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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post reporter Lily Kuo about China's massive COVID-19 outbreak and satellite imagery that suggests the government is downplaying its scope.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with ProPublica reporter Lucas Waldron about a report that says the way cops in Jacksonville, Fla., investigate the murders of transgender women may be having a negative impact on the cases and their relationship to transgender communities.

As media environment deteriorates in India, some independent outlets are finding creative ways to produce journalism that holds power to account.

The contents of a two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general is now public due to a redaction error by Kentucky's attorney general.

Two new reports show the fentanyl crisis isn't easing, as drug cartels continue to flood U.S. communities with the deadly illicit opioid often disguised as fake prescription pills.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with MS NOW reporter Carol Leonnig about whether the Secret Service has reformed since the 2024 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Butler, PA.

NPR's Steve Inskeep has a report on the running speculation over who will be tapped to run for Vice President on the Republican ticket. George W. Bush spent today on his ranch, where he said nothing about who will be his runningmate. Bush aides also had no comment, even about when an announcement might be made. But former Defense Secretary Richard Cheney, who headed up Bush's vice presidential search committee, has told colleagues he is the leading contender for the job and is doing nothing to tamp down the swell of news reports that he is Bush's choice.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on mounting speculation about a possible deal under which Slobodan Milosevic might agree to step down from power. A United Nations human rights official suggested today that the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague should be prepared to drop war crimes charges against Slobodan Milosevic in return for his departure from office. Serbian opposition leaders say it would help their campaign to unseat Milosevic. But tribunal officials -- and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today rejected the proposal. Russian efforts to negotiate a solution to the Yugoslav crisis continue, but little progress is reported.

FBI Director Louis Freeh released an internal report today that was strongly critical of both the White House and the FBI for releasing FBI background files on 408 people to members of the Clinton administration in 1993. The files contained information about employees of the Bush White House, and included a number of well-known Republicans as well as members of the White House travel office. The White House announced today that it will reform its procedure for requesting FBI data on individuals, and will require the permission of the subject as well as the White House counsel's office in most cases. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has sent the Senate Whitewater committee written answers to the panel's last-minute questions about her actions related to Whitewater. Mrs Clinton told the committee today she did not know how billing records for her legal work showed up at the White House after being lost for two years. Her lawyer, David Kendall, has criticized committee Republicans for leaking conclusions of their final report before they received Mrs. Clinton's written answers. Kendall says the leaks make it clear that the conclusions were reached without regard to the facts. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.