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Rock critic Ken Tucker

He reviews Crazy: The Demo Sessions (Sugar Hill records), a collection of songs Willie Nelson wrote and recorded between 1960 and 1966, hoping to sell them to the big stars of the country era.

Israel Politics

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports the Israeli parliament reconvened today for the first time since the outbreak of the new Palestinian uprising. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak opened the story session by warning the Palestinians there will be no peace talks as long as the violence continues.

Budget Foibles

After a late-night session and some frayed nerves, the House of Representatives failed to pass the federal budget, because of two pages missing from the document. The vote has been rescheduled for next Tuesday. NPR's David Welna reports.

Music Review: Roy Eldridge Box Set

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Sessions on the mail-order Mosaic label. The box set includes seven CDs.

A Wall of Opposition

The state Senate passed the 'Sanctuary State' bill in the final hours of the legislative session. California lawmakers passed numerous other bills designed to counteract Trump administration policies.

‘Zero-tolerance’ at the Border

Without mentioning the word "parents" U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said, "if you are smuggling a child, we will prosecute you. And that child will be separated from you."

Nandita Venkatesan, a TB survivor, spoke at the U.N.'s first high-level meeting on tuberculosis. "It's humbling," she says. "Not long ago I was just a girl lying in bed with a hopeless future."

Life After TB: She Is Deaf, She Still Dances, She Addressed The U.N. Today

Nandita Venkatesan of Mumbai, India, has survived two rounds of tuberculosis though one treatment caused her to go deaf. She now advocates for other TB patients and survivors.

Author Greg Vandy followed Woody Guthrie's journey through the Pacific Northwest to write 26 songs in 30 days for the Bonneville Power Administration. He also hosts a weekly show, "The Roadhouse," on KEXP.

REBROADCAST: Woody Guthrie

In the spring of 1941, Woody Guthrie came to Portland for a one-month job. He was hired by the Bonneville Power Administration to write songs extolling the virtues of dams, irrigated land and federally subsidized hydropower. He ended up giving the government 26 songs in 30 days.

Congress now has a DOGE Caucus. Here's how its co-chair says it will work

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Pete Sessions, co-chair of the House DOGE Caucus, on how he plans to work with the Department of Government Efficiency.

Kansas and Indiana are figuring out abortion access will look like post-Dobbs

Post-Dobbs decision, two big political battles play out in Indiana, where a special legislative session debates an abortion ban, and Kansas, where voters will decide via referendum next month.

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