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House Democrats are locked in an internal debate over who the top leaders should be if they win November's midterm elections, and whether House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi should be one of them.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with John Pistole, president of Anderson University and former administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, about the TSA's surveillance program, "Quiet Skies."

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Christopher Kolenda, former senior adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan, about an alleged meeting between U.S. officials and the Taliban in Qatar earlier this month.

NPR's Alisa Chang speaks with Washington Postreporter Lisa Rein about allegations against FEMA's former personnel chief that include hiring women as possible sexual partners for male employees.

Amazon says it removed several items featuring racist symbols from its store after a letter from Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison. But it's still easy to find white supremacist materials on the site.

Over 200 city shops sell the drink, also known as boba tea, which features large tapioca balls meant to be sucked through a straw. Boba shops say paper straws are much pricier and don't work as well.

President Trump lashed out on Twitter against the Koch political machine, in what New Yorker writer Jane Mayer calls the latest clash of billionaires. She talks with NPR's Rachel Martin.

The Trump administration has submitted a plan to reunify hundreds of migrant families that are still separated. But immigration lawyers say the plan would force them to find deported parents.

Members of the House have left Washington for the summer break. Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with David Greene about the history of the congressional recess.

A federal judge has ruled that Puerto Rico's government does not have final say on its finances. It belongs to a fiscal oversight board Congress appointed to get the island out of debt.