz. Her husband was among the 73,000 people killed in the earthquake. Since then, she lost her son in a landslide caused by an aftershock. She now spends her days swatting the flies gathering on the wounded limbs of her nine-year-old daughter, Samia, who lost both her legs in the landslide that killed her brother.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf continues to work through the most serious political crisis since he took power in a coup several weeks ago. Musharraf suspended the country's chief justice and since then, public protests have increased. The question is whether this is the crisis that will bring down his presidency.

Pakistan's new National Assembly was sworn in to office Monday. It's the first session since opposition parties won last month's parliamentary elections in a landslide over allies of President Pervez Musharraf.

Several hundred businessmen and politicians, including the former prime minister, have been detained since the president of Bangladesh declared a state of emergency 14 months ago.

A group of lawmakers investigating Britain's phone-hacking scandal have published a report on how the crisis was handled. The report could be detrimental to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and his son James. The investigation exposed cozy ties between media elites and politicians.

For months, the British have been holding a public inquiry into press ethics. The government set this up after a big outcry over the phone hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World. The inquiry is shining a light into the secluded world of the people who run that ancient country, in particular, says NPR's Philip Reeves, the prime minister's social set.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó led mass protests Tuesday, demanding the right to take control as interim president. Amid deepening economic chaos, Nicolás Maduro clings to the presidency.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Daniel Fried of the Atlantic Council, about what Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's testimony reveals about the backchannel diplomacy between the U.S. and Ukraine.

Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer faces renewed scrutiny over sexual misconduct and assault allegations after The Atlantic published years of detailed accusations on Wednesday.

Jerry Lewis, a comedic fixture on big screens and charity telethons for decades, has died at the age of 91. David Greene talks to Shawn Levy, author of King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis.

The 50-year-old heavy rock group performs the final concert of its "End of the Road" tour Saturday in New York. But it's said farewell before.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about her trip to the Gaza Strip.

Owner Elon Musk exacerbated the crisis by cursing out firms that chose to leave X, and said the boycott may sink the company. We hear the perspective on that from advertising insiders.

Four Republican presidential primary candidates took the stage Wednesday night in Alabama. This was the last debate before the Iowa caucuses in January.

Facebook has announced changes to how the company shares data with third parties. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Bloomberg columnist Shira Ovide about what the changes include and how much they matter.

While Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney argues that his opponents have no realistic shot at winning enough delegates to secure the nomination, the same could eventually be true for Romney if a four-way race continues. NPR takes a look at the latest delegate numbers.

Inflation cooled last month, as falling gasoline prices helped to offset rising rents. News of a smaller-than-expected jump in the cost-of-living triggered a rally on Wall Street.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about her meeting with China's Vice Premier, and the state of U.S.-China relations ahead of President Biden's meeting with Xi Jinping.