Judge Delivers Blow To White House: McGahn Must Testify NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tennessee Assistant Solicitor General Jonathan Shaub about a court ruling ordering a White House official to appear before Congress to testify in the impeachment probe.
Trump Signs Law Making Cruelty To Animals A Federal Crime Congress, wrought by division on many fronts, united to pass a bill making animal cruelty a federal felony. President Trump signed it into law on Monday. Richard Gonzales
U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Release Of Trump's Tax Records In a brief one-page notice, the high court gives the president's legal team time to persuade the justices to hear arguments overturning lower court rulings allowing the release of the documents. Richard Gonzales
McDonald's Agrees To Pay $26 Million To Settle Accusations Of Wage Theft In a class-action lawsuit, workers in California accused the fast-food chain of failing to pay them overtime and other wages. Alina Selyukh
U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Adnan Syed's Appeal, Keeping 'Serial' Subject In Prison The high court did not provide an explanation for why it declined to hear the appeal by Syed, who was convicted in 2000 of strangling to death his former girlfriend, 17-year-old Hae Min Lee. Bobby Allyn
Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer Forced Out Amid Controversy Over SEAL Case The Defense Secretary lost "trust and confidence" in Spencer, the Pentagon said in a statement. Laurel Wamsley
California Restaurant Industry Group Sues Berkeley Over Natural Gas Ban A restaurant industry group says a shift to electric stoves will change the cooking process and harm businesses that have helped make Berkeley a culinary capital. Richard Gonzales
U.S. Navy Presses On With Board Review Of SEAL Eddie Gallagher Despite Trump's Tweet Gallagher was acquitted earlier this year of murdering an ISIS combatant in 2017 but convicted of a lesser crime. President Trump last week restored his rank, but did not pardon him. Richard Gonzales
After WTO: Seattle police navigate May Days, political brawls and blocked streets. The fallout from Seattle’s WTO protests in 1999 became a case study in what NOT to do for police departments nationwide. SPD officials say they've also drawn lessons from those events. Amy Radil
Jury Acquits Aid Worker Accused Of Helping Border-Crossing Migrants In Arizona The jurors unanimously found Scott Warren not guilty of federal charges of harboring undocumented immigrants. Such prosecutions have risen under President Trump's hard-line immigration policies. Michel Marizco