Amid Chaos, Alabama Senate Postpones Vote On Nation's Strictest Abortion Ban Shouting broke out on the floor when a rape and incest exemption was removed without a roll call vote. "I want the people of the state of Alabama to know how we vote," said a Democratic state senator. Laurel Wamsley
Pope Francis Issues Rules Requiring Priests And Nuns To Report Abuse The papal decree also sets up new procedures to hold more-senior church authorities such as bishops accountable for committing abuse or for covering up the crimes of others. Merrit Kennedy
U.S. Charges Former Intelligence Analyst With Leaking Classified Data To Reporter Daniel Everette Hale of Nashville, Tenn., could face up to 50 years in prison if he's convicted. He's accused of printing dozens of documents — including 11 that were marked as secret or top secret. Bill Chappell
38 Attorneys General Ask Congress To Bring Marijuana Money Into Banking System Most states have legalized marijuana in some form. But federal law still considers it an illegal drug, which exposes banks to legal risk if they handle weed-related money or transactions. Laurel Wamsley
Debate Over Voting Rights For Prisoners Divides 2020 Candidates Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said he believes inmates should be able to vote. President Trump and some Democrats have pushed back against the idea. Ayesha Rascoe
Migrants Apprehended At Southern Border Top 100,000 For Second Consecutive Month The head of the U.S. Border Patrol said her agents are spending more and more of their time dealing with families with children who need food and medical care. Richard Gonzales
Former Assistant AG Offers Perspective On Unitary Executive Theory John Yoo, former deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, talks about executive power, and the tug of war between Congress and the White House over the Mueller report.
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Unredacted Mueller Report The White House asserted executive privilege over the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena for the full report, as the committee prepared to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt. Tim Mak
There's Room To Negotiate Congressional Subpoenas, Groves Says NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to White House spokesman Steven Groves about the administration instructing former employees not to testify before the Judiciary Committee. NPR's Mara Liasson weighs in.
Asylum seekers can be returned to Mexico: Appeals court rules in Trump's favor A Ninth Circuit panel overturned a lower court's injunction on the administration's policy requiring asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico as they await court proceedings in the U.S. Laurel Wamsley