Senate Panel Greenlights Military Justice Reform Bill After Years-Long Push Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., scored a major victory with her years-long effort to transform how major criminal cases are handled for service members. But hurdles remain. Claudia Grisales
Missouri's Daily COVID Cases Have More Than Doubled In The Last 2 Weeks NPR's Noel King talks to Republican Rep. Billy Long of Missouri about what is driving vaccines hesitancy among his constituents as the delta variant continues to spread.
As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Fauci Says 'We've Got To Do Much Better' NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID director, about the rising COVID-19 infection rate, updating mask guidance, potential for booster shots and breakthrough infections.
Pelosi Rejects 2 GOP Nominees For The Jan. 6 Panel, Citing The Integrity Of The Probe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Reps. Jim Jordan and Jim Banks could not serve on the select committee. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to pull all five of his members in response. Brian Naylor
Why There Are Few Openly Gay Athletes In Men's Professional Sports Two athletes recently coming out has highlighted the dearth of openly gay players in the world of U.S. men's professional sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for its lack of LGBTQ representation. Joe Hernandez
Bipartisan Infrastructure Package Faces 1st Test Vote In Senate The fate of the bipartisan infrastructure package remains unclear as Republicans say they'll withhold their support on a procedural vote if the bill isn't finalized. Barbara Sprunt
A Fully Vaccinated White House Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19 Known as a breakthrough case, it underscores another messaging challenge for the Biden administration. Only after news of this case leaked out in the media, did the White House acknowledge it. Tamara Keith
A Former Trump Adviser Is Charged With Acting As An Agent Of The United Arab Emirates Thomas Barrack, who chaired the former president's inauguration committee, has been arrested on federal charges that he acted as an agent of a foreign government. Carrie Johnson
Michael Wolff's Third Strike At Trump White House Has Hits And Misses The author has gifts as a writer: a novelistic eye for scene and detail, an ear for dramatic dialogue. His story keeps moving, free of constraints common to courtroom lawyers or newspaper reporters. Ron Elving
Sen. Warner Navigates Bipartisan Talks For Infrastructure And Spending Bills For centrist Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, balancing two big negotiations — the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Democrats' broader $3.5 trillion spending bill — is a challenge. Claudia Grisales