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House Democrats voted last year to cut a business tax break. Now they're being asked to expand it in a special session.

Efforts to punish the prosecutor who charged Donald Trump and 18 others with election interference have amplified a divide among his supporters and the rest of the state GOP.

The hopeful message of the moment is that in various ways we are finding our way — maybe even approaching the normal that we never imagined we could miss so much.

The Los Angeles jazz saxophonist ended up on the latest records by rapper Kendrick Lamar and electronic music producer Flying Lotus. His new three-CD recording is no less ambitious.

Renee Montagne talks to Louisiana bluesman Tab Benoit about his new CD, Voice of the Wetlands. Benoit and an all-star group of Louisiana musicians recorded the album in January to call attention to the state's vanishing wetlands.

Two participants of a training and planning session for demonstrations at next month's Democratic National Convention tell us about their experience. Lester and Summer are teenagers who attended the Youth Organizing Communities protest camp and attended workshops on imperialism, street theatre and politics. We hear their audio diary produced by Youth Radio.

Last night, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore was on MTV. He took part in a political special co-sponsored by Time Magazine and the MTV youth vote campaign, "Choose or Lose." All Things Considered Host Linda Wertheimer talked to students who participated in the session.

Lawmakers were hoping to end this session of Congress before Friday, but slow-moving spending bills may keep them from achieving that goal. NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the status of several of those bills, and on the increasing amount of money Congress plans to allocate for the budget. (

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that Israel's parliament, the Knesset resumes its session today as Prime Minister Ehud Barak fights for his political survival. Barak has the support of only 30 percent of the 120 member Knesset and is trying to save his government by forming an alliance with opposition leader Ariel Sharon.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on what's at stake for President Bush tonight as he prepares to make his case for his tax-cut proposals to a joint session of Congress -- as well as the American people. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are already battling over the president's plan.