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Lawmakers are trying to answer how Congress could function if a catastrophe incapacitated members. A 2017 shooting at a GOP baseball practice, the pandemic and Jan. 6 have made the issue more urgent.

Russia is cutting off natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, and has demanded countries pay for energy in rubles. The move is seen as a warning by Russia to bigger European energy consumers.

The former chief of staff of Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) reaches a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in which he will assist the investigation of his former boss for allegedly doling out political favors to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Neil Volz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in the deal.

The Defense Department bars several witnesses from testifying in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the secret intelligence Able Danger unit. The Pentagon says "security concerns" prevented it from discussing the classified program in a public forum.

Georgia lawmakers are expected to pass a bill authorizing a Bible literacy class in public high schools. The class, "History and Literature of the Old and New Testament," will be taught with the Bible as the text. The bill does not require that schools teach the course, or that students take it. Emily Kopp of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Researchers have identified clusters of genes that appear to be linked to the tiredness and lack of energy associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The findings, announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, could lead to a better understanding of the condition.

A military commission has recommended new names for nine bases named after Confederate leaders. Two years ago, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Congress mandated the name changes.

As Israel prepares to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, a new independent analysis is raising questions about the Palestinian security services' ability to control the area. The report describes the security services as underarmed, overstaffed and undermined by corruption.

Detroit-born pianist, composer and university professor Geri Allen is a musician of great depth and creativity. Allen's compositional skills are on display as she plays her own tune "Avatar," and she gets together with host Marian McPartland for Charlie Parker's "Another Hairdo."

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases -- You, Me and Dupree, Little Man and Edmond.

On this May the 4th, now known as Star Wars Day, we listen back to an original NPR review of the now beloved classic. In 1977, Tom Shales reviewed the new film Star Wars for NPR.

A treatment that is appropriate for one patient can be unnecessary or even counterproductive for another. But Harvard researchers found a way to estimate truly wasteful Medicare spending.

Back in 1983, All Things Considered host Susan Stamberg asked a young moviegoer to give us a "sneak preview" of Return of the Jedi. The flood of complaints from listeners led to on-air apology.

The late senator, war hero, husband and father was memorialized in Washington, D.C., on Saturday by family, friends and former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

Attorney General Barr has tasked U.S. Attorney John Durham with investigating the origins of the Russia probe. Durham will look into the intelligence gathering aimed at the Trump campaign in 2016.

The Justice Department has told Congress the special counsel found no prosecutable case of conspiracy or collusion against the president and his campaign. The obstruction issue is more complicated.

Nominees for the 75th annual Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday by actor Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy Chairman Frank Scherma.

Some big tech companies have declared Juneteenth a holiday and offered support for the Black Lives Matter movement. But blacks in Silicon Valley are demanding more fundamental change in the industry.

The Boogaloo movement, seeking to start a new American civil war, continues to organize and recruit on Facebook, despite calls for the social media platform to intervene.

A Superior Court judge says some people living at a Charlotte Days Inn that tried to close last month can stay for now. But he says the owners have the…