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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, rejected the price tag put forward by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin for President Biden's sweeping domestic spending priorities.

DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge in Detroit is making it easier for independent candidates to run for statewide office. Judge Victoria Roberts says the…

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man sentenced to up to 60 years in prison in 1996 for a marijuana dealing conviction is hoping to cut his remaining time…

A report by the House Ethics Committee found he violated federal laws by fabricating his life to get into Congress.

Bushra Jamil is one of the founders of the Radio al-Mahaba, Baghdad's radio station for women. Jamil is in the United States hoping to get financial and popular support for her station. She speaks with Renee Montagne. The station provides a forum for women to ask pointed and personal questions about their legal rights, domestic violence, health and family matters.

Republican lawmakers try to come up with a package of spending cuts to offset the cost of hurricane relief. With the Bush administration now asking for less money for Katrina victims than anticipated, the spending cuts may be less dramatic.

Italian magistrates are considering a British request for the extradition of a suspect in the July 21 attempted bombings in London. The suspect was arrested in Rome Friday after an international manhunt.

Companies from IBM to GM have opened stores in the three-dimensional online gaming world, but they have yet to see any virtual profits. Eli Noam, director of the Columbia Center for Tele-Information at Columbia University talks with Steve Inskeep about a recent conference hosted by the center on business opportunities in the virtual world.

Three House chairmen are demanding that more than a dozen officials from the Justice Department, IRS and secret service recount details of their investigation of President Biden's son, Hunter.

The FCC announces on Thursday that it will use the city of Wilmington, N.C., as a testing ground for changes in the way millions of Americans get their TV signals. By February of next year, regular over-the-air TV signals are supposed to be phased out — and the FCC wants to make sure this process goes smoothly.