White House, House Democrats Agree On A Framework To Pay For Their Spending Plan House leaders on Thursday announced an agreement with the White House on a loose framework for how they will pay for their spending package. No specifics were announced about the framework. Steve Inskeep
Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Former Trump Officials, Including Mark Meadows, Steve Bannon The subpoenas compel four former officials to produce sought-after documents, relevant to the Jan. 6 attack, by Oct. 7 and then sit for a deposition the following week. Claudia Grisales
Plan To Widen Highway In South Carolina Would Cut Through Black And Brown Communities NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Omar Muhammad, executive director of the Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities, on communities in North Charleston, S.C., facing displacement for a highway project. Leila Fadel
Afghan Allies That Were Left Behind Face An Uncertain Future The White House now says it failed to evacuate most of America's Afghan allies in the airlift from Kabul. Even those evacuated may be stuck in immigration limbo for years unless Congress takes action. Quil Lawrence
Democrats, Progressives And Moderates, Are Divided Over Infrastructure Plan NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington State, head of the House Progressive Caucus, about the threats to vote no on the infrastructure bill.
Some Schools In Afghanistan Are Back, But Only For Boys. Girls Have Been Told To Wait NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Nyamandi, Country Director of Save The Children in Afghanistan about a restriction on girls' education and other threats to children's welfare under the Taliban. Amy Isackson
7 Lawmakers Face Ethics Complaints For Not Filing Their Personal Stock Transactions Seven House lawmakers are facing ethics complaints for violating the Stock Act, which polices insider trading, because of a recent bipartisan trend of lawmakers ignoring disclosure requirements. Deirdre Walsh
Outside Ethics Group Says 7 House Lawmakers Didn't Disclose Stock Trades The complaints from the Campaign Legal Center against four Democrats and three Republicans show a trend — lawmakers failing to disclose transactions required by an insider trading law. Deirdre Walsh
Democrats Face Uncertain Path To Avoid Fiscal Calamity Democrats have just over a week to come up with a plan to avoid a government shutdown after tying a spending bill to a suspension of the debt limit. Kelsey Snell
Congressional Negotiators Have Failed To Reach A Deal On Police Reform After a Minneapolis jury found a white police officer who killed George Floyd guilty of murder, lawmakers in both parties had expressed cautious optimism that they could broker a deal. Juana Summers