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A congressional investigation into Federal Emergency Management Agency aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita finds evidence of massive fraud. As much as $1.4 billion was spent for bogus reasons, including vacations, season football tickets and a sex-change operation, the audit concludes.

A group of filmmakers who oppose the Smithsonian Museum's plan to produce TV programs with Showtime Networks asks that the terms of the deal be made public. The Smithsonian has said the details are proprietary. Under the agreement, the joint venture has the right of first refusal to commercial documentaries that rely heavily on Smithsonian collections or staff. But the impact on even non-commercial filmmakers is unclear.

In the latest Politically Speaking column, NPR Correspondent Peter Overby examines the latest controversy over Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 -- whether the hit film is subject to federal campaign rules.

In the MSNBC series "Leguizamo Does America," actor John Leguizamo takes viewers on a trip across the United States in search of ways Latino communities have shaped the nation.

Pete Gaynor has extensive experience at the local and state level dealing with natural disasters, but he faces something different now.

Collins has mostly avoided commenting on Trump's pandemic response, but she criticized his administration's decision to forcefully clear peaceful protesters from a square in front of the White House.

An old comment from U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis has been resurfacing during the coronavirus pandemic.The most recent instance, a TV ad from Majority Forward PAC…

BTS' new record features songs that vary from grandly dramatic to impishly playful. The album's been a near-instant hit, selling over 2 million copies in its first two hours of release in South Korea.

Portuguese street artist Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto — aka Vhils — makes art on dilapidated buildings. He uses a chisel, a drill and explosives in a process he calls "creative destruction."

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Nicholas Kusnetz about support for carbon capture technology in the infrastructure bill.

Chucky Thompson, one of the original Bad Boy "Hitmen" and producer for The Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige, died Monday, leaving behind a legacy that starts and ends in his home of Washington, D.C.

The case marks the first legal test that pits a current president against his predecessor over what records can be released.

After a remarkable 22-year career, Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL.

Scott Simon talks with Stanford University mathematics professor Keith Devlin, the Weekend Edition "math guy," about how math makes Internet security possible. It's all about encryption.

On her second album, the gospel and soul singer makes temperate use of dramatic gestures.

Oakland-based indie-rock musician Melina Duterte plays every instrument and produced nearly every sound on her new record.

The writer-producer-arranger had a voice that was clear and powerful, and his piano-playing is remarkable in its own right. Although Hathaway is perhaps best known for his duets with singer Roberta Flack, the body of work he left behind when he died 30 years ago is part of the bedrock of American soul music.

Big on ideas but short on policy specifics, the agenda keeps with a tradition established with 1994's "Contract with America" where the minority party releases their priorities ahead of Election Day.

Local government officials say the laws undermine their authority and cut their tax base, but it's a long-sought win for affordable housing advocates, who say such sites are ready-made for apartments.

Rising prices are a top concern for voters in this year's midterm elections, outpacing abortion, crime and defending democracy. Prices in September were up 8.2% from a year ago.