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Florida's U.S. Senate race is headed for a hand recount. After counties submitted new vote totals in that race and the close race for governor, more confusion and legal action was introduced.

Election officials have been on high alert after hacking in 2016. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Edgardo Cortés, Brennan Center election security adviser, about election security ahead of Election Day.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Jason Furman, who was President Obama's chief economic adviser, about Trump administration's consideration to stimulate the economy via payroll tax cuts.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to John Peet of The Economist magazine about what's been happening since a British court ruled Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended Parliament.

Mitt Romney flies to Israel this weekend on the second leg of his overseas tour. He'll meet with top Israeli officials as well as the Palestinian prime minister. The Republican presidential candidate is using the trip to court the Jewish vote, which went overwhelmingly for Barack Obama in 2008.

The Justice Department has a big decision to make. Parts of new laws in Colorado and Washington that legalize recreational marijuana take effect next month. The Obama administration must decide whether it will sue to stop that or let the states go their own way, despite federal law.

A heat wave that's expected to peak this weekend kicked off with record high temperatures and put one-third of Americans under heat alerts.

Emirates said the recent restrictions on visas and electronic devices had dampened consumer demand. The Dubai-based carrier will pare back flights to five of the 12 U.S. cities it serves.

The chief executives of Delta, United and American airlines say Qatar Airways, Emirates Airlines and Etihad received subsidies from their governments. The Gulf carriers reject the accusations.

The Trump administration reinstated an earlier policy that cuts off aid to international groups unless they promise not to provide or promote abortion, even with non-U.S. funding sources.